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Thomas Huff (South Carolina)

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Thomas Huff
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Prior offices
South Carolina Court of Appeals

Education

Bachelor's

Augusta College, 1971

Law

University of South Carolina School of Law, 1975

Thomas E. Huff is a judge on the South Carolina Court of Appeals. He was first elected to this position in February 1996, effective March 29, 1996. He was re-elected in 2018.[1]

Education

Huff received his associate degree in science from the University of South Carolina at Aiken in 1969, his bachelor's degree in business from Augusta College, now Augusta State University, in 1971, and his J.D. from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1975.[2]

Career

Huff began his judicial career in 1996, when he was elected to the South Carolina Court of Appeals. He previously served in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1978 until February 1996.[2]

State profile

Demographic data for South Carolina
 South CarolinaU.S.
Total population:4,894,834316,515,021
Land area (sq mi):30,0613,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White:67.2%73.6%
Black/African American:27.5%12.6%
Asian:1.4%5.1%
Native American:0.3%0.8%
Pacific Islander:0.1%0.2%
Two or more:2%3%
Hispanic/Latino:5.3%17.1%
Education
High school graduation rate:85.6%86.7%
College graduation rate:25.8%29.8%
Income
Median household income:$45,483$53,889
Persons below poverty level:22%11.3%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015)
Click here for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in South Carolina.
**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.

Presidential voting pattern

See also: Presidential voting trends in South Carolina

South Carolina voted Republican in all seven presidential elections between 2000 and 2024.

Pivot Counties (2016)

Ballotpedia identified 206 counties that voted for Donald Trump (R) in 2016 after voting for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012. Collectively, Trump won these Pivot Counties by more than 580,000 votes. Of these 206 counties, five are located in South Carolina, accounting for 2.43 percent of the total pivot counties.[3]

Pivot Counties (2020)

In 2020, Ballotpedia re-examined the 206 Pivot Counties to view their voting patterns following that year's presidential election. Ballotpedia defined those won by Trump won as Retained Pivot Counties and those won by Joe Biden (D) as Boomerang Pivot Counties. Nationwide, there were 181 Retained Pivot Counties and 25 Boomerang Pivot Counties. South Carolina had five Retained Pivot Counties, 2.76 percent of all Retained Pivot Counties.

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See also

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Footnotes

  1. South Carolina Judicial Department, "Court news," accessed February 8, 2018
  2. 2.0 2.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named bio
  3. The raw data for this study was provided by Dave Leip of Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.