South Carolina's 6th Congressional District election, 2024 (June 11 Republican primary)
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Election details |
Filing deadline: April 1, 2024 |
Primary: June 11, 2024 Primary runoff: June 25, 2024 General: November 5, 2024 |
How to vote |
Poll times: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Voting in South Carolina |
Race ratings |
DDHQ and The Hill: Safe Democratic Inside Elections: Solid Democratic Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Democratic |
Ballotpedia analysis |
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A Republican Party primary took place on June 11, 2024, in South Carolina's 6th Congressional District to determine which Republican candidate would run in the district's general election on November 5, 2024.
Duke Buckner advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House South Carolina District 6.
All 435 seats were up for election. At the time of the election, Republicans had a 220 to 212 majority with three vacancies.[1] As of June 2024, 45 members of the U.S. House had announced they were not running for re-election. To read more about the U.S. House elections taking place this year, click here.
In the 2022 election in this district, the Democratic candidate won 62.0%-37.9%. Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have defeated Donald Trump (R) 65.3%-33.2%.[2]
Candidate filing deadline | Primary election | General election |
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A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. South Carolina utilizes an open primary system, in which registered voters do not have to be members of a party to vote in that party's primary. Voters must take an oath affirming that they have not voted in another party's primary.[3][4]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
This page focuses on South Carolina's 6th Congressional District Republican primary. For more in-depth information on the district's Democratic primary and the general election, see the following pages:
- South Carolina's 6th Congressional District election, 2024 (June 11 Democratic primary)
- South Carolina's 6th Congressional District election, 2024
Candidates and election results
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House South Carolina District 6
Duke Buckner defeated Justin Scott in the Republican primary for U.S. House South Carolina District 6 on June 11, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Duke Buckner | 55.8 | 10,145 |
![]() | Justin Scott ![]() | 44.2 | 8,050 |
Total votes: 18,195 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Dennis Whiteley (R)
Candidate profiles
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Party: Republican Party
Incumbent: No
Political Office: None
Submitted Biography: "I am a 41 year old father of a 9yr old little boy. I have been working in the welding and construction fields for 28 years. I currently run a welding and fabrication business for the last 4 years now. I believe in the constitution and i believe in this country. Even if we seem a little lost in this current administration."
This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House South Carolina District 6 in 2024.
Voting information
- See also: Voting in South Carolina
Campaign finance
Name | Party | Receipts* | Disbursements** | Cash on hand | Date |
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Duke Buckner | Republican Party | $243,079 | $234,244 | $9,949 | As of December 31, 2024 |
Justin Scott | Republican Party | $10,564 | $10,564 | $0 | As of September 30, 2024 |
Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2024. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." |
District analysis
Click the tabs below to view information about voter composition, past elections, and demographics in both the district and the state.
- District map - A map of the district in place for the election.
- Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2024 U.S. House elections in the state.
- Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the district and the state.
- State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.
Below was the map in use at the time of the election. Click the map below to enlarge it.

This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in South Carolina.
South Carolina U.S. House competitiveness, 2014-2024 | ||||||||||||||
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Office | Districts/ offices |
Seats | Open seats | Candidates | Possible primaries | Contested Democratic primaries | Contested Republican primaries | % of contested primaries | Incumbents in contested primaries | % of incumbents in contested primaries | ||||
2024 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 29 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 64.3% | 3 | 50.0% | ||||
2022 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 28 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 42.9% | 4 | 57.1% | ||||
2020 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 35.7% | 1 | 14.3% | ||||
2018 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 43 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 64.3% | 2 | 33.3% | ||||
2016 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 21.4% | 2 | 28.6% | ||||
2014 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 35.7% | 2 | 28.6% |
Post-filing deadline analysis
The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in South Carolina in 2024. Information below was calculated on April 23, 2024, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.
Twenty-nine candidates ran for South Carolina’s seven U.S. House districts, including 11 Democrats and 18 Republicans. That’s 4.14 candidates per district, more than the four candidates per district in 2022 and the 2.86 candidates in 2020.
The 3rd Congressional District was the only open district, meaning the incumbent did not file to run. The only other election cycle this decade when an incumbent did not run for re-election was 2018.
Incumbent Jeff Duncan (R-3rd) did not run for re-election because he is retired from public office.
