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Monica Elkins
Monica Elkins (Democratic Party) was an at-large member of the Richland School District Two school board in South Carolina. She assumed office in 2012.
Elkins (Democratic Party) ran for election to the South Carolina State Senate to represent District 22. She lost in the Democratic primary on June 11, 2024.
Elections
2024
See also: South Carolina State Senate elections, 2024
General election
General election for South Carolina State Senate District 22
Overture Walker won election in the general election for South Carolina State Senate District 22 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Overture Walker (D) | 98.5 | 41,207 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.5 | 609 | ||
| Total votes: 41,816 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Gary Votour (Workers Party)
Democratic primary runoff election
Democratic primary runoff for South Carolina State Senate District 22
Overture Walker defeated Ivory Thigpen in the Democratic primary runoff for South Carolina State Senate District 22 on June 25, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Overture Walker | 53.7 | 2,862 |
 | Ivory Thigpen | 46.3 | 2,472 | |
| Total votes: 5,334 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for South Carolina State Senate District 22
Ivory Thigpen and Overture Walker advanced to a runoff. They defeated Monica Elkins in the Democratic primary for South Carolina State Senate District 22 on June 11, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ivory Thigpen | 42.9 | 3,208 |
| ✔ | | Overture Walker | 40.4 | 3,019 |
 | Monica Elkins | 16.8 | 1,254 | |
| Total votes: 7,481 | |||
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Republican primary election
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Lee Blatt (R)
Convention
Convention for South Carolina State Senate District 22
Gary Votour advanced from the convention for South Carolina State Senate District 22 on March 16, 2024.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ |  | Gary Votour (Workers Party) |
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Elkins in this election.
2016
Three of the seven seats on the Richland School District Two school board were up for at-large general election on November 8, 2016. Incumbent Monica Elkins filed for re-election and faces eleven challengers: Lindsay Agostini, Anthony Bracy, Henry Counts, Kay Harvey, Evangelina Hemphill, Bill McCracken, James Mobley, Keith Powell, James Shadd, Shelley Williams, and Milton Wright. Elkins won re-election and was joined in her victory by Agostini and Shadd.[1][2]
Results
| Richland School District Two, At-Large General Election, 4-year terms, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Monica Elkins Incumbent |
18.27% | 21,126 |
| Lindsay Agostini |
18.05% | 20,868 |
| James Shadd |
9.91% | 11,455 |
| Bill McCracken | 9.21% | 10,655 |
| Shelley Williams | 9.11% | 10,532 |
| Evangelina Hemphill | 7.59% | 8,771 |
| Keith Powell | 5.96% | 6,893 |
| Anthony Bracy | 5.17% | 5,974 |
| James Mobley | 4.88% | 5,641 |
| Milton Wright | 4.11% | 4,747 |
| Kay Harvey | 3.72% | 4,303 |
| Henry Counts | 3.65% | 4,224 |
| Write-in votes | 0.38% | 439 |
| Total Votes (100) | 115,628 | |
| Source: South Carolina Election Commission, "Election Results," accessed November 21, 2016 | ||
Funding
Elkins reported $1,615.00 in contributions and $1,474.82 in expenditures to the South Carolina State Ethics Commission, leaving her campaign with $140.18 cash on hand as of October 28, 2016.[3]
The following are the guidelines provided by the South Carolina State Ethics Commission for campaign finance reporting:[4]
Initial report: School board candidates were required to file this report within 10 days of spending or receiving the first $500 of campaign funds. A subsequent report was not required until additional funds were raised.
Pre-election report: This report had to be filed by all candidates, whether or not there was any financial campaign activity. The report had to be filed no later than 15 days, and no earlier than 20 days, prior to the general election. The pre-election report was due on October 24, 2016.
Quarterly report: All candidates with contributions on hand were required to file this report. It was required of all candidates once they had begun to file, whether or not there was financial activity. The fourth quarter campaign finance report was due on October 10, 2016.
Final report: This was due after the campaign account was closed.
State House election
Elections for the South Carolina House of Representatives 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 Mia McLeod (D) did not seek re-election.
Ivory Thigpen defeated Donald Miles and Victor Kocher in the South Carolina House of Representatives District 79 general election.[5][6]
| South Carolina House of Representatives, District 79 General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Ivory Thigpen |
73.03% | 13,366 | |
| Republican | Donald Miles | 25.03% | 4,581 | |
| Libertarian | Victor Kocher | 1.93% | 354 | |
| Total Votes | 18,301 | |||
| Source: South Carolina State Election Commission | ||||
Ivory Thigpen defeated Monica Elkins in the South Carolina House of Representatives District 79 Democratic primary runoff.[7]
| South Carolina House of Representatives, District 79 Democratic Primary Runoff, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Ivory Thigpen |
63.88% | 1,275 | |
| Democratic | Monica Elkins | 36.12% | 721 | |
| Total Votes | 1,996 | |||
| Source: South Carolina State Election Commission | ||||
Monica Elkins and Ivory Thigpen defeated Vannie Williams, Jr. in the South Carolina House of Representatives District 79 Democratic primary.[8][9]
| South Carolina House of Representatives, District 79 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Monica Elkins |
46.05% | 2,074 | |
| Democratic | Ivory Thigpen |
46.74% | 2,105 | |
| Democratic | Vannie Williams, Jr. | 7.22% | 325 | |
| Total Votes | 4,504 | |||
| Source: South Carolina State Election Commission | ||||
Donald Miles ran unopposed in the South Carolina House of Representatives District 79 Republican primary.[10][11]
| South Carolina House of Representatives, District 79 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Republican | Donald Miles (unopposed) | |
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Monica Elkins did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ South Carolina Election Commission, "Candidate Listing for the 11/8/2016 Statewide General Election," accessed August 18, 2016
- ↑ South Carolina Election Commission, "Election Results," accessed November 8, 2016
- ↑ South Carolina State Ethics Commission, "Individual Reports," accessed October 28, 2016
- ↑ South Carolina State Ethics Commission, "Campaign Practices," accessed October 6, 2016
- ↑ South Carolina State Election Commission, "Candidate listing for the 11/8/2016 statewide general election," accessed August 26, 2016
- ↑ South Carolina State Election Commission, "2016 Statewide General Election," accessed November 28, 2016
- ↑ South Carolina State Election Commission, "2016 Republican and Democratic Primary Runoff," accessed June 28, 2016
- ↑ South Carolina Election Commission, "Candidate Tracking," accessed March 31, 2016
- ↑ South Carolina State Election Commission, "Unofficial primary election results," accessed June 14, 2016
- ↑ South Carolina Election Commission, "Candidate Tracking," accessed March 31, 2016
- ↑ South Carolina State Election Commission, "Unofficial primary election results," accessed June 14, 2016
