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Ronnie Sabb
Democratic Party
South Carolina State Senate District 32
Tenure
2014 - Present
Term ends
2028
Years in position
12
Prior offices:
South Carolina House of Representatives District 101
Years in office: 2010 - 2014
Compensation
Base salary
$10,400/year
Per diem
$240.07/day
Elections and appointments
Last election
November 5, 2024
Education
Bachelor's
Voorhees Collge, 1980
Personal
Profession
Attorney
Contact
Official website
Campaign Facebook
Personal website
Personal Facebook
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Ronnie Sabb (Democratic Party) is a member of the South Carolina State Senate, representing District 32. He assumed office in 2014. His current term ends on November 13, 2028.

Sabb (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the South Carolina State Senate to represent District 32. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Sabb received his B.S. from Voorhees Collge in 1980 as well as an additional degree from the University of Florida in 1987.

Committee assignments

2025-2026

Sabb was assigned to the following committees:

2023-2024

Sabb was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Sabb was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Sabb 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
• Agriculture and Natural Resources
• Judiciary
• Labor, Commerce, and Industry
• Rules
• Transportation

2015 legislative session

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

2013-2014

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

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Sabb 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 32

Incumbent Ronnie Sabb won election in the general election for South Carolina State Senate District 32 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Ronnie Sabb
Ronnie Sabb (D)
 
98.2
 
31,477
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.8
 
571

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

Total votes: 32,048
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for South Carolina State Senate District 32

Incumbent Ronnie Sabb defeated Prinscillia Sumpter in the Democratic primary for South Carolina State Senate District 32 on June 11, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Ronnie Sabb
Ronnie Sabb
 
76.2
 
5,741
Image of Prinscillia Sumpter
Prinscillia Sumpter Candidate Connection
 
23.8
 
1,797

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

Total votes: 7,538
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Campaign finance

Endorsements

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2020

See also: South Carolina State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for South Carolina State Senate District 32

Incumbent Ronnie Sabb defeated David Ellison in the general election for South Carolina State Senate District 32 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Ronnie Sabb
Ronnie Sabb (D)
 
60.6
 
27,284
Image of David Ellison
David Ellison (R) Candidate Connection
 
39.3
 
17,714
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
54

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

Total votes: 45,052
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for South Carolina State Senate District 32

Incumbent Ronnie Sabb defeated Ted Brown, Kelly Spann Jr., and Manley Collins in the Democratic primary for South Carolina State Senate District 32 on June 9, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Ronnie Sabb
Ronnie Sabb
 
71.2
 
9,508
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Ted Brown
 
15.9
 
2,128
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Kelly Spann Jr.
 
11.0
 
1,475
Image of Manley Collins
Manley Collins
 
1.8
 
239

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

Total votes: 13,350
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Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. David Ellison advanced from the Republican primary for South Carolina State Senate District 32.

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 Ronnie Sabb ran unopposed in the South Carolina State Senate District 32 general election.[1][2]

South Carolina State Senate, District 32 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Ronnie Sabb Incumbent (unopposed) 100.00% 31,164
Total Votes 31,164
Source: South Carolina State Election Commission


Incumbent Ronnie Sabb ran unopposed in the South Carolina State Senate District 32 Democratic primary.[3][4]

South Carolina State Senate, District 32 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Ronnie Sabb Incumbent (unopposed)


2014

General election

See also: South Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for all 124 seats in the South Carolina House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 10, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 30, 2014. Incumbent Ronnie Sabb was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Sabb withdrew from the race following the primary. Sabb will join the Senate after winning a special election on September 16, 2014. Al Smith (R) was defeated by Cezar McKnight (D) in the general election.[5][6][7]

South Carolina State House, District 101, General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngCezar McKnight 64.1% 7,257
     Republican Al Smith 35.9% 4,056
Total Votes 11,313

