Monica Elkins

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Monica Elkins
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Prior offices
Richland School District Two school board, At-large

Elections and appointments
Last election

June 11, 2024

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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
Image of Overture Walker
Overture Walker (D)
 
98.5
 
41,207
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.5
 
609

Total votes: 41,816
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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
Image of Overture Walker
Overture Walker
 
53.7
 
2,862
Image of Ivory Thigpen
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
Image of Ivory Thigpen
Ivory Thigpen
 
42.9
 
3,208
Image of Overture Walker
Overture Walker
 
40.4
 
3,019
Image of Monica Elkins
Monica Elkins
 
16.8
 
1,254

Total votes: 7,481
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Republican primary election

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

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
Image of Gary Votour
Gary Votour (Workers Party)

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Campaign finance

Endorsements

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2016

See also: Richland School District Two elections (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
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Monica Elkins Incumbent 18.27% 21,126
Green check mark transparent.png Lindsay Agostini 18.05% 20,868
Green check mark transparent.png 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]

See also: List of school board campaign finance deadlines in 2016
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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

See also: South Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2016

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 Green check mark transparent.png 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 Green check mark transparent.png 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 Green check mark transparent.png Monica Elkins 46.05% 2,074
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png 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 Green check mark transparent.png Donald Miles  (unopposed)

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Campaign finance summary


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Monica Elkins campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* South Carolina State Senate District 22Lost primary$41,658 $51,773
Grand total$41,658 $51,773
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete

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