Dayna Alane Smith

This page was current at the end of the individual's last campaign covered by Ballotpedia. Please contact us with any updates.

Dayna Alane Smith

---

Democratic Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

August 14, 2018

Dayna Alane Smith (Democratic Party) