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United States Senate election in South Carolina, 2022 (June 14 Republican primary)

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U.S. Senate, South Carolina
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Democratic primary
Democratic primary runoff
Republican primary
General election
Election details
Filing deadline: March 30, 2022
Primary: June 14, 2022
Primary runoff: June 28, 2022
General: November 8, 2022
Pre-election incumbent:
Tim Scott (Republican)
How to vote
Poll times: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Voting in South Carolina
Race ratings
Cook Political Report: Solid Republican
Inside Elections: Solid Republican
Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Republican
Ballotpedia analysis
U.S. Senate battlegrounds
U.S. House battlegrounds
Federal and state primary competitiveness
Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2022
See also
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A Republican Party primary was scheduled to take place on June 14, 2022, in South Carolina to determine which Republican candidate would run in the state's general election on November 8, 2022. The primary was canceled after only one Republican filed for the seat.

Incumbent Tim Scott advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. Senate South Carolina.

Candidate filing deadline Primary election General election
March 30, 2022
June 14, 2022
November 8, 2022


Heading into the election, the incumbent was Tim Scott (Republican), who first took office in 2013.

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.[1][2]

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

This page focuses on South Carolina's United States Senate Republican primary. For more in-depth information on the state's Democratic primary and the general election, see the following pages:

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Candidates and election results

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Tim Scott advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. Senate South Carolina.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Ballot access requirements

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. Senate candidates in South Carolina in the 2022 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in South Carolina, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. Senate candidates, 2022
State Office Party Signatures required Filing fee Filing deadline Source
South Carolina U.S. Senate Ballot-qualified party N/A $10,440.00 3/30/2022 Source
South Carolina U.S. Senate Unaffiliated 5% of active registered voters in the state, or 10,000, whichever is less N/A 7/15/2022 Source

Election analysis

Click the tabs below to view information about demographics, past elections, and partisan control of the state.

  • Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the state.
  • Statewide elections - Information about recent U.S. Senate and gubernatorial elections in the state.
  • State partisanship - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.
  • Demographics - Information about the state's demographics and how they compare to the country as a whole.

Presidential elections

See also: Presidential voting trends in South Carolina and The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

Cook PVI by congressional district

Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index for South Carolina, 2022
District Incumbent Party PVI
South Carolina's 1st Nancy Mace Ends.png Republican R+7
South Carolina's 2nd Joe Wilson Ends.png Republican R+8
South Carolina's 3rd Jeff Duncan Ends.png Republican R+21
South Carolina's 4th William Timmons Ends.png Republican R+12
South Carolina's 5th Ralph Norman Ends.png Republican R+12
South Carolina's 6th Jim Clyburn Electiondot.png Democratic D+14
South Carolina's 7th Tom Rice Ends.png Republican R+11


2020 presidential results by 2022 congressional district lines

2020 presidential results in congressional districts based on 2022 district lines, South Carolina[3]
District Joe Biden Democratic Party Donald Trump Republican Party
South Carolina's 1st 44.9% 53.5%
South Carolina's 2nd 43.9% 54.5%
South Carolina's 3rd 30.6% 68.0%
South Carolina's 4th 39.8% 58.4%
South Carolina's 5th 40.2% 58.4%
South Carolina's 6th 65.3% 33.2%
South Carolina's 7th 40.2% 58.8%


2012-2020

How a state's counties vote in a presidential election and the size of those counties can provide additional insights into election outcomes at other levels of government including statewide and congressional races. Below, four categories are used to describe each county's voting pattern over the 2012, 2016, and 2020 presidential elections: Solid, Trending, Battleground, and New. Click [show] on the table below for examples:


Following the 2020 presidential election, 71.8% of South Carolinians lived in one of the state's 25 Solid Republican counties, which voted for the Republican presidential candidate in every election from 2012 to 2020, and 23.6% lived in one of 13 Solid Democratic counties. Overall, South Carolina was Solid Republican, having voted for Mitt Romney (R) in 2012, Donald Trump (R) in 2016, and Donald Trump (R) in 2020. Use the table below to view the total number of each type of county in South Carolina following the 2020 election as well as the overall percentage of the state population located in each county type.