Special election

See also: South Carolina state legislative special elections, 2014

Carl Anderson, Ronnie Sabb, Cezar McKnight and Sam L. Floyd faced off in the September 2 Democratic primary. Because no candidate received more than 50 percent of the vote, the top two vote-getters - Floyd and Sabb - met in a runoff election on September 16, which Sabb won.[8][9][10] Because no Republican candidate filed to run, the Democratic nominee won election by default.[11]

The seat was vacant following John McGill's (D) appointment as Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina.[12]

A special election for the position of South Carolina State Senate District 32 was initially called for November 4, concurrent with the 2014 state house elections. A primary election took place on September 2, 2014. Because only Democratic candidates filed to run, the primary instead served as the general election. The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was July 14.[11]

South Carolina State Senate, District 32, Special Election Runoff, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngRonnie Sabb 58.8% 9,648
     Democratic Sam L. Floyd 41.2% 6,774
Total Votes 16,422
South Carolina State Senate, District 32, Special Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngSam L. Floyd 32.3% 4,602
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngRonnie Sabb 24.5% 3,485
     Democratic Cezar McKnight 24.2% 3,448
     Democratic Carl Anderson 19% 2,710
Total Votes 14,245

2012

See also: South Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2012

Sabb ran unopposed in the Democratic primary on June 12, as well as the general election on November 6.[13][14]

South Carolina House of Representatives, District 101, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngRonnie Sabb Incumbent 98.9% 14,146
     Other Write-Ins 1.1% 151
Total Votes 14,297

2010

See also: South Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2010

Sabb won election to the South Carolina House of Representatives.[15] He defeated Barbara Mishoe (R) in the November 2 general election.

Sabb defeated John Pinckney in the June 8 primary.

South Carolina House of Representatives, District 101 (2010)
Candidates Votes Percent
Green check mark transparent.png Ronnie Sabb (D) 6,515 67.03%
Barbara Mishoe (R) 3,196 32.88%
Write-In 9 0.09%

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2020

Ronnie Sabb did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

Note: The finance data shown here comes from the disclosures required of candidates and parties. Depending on the election or state, this may represent only a portion of all the funds spent on their behalf. Satellite spending groups may or may not have expended funds related to the candidate or politician on whose page you are reading this disclaimer. Campaign finance data from elections may be incomplete. For elections to federal offices, complete data can be found at the FEC website. Click here for more on federal campaign finance law and here for more on state campaign finance law.

Ronnie Sabb campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024South Carolina State Senate District 32Won general$165,026 $130,681
2020South Carolina State Senate District 32Won general$174,887 N/A**
2016South Carolina State Senate, District 32Won $31,345 N/A**
2012South Carolina State House, District 101Won $11,000 N/A**
2010South Carolina State House, District 101Won $58,311 N/A**
Grand total$440,569 $130,681
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Election Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** 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 2012.

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Personal

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Sabb is a widower with one child, Whitney.

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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, "Election Results," accessed June 10, 2014
    6. ↑ South Carolina State Election Commission, "Official general election results," accessed November 13, 2014
    7. ↑ South Carolina State Election Commission, "2014 Election Information," accessed March 31, 2014
    8. ↑ South Carolina State Election Commission, "Democratic Primary Runoff Official Results," accessed December 31, 2014
    9. ↑ WBTW, "SC Senate Seat 32 will move to a runoff after Tuesday vote," September 2, 2014
    10. ↑ South Carolina State Election Commission, "Democratic Primary Official Results," accessed September 30, 2014
    11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 The State, "Georgetown's Carl Anderson seeks state senate seat in special election," July 17, 2014
    12. ↑ Greenfield Reporter, "Correction: McGill-Special Election story," June 20, 2014
    13. ↑ AP.org, "South Carolina State Senate and State House Election Results," accessed November 7, 2012
    14. ↑ South Carolina State Election Commission, "2012 Candidates," accessed April 24, 2012
    15. ↑ www.enr-scvotes.org, "2010 General Election Results," accessed May 1, 2014

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    Preceded by
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