Nine candidates—two Democrats and seven Republicans—ran for the open 3rd Congressional District, the most candidates that ran for a seat in South Carolina in 2024.
Nine primaries—four Democratic and five Republican—were contested in 2024, tying with 2018 for the most this decade.
Three incumbents—Nancy Mace (R-1st), Joe Wilson (R-2nd), and William Timmons (R-4th)—were in contested primaries.
Candidates filed to run in the Republican and Democratic primaries in all seven districts, meaning no seats were guaranteed to either party.Partisan Voter Index
Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+14. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 14 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made South Carolina's 6th the 99th most Democratic district nationally.[5]
2020 presidential election results
The table below shows what the vote in the 2020 presidential election would have been in this district. The presidential election data was compiled by Daily Kos.
2020 presidential results in South Carolina's 6th based on 2024 district lines | ||||
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Joe Biden ![]() |
Donald Trump ![]() | |||
65.3% | 33.2% |
Inside Elections Baselines
- See also: Inside Elections
Inside Elections' Baseline is a figure that analyzes all federal and statewide election results from the district over the past four election cycles. The results are combined in an index estimating the strength of a typical Democratic or Republican candidate in the congressional district.[6] The table below displays the Baseline data for this district.
Inside Elections Baseline for 2024 | ||||
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Democratic Baseline ![]() |
Republican Baseline ![]() |
Difference | ||
62.2 | 36.4 | R+25.8 |
Presidential voting history
South Carolina presidential election results (1900-2020)
- 16 Democratic wins
- 14 Republican wins
- 1 other win
Year | 1900 | 1904 | 1908 | 1912 | 1916 | 1920 | 1924 | 1928 | 1932 | 1936 | 1940 | 1944 | 1948 | 1952 | 1956 | 1960 | 1964 | 1968 | 1972 | 1976 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 |
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Winning Party | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | SR[7] | D | D | D | R | R | R | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
Congressional delegation
The table below displays the partisan composition of South Carolina's congressional delegation as of May 2024.
Congressional Partisan Breakdown from South Carolina | |||
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Party | U.S. Senate | U.S. House | Total |
Democratic | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Republican | 2 | 6 | 8 |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vacancies | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 2 | 7 | 9 |
State executive
The table below displays the officeholders in South Carolina's top four state executive offices as of May 2024.
State executive officials in South Carolina, May 2024 | |
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Attorney General | ![]() |
State legislature
South Carolina State Senate
Party | As of February 2024 | |
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Democratic Party | 15 | |
Republican Party | 30 | |
Other | 1 | |
Vacancies | 0 | |
Total | 46 |
South Carolina House of Representatives
Party | As of February 2024 | |
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Democratic Party | 35 | |
Republican Party | 88 | |
Other | 0 | |
Vacancies | 1 | |
Total | 124 |
Trifecta control
The table below shows the state's trifecta status from 1992 until the 2024 election.
South Carolina Party Control: 1992-2024
No Democratic trifectas • Twenty-two years of Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.
Year | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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Governor | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
Senate | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
House | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
Ballot access
The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in South Carolina in the 2024 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in South Carolina, click here.
Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2024 | ||||||
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State | Office | Party | Signatures required | Filing fee | Filing deadline | Source |
South Carolina | U.S. House | Ballot-qualified party | N/A | $3,480.00 | 4/1/2024 | Source |
South Carolina | U.S. House | Unaffiliated | 5% of the active, registered voters in the district | N/A | 7/15/2024 | Source |
See also
- South Carolina's 6th Congressional District election, 2024 (June 11 Democratic primary)
- South Carolina's 6th Congressional District election, 2024
- United States House elections in South Carolina, 2024 (June 11 Democratic primaries)
- United States House elections in South Carolina, 2024 (June 11 Republican primaries)
- United States House Democratic Party primaries, 2024
- United States House Republican Party primaries, 2024
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2024
- U.S. House battlegrounds, 2024
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ A majority in the U.S. House when there are no vacancies is 218 seats.
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
- ↑ NCSL,"State Primary Election Types," accessed September 24, 2024
- ↑ South Carolina Legislature,"South Carolina Code of Laws Unannotated § 7-9-10," accessed September 24, 2024
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed January 10, 2024
- ↑ Inside Elections, "Methodology: Inside Elections’ Baseline by Congressional District," December 8, 2023
- ↑ States' Rights Democratic Party