Historical voting trends

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
Winning Party D D D D D D D D D D D D SR[4] D D D R R R D R R R R R R R R R R R

Statewide elections

This section details the results of the five most recent U.S. Senate and gubernatorial elections held in the state.

U.S. Senate elections

See also: List of United States Senators from South Carolina

The table below details the vote in the five most recent U.S. Senate races in South Carolina.

U.S. Senate election results in South Carolina
Race Winner Runner up
2020 54.5%Republican Party 44.2%Democratic Party
2016 60.5%Republican Party 37.0%Democratic Party
2014 54.3%Republican Party 38.8%Democratic Party
2014 61.1%Republican Party 37.1%Democratic Party
2010 62.4%Republican Party 28.2%Democratic Party
Average 58.6 37.1

Gubernatorial elections

See also: Governor of South Carolina

The table below details the vote in the five most recent gubernatorial elections in South Carolina.

Gubernatorial election results in South Carolina
Race Winner Runner up
2018 54.0%Republican Party 45.9%Democratic Party
2014 55.9%Republican Party 41.4%Democratic Party
2010 51.4%Republican Party 46.9%Democratic Party
2006 55.1%Republican Party 44.8%Democratic Party
2002 52.9%Republican Party 47.0%Democratic Party
Average 53.9 45.2

State partisanship

Congressional delegation

The table below displays the partisan composition of South Carolina's congressional delegation as of November 2022.

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from South Carolina, November 2022
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 November 2022.

State executive officials in South Carolina, November 2022
Office Officeholder
Governor Republican Party Henry McMaster
Lieutenant Governor Republican Party Pamela Evette
Secretary of State Republican Party Mark Hammond
Attorney General Republican Party Alan Wilson

State legislature

The tables below highlight the partisan composition of the South Carolina State Legislature as of November 2022.

South Carolina State Senate

Party As of November 2022
     Democratic Party 16
     Republican Party 30
     Vacancies 0
Total 46

South Carolina House of Representatives

Party As of November 2022
     Democratic Party 43
     Republican Party 80
     Vacancies 1
Total 124

Trifecta control

As of November 2022, South Carolina was a Republican trifecta, with majorities in both chambers of the state legislature and control of the governorship. The table below displays the historical trifecta status of the state.

South Carolina Party Control: 1992-2022
No Democratic trifectas  •  Twenty 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
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
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
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

Demographics

The table below details demographic data in South Carolina and compares it to the broader United States as of 2019.

Demographic Data for South Carolina
South Carolina United States
Population 4,625,364 308,745,538
Land area (sq mi) 30,064 3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White 67.2% 72.5%
Black/African American 26.8% 12.7%
Asian 1.6% 5.5%
Native American 0.4% 0.8%
Pacific Islander 0.1% 0.2%
Other (single race) 1.8% 4.9%
Multiple 2.3% 3.3%
Hispanic/Latino 5.7% 18%
Education
High school graduation rate 87.5% 88%
College graduation rate 28.1% 32.1%
Income
Median household income $53,199 $62,843
Persons below poverty level 15.2% 13.4%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2010). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2014-2019).
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.


See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ NCSL,"State Primary Election Types," accessed September 24, 2024
  2. ↑ South Carolina Legislature,"South Carolina Code of Laws Unannotated § 7-9-10," accessed September 24, 2024
  3. ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' presidential results by congressional district for 2020, 2016, and 2012," accessed September 9, 2022
  4. ↑ States' Rights Democratic Party


South Carolina's current delegation to the United States Congress
Senators
Lindsey Graham (R)
Tim Scott (R)
Representatives
District 1
District 2
District 3
District 4
District 5
District 6
District 7
Republican Party (8)
Democratic Party (1)


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