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Luke Rankin (South Carolina state senator)

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Luke Rankin
Republican Party
South Carolina State Senate District 33
Tenure
1992 - Present
Term ends
2028
Years in position
34
Compensation
Base salary
$10,400/year
Per diem
$240.07/day
Elections and appointments
Last election
November 5, 2024
Education
Bachelor's
University of South Carolina, 1984
Law
University of South Carolina, 1987
Personal
Profession
Attorney
Contact
Official website
Campaign website
Campaign Facebook
Campaign X

Luke Rankin (Republican Party) is a member of the South Carolina State Senate, representing District 33. He assumed office in 1992. His current term ends on November 13, 2028.

Rankin (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the South Carolina State Senate to represent District 33. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Rankin earned his B.A. from the University of South Carolina in 1984. He went on to receive his J.D. in 1987.

Rankin is an attorney for Rankin & Rankin.

Committee assignments

2023-2024

Rankin was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Rankin was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Rankin was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

South Carolina committee assignments, 2017
• Banking and Insurance
• Education
• Ethics
• Judiciary, Chair
• Transportation

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Rankin served on the following committees:

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Rankin served on the following committees:

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Rankin served on the following committees:

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Rankin served on the following committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.

Elections

2024

See also: South Carolina State Senate elections, 2024

General election

General election for South Carolina State Senate District 33

Incumbent Luke Rankin defeated Pete Bember in the general election for South Carolina State Senate District 33 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Luke Rankin
Luke Rankin (R)
 
68.5
 
39,618
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Pete Bember (D)
 
31.3
 
18,130
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
124

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 57,872
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Pete Bember advanced from the Democratic primary for South Carolina State Senate District 33.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for South Carolina State Senate District 33

Incumbent Luke Rankin defeated Autry Benton in the Republican primary for South Carolina State Senate District 33 on June 11, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Luke Rankin
Luke Rankin
 
54.1
 
3,831
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Autry Benton
 
45.9
 
3,250

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 7,081
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Campaign finance

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Rankin in this election.

2020

See also: South Carolina State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for South Carolina State Senate District 33

Incumbent Luke Rankin won election in the general election for South Carolina State Senate District 33 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Luke Rankin
Luke Rankin (R)
 
97.0
 
49,492
 Other/Write-in votes
 
3.0
 
1,538

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 51,030
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Republican primary runoff election

Republican primary runoff for South Carolina State Senate District 33

Incumbent Luke Rankin defeated John Gallman in the Republican primary runoff for South Carolina State Senate District 33 on June 23, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Luke Rankin
Luke Rankin
 
58.5
 
6,274
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John Gallman
 
41.5
 
4,450

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 10,724
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for South Carolina State Senate District 33

Incumbent Luke Rankin and John Gallman advanced to a runoff. They defeated Carter Smith in the Republican primary for South Carolina State Senate District 33 on June 9, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Luke Rankin
Luke Rankin
 
41.4
 
5,635
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John Gallman
 
33.8
 
4,605
Image of Carter Smith
Carter Smith Candidate Connection
 
24.8
 
3,381

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 13,621
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2016

See also: South Carolina State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for the South Carolina State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on June 14, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The primary runoff election was held on June 28, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was March 30, 2016.

Incumbent Luke Rankin ran unopposed in the South Carolina State Senate District 33 general election.[1][2]

South Carolina State Senate, District 33 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Luke Rankin Incumbent (unopposed) 100.00% 36,270
Total Votes 36,270
Source: South Carolina State Election Commission



Incumbent Luke Rankin defeated Scott Pyle in the South Carolina State Senate District 33 Republican primary.[3][4]

South Carolina State Senate, District 33 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Luke Rankin Incumbent 55.88% 5,015
     Republican Scott Pyle 44.12% 3,959
Total Votes 8,974
Source: South Carolina State Election Commission

2012

See also: South Carolina State Senate elections, 2012

Rankin ran unopposed in the Republican primary on June 12, as well as the general election on November 6.[5][6]

South Carolina State Senate, District 33, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngLuke Rankin Incumbent 98.9% 29,277
     Other Write-Ins 1.1% 325
Total Votes 29,602

2008

See also: South Carolina State Senate elections, 2008

Rankin won re-election for District 33 of the South Carolina State Senate with 30,433 votes, ahead of Democrat Jara Uzenda (11,622) and write-ins (41).[7]

Rankin raised $228,953 for his campaign.[8]

South Carolina State Senate, District 33
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Luke Rankin (R) 30,433
Jara Uzenda (D) 11,622
Write-ins 41

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2020

Luke Rankin did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

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Luke Rankin campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024South Carolina State Senate District 33Won general$475,940 $373,797
2020South Carolina State Senate District 33Won general$230,652 N/A**
2016South Carolina State Senate, District 33Won $326,119 N/A**
2012South Carolina State Senate, District 33Won $112,060 N/A**
2008South Carolina State Senate, District 33Won $228,953 N/A**
2004South Carolina State Senate, District 33Won $149,340 N/A**
2000South Carolina State Senate, District 33Won $196,872 N/A**
1996South Carolina State Senate, District 33Won $65,756 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

See also: State legislative scorecards, State legislative scorecards in South Carolina

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Below you can find the scorecards found for the South Carolina State Legislature in 2013.

Below you can find the scorecards found for the South Carolina State Legislature in 2012.

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ South Carolina State Election Commission, "Candidate listing for the 11/8/2016 statewide general election," accessed August 26, 2016
    2. ↑ South Carolina State Election Commission, "2016 Statewide General Election," accessed November 28, 2016
    3. ↑ South Carolina Election Commission, "Candidate Tracking," accessed March 31, 2016
    4. ↑ South Carolina State Election Commission, "Unofficial primary election results," accessed June 14, 2016
    5. ↑ South Carolina State Election Commission, "Official election results for 2012," accessed May 15, 2014
    6. ↑ South Carolina State Election Commission, "2012 Candidates," accessed April 26, 2012
    7. ↑ South Carolina State Election Commission, "Official election results for 2008," accessed May 15, 2014
    8. ↑ Follow the Money, "2008 campaign contributions," accessed May 15, 2014

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    1992-Present    		 Succeeded by
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