South Carolina state legislative election results, 2024
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The sections below contain analysis of election results in the state legislative elections for South Carolina in 2024.
General election results
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Retiring incumbents
Senate
Five incumbents did not file for re-election in 2024.[1] The average number of retirements each election cycle from 2010 to 2022 was 4.3. Those incumbents were:
House
Fifteen incumbents did not file for re-election in 2024.[2] The average number of retirements each election cycle from 2010 to 2022 was 12. Those incumbents were:
Primary election competitiveness
This section contains data on state legislative primary election competitiveness in South Carolina. These totals include data from all regularly-scheduled House and Senate elections. For more information about Ballotpedia's competitiveness analysis of state legislative elections, please click here.
Post-filing deadline analysis
The following analysis covers all state legislative districts up for election in South Carolina in 2024. Information below was calculated on May 24, 2024, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.
South Carolina had 79 contested state legislative primaries in 2024, an increase of 65% from the preceding cycle.
Twenty-seven of these primaries were for Democrats, up 125% from 2022. This was up 4% from 2020 and 35% from 2016, the last two cycles featuring elections for every state House and Senate seat. Fifty-two primaries were for Republicans, a 44% increase from 36 in 2022.
Fifty-one incumbents faced primary challenges, a new high and representing 34% of all incumbents running for re-election. The previous high was 42 incumbents in 2016.
Of the 51 incumbents in contested primaries, 16 were Democrats and 35 were Republicans.
In total, 348 major party candidates—136 Democrats and 212 Republicans—filed to run. All 124 House and 46 Senate seats were up for election. Twenty of those seats were open, meaning no incumbents filed. This was the second-largest number of open seats, behind 24 in 2012.
Senate
The table below shows the number and percentage of open seats in the South Carolina State Senate from 2010 to 2024.[3]
| Open Seats in South Carolina State Senate elections: 2012 - 2024 | |||
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| Year | Total seats | Open seats | Seats with incumbents running for re-election |
| 2024 | 46 | 5 (11 percent) | 41 (89 percent) |
| 2020 | 46 | 3 (7 percent) | 43 (93 percent) |
| 2016 | 46 | 3 (7 percent) | 43 (93 percent) |
| 2012 | 46 | 6 (13 percent) | 40 (87 percent) |
House
The table below shows the number and percentage of open seats in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 2010 to 2024.[4]
| Open Seats in South Carolina House of Representatives elections: 2010 - 2024 | |||
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| Year | Total seats | Open seats | Seats with incumbents running for re-election |
| 2024 | 124 | 15 (12%) | 109 (88%) |
| 2022 | 124 | 15 (12%) | 109 (88%) |
| 2020 | 124 | 12 (10%) | 112 (90%) |
| 2018 | 124 | 8 (6%) | 116 (94%) |
| 2016 | 124 | 14 (11%) | 110 (89%) |
| 2014 | 124 | 11 (9%) | 113 (91%) |
| 2012 | 124 | 15 (12%) | 109 (88%) |
| 2010 | 124 | 11 (9%) | 113 (91%) |
See also
- Elections
- Elections calendar
- Elections by state and year
- State Poll Opening and Closing Times
- State legislative elections, 2024
Footnotes
- ↑ Ballotpedia defines an incumbent as retiring if the incumbent did not file for office or filed for office but withdrew, was disqualified, or otherwise left a race in a manner other than losing the primary, primary runoff, or convention. If an incumbent runs as a write-in candidate, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring. If an incumbent runs in the same chamber for a different seat, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring.
- ↑ Ballotpedia defines an incumbent as retiring if the incumbent did not file for office or filed for office but withdrew, was disqualified, or otherwise left a race in a manner other than losing the primary, primary runoff, or convention. If an incumbent runs as a write-in candidate, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring. If an incumbent runs in the same chamber for a different seat, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring.
- ↑ Ballotpedia defines a seat as open if the incumbent did not file to run for re-election or filed but withdrew and did not appear on any ballot for his or her seat. If the incumbent withdrew from or did not participate in the primary but later chose to seek re-election to his or her seat as a third party or independent candidate, the seat would not be counted as open. If the incumbent retired or ran for a different seat in the same chamber, his or her original seat would be counted as open unless another incumbent from the same chamber filed to run for that seat, in which case it would not be counted as open due to the presence of an incumbent.
- ↑ Ballotpedia defines a seat as open if the incumbent did not file to run for re-election or filed but withdrew and did not appear on any ballot for his or her seat. If the incumbent withdrew from or did not participate in the primary but later chose to seek re-election to his or her seat as a third party or independent candidate, the seat would not be counted as open. If the incumbent retired or ran for a different seat in the same chamber, his or her original seat would be counted as open unless another incumbent from the same chamber filed to run for that seat, in which case it would not be counted as open due to the presence of an incumbent.
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