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Shawn Pinkston
Shawn Pinkston (Republican Party) ran for election to the South Carolina State Senate to represent District 44. He lost in the Republican 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 44
Incumbent Brian Adams defeated Vicky Wynn in the general election for South Carolina State Senate District 44 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Brian Adams (R) | 60.5 | 30,044 |
 | Vicky Wynn (D) | 39.4 | 19,566 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 49 | ||
| Total votes: 49,659 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Vicky Wynn advanced from the Democratic primary for South Carolina State Senate District 44.
Republican primary election
Republican primary for South Carolina State Senate District 44
Incumbent Brian Adams defeated Shawn Pinkston in the Republican primary for South Carolina State Senate District 44 on June 11, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Brian Adams | 80.2 | 5,201 |
| Shawn Pinkston | 19.8 | 1,283 | ||
| Total votes: 6,484 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
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2020
See also: South Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 99
Mark Smith defeated Jen Gibson in the general election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 99 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Mark Smith (R) | 64.3 | 17,711 |
 | Jen Gibson (D) | 35.6 | 9,816 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 26 | ||
| Total votes: 27,553 | |||
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Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for South Carolina House of Representatives District 99
Mark Smith defeated David Herndon in the Republican primary runoff for South Carolina House of Representatives District 99 on June 23, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mark Smith | 57.6 | 1,429 |
| David Herndon | 42.4 | 1,050 | ||
| Total votes: 2,479 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 99
Jen Gibson defeated Donna Newton in the Democratic primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 99 on June 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jen Gibson | 55.7 | 1,218 |
 | Donna Newton | 44.3 | 967 | |
| Total votes: 2,185 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 99
Mark Smith and David Herndon advanced to a runoff. They defeated Chris Staubes and Shawn Pinkston in the Republican primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 99 on June 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mark Smith | 33.8 | 1,989 |
| ✔ | David Herndon | 26.1 | 1,537 | |
 | Chris Staubes | 22.3 | 1,313 | |
| Shawn Pinkston | 17.7 | 1,041 | ||
| Total votes: 5,880 | |||
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2018
A special election for the position of South Carolina House of Representatives District 99 was held on January 16, 2018. The primary election took place on November 14, 2017. The filing deadline for political parties to nominate their candidates to run in this election was September 23, 2017.[1]
The seat was vacant following James Merrill's (R) resignation on September 1, 2017. On December 14, 2016, Merrill was indicted by a grand jury on 30 counts of ethics violations, including charges that Merrill took money for personal use from groups with a stake in state House legislation and failed to report it on state House disclosure records. Later that same day, he was suspended, effective immediately, by Jay Lucas, the Republican Speaker of the South Carolina State House. Merrill was ultimately convicted and sentenced to probation.[2][3]
Nancy Mace (R) defeated Cindy Boatwright (D) in the general election.[1]
Boatwright ran unopposed in the Democratic primary. Mace defeated Mark Smith in a November 28 Republican primary runoff.[4] Mace and Smith defeated Jarrod Brooks and Shawn Pinkston in the Republican primary.[1][5]
| South Carolina House, District 99, Special Election, 2018 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Nancy Mace |
56.5% | 2,071 | |
| Democratic | Cindy Boatwright | 43.3% | 1,587 | |
| Other | Write-in | 0.2% | 8 | |
| Total Votes | 3,666 | |||
| Source: South Carolina Election Commission | ||||
| South Carolina House of Representatives, District 99 Republican Primary, 2018 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|
Nancy Mace (won runoff) |
62.6% | 1,695 | ||
| Mark Smith | 37.4% | 1,012 | ||
| Total Votes | 2,707 | |||
| Source: South Carolina Election Commission |
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| South Carolina House of Representatives, District 99 Republican Primary, 2018 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|
Nancy Mace (advanced to runoff) |
49.5% | 1,290 | ||
| Mark Smith (advanced to runoff) |
27.4% | 714 | ||
| Shawn Pinkston | 14.3% | 373 | ||
| Jarrod Brooks | 8.8% | 228 | ||
| Total Votes | 2,605 | |||
| Source: South Carolina Election Commission |
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2013
Pinkston ran for the U.S. House representing the 1st Congressional District of South Carolina. The election was held to replace Tim Scott, who was appointed to fill Jim DeMint's vacant seat in the U.S. Senate.[6] Pinkston was defeated in the Republican primary against Keith Blandford, Curtis Bostic, Ric Bryant, Larry Grooms, Jonathan Hoffman, Jeff King, John Kuhn, Tim Larkin, Chip Limehouse, Peter McCoy, Elizabeth Moffly, Ray Nash, Andy Patrick, Mark Sanford and Teddy Turner on March 19, 2013.[7][8][9]
Former Governor Mark Sanford was considered the front runner due to name recognition and the fact that he had $120,000 in an old campaign account. That coupled with his ability to fundraise quickly gave him a leg up on the field. It was also his former seat in the U.S. House of Representatives that he held for three terms, prior to being elected governor.[10]
The district leans Republican.[11] The last Democratic candidate elected was Mendel Jackson Davis in 1978.[12]
| U.S. House, South Carolina District 1 Special Republican Primary, 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|
Mark Sanford |
36.9% | 19,854 | ||
| Curtis Bostic |
13.3% | 7,168 | ||
| Ric Bryant | 0.2% | 87 | ||
| Larry Grooms | 12.4% | 6,673 | ||
| Jonathan Hoffman | 0.7% | 360 | ||
| Jeff King | 0.4% | 211 | ||
| John Kuhn | 6.5% | 3,479 | ||
| Tim Larkin | 0.7% | 393 | ||
| Harry "Chip" Limehouse | 6.1% | 3,279 | ||
| Peter McCoy | 1.6% | 867 | ||
| Elizabeth Moffly | 1% | 530 | ||
| Ray Nash | 4.7% | 2,508 | ||
| Andy Patrick | 7% | 3,783 | ||
| Shawn Pinkston | 0.3% | 154 | ||
| Keith Blandford | 0.4% | 195 | ||
| Teddy Turner | 7.9% | 4,252 | ||
| Total Votes | 53,793 | |||
| Source: Official results via South Carolina State Election Commission[8] | ||||
Campaign themes
2024
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2020
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Campaign finance summary
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 South Carolina Election Commission, "House of Representatives District 99 Special Election," accessed September 1, 2017
- ↑ Post and Courier, "Rep. Jim Merrill indicted in S.C. Statehouse probe; suspended from office", December 14, 2016
- ↑ The State, "Corrupt politician gets off easy? What’s behind the latest conviction in SC probe," September 2, 2017
- ↑ South Carolina Election Commission, "State House of Representatives District 99 Republican Primary Runoff," accessed November 28, 2017
- ↑ South Carolina Election Commission, "State House of Representatives District 99 Republican Primary," accessed November 14, 2017
- ↑ Washington Post, "Scott's departure for Senate will trigger third special House election in 2013," December 17, 2012
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedscrn - ↑ 8.0 8.1 SC Votes, "March 19 Special Primary Election," accessed April 30, 2013
- ↑ South Carolina Republican Party Website, "1st Congressional Special Election details set," accessed January 3, 2013
- ↑ Roll Call, "Sanford Likely Front-Runner in S.C. Special Election," January 3, 2013
- ↑ Salon.com, "Ted Turner’s son vying in SC congressional primary," January 23, 2013
- ↑ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, "Davis, Medel Jackson, (1942-2007)," accessed January 28, 2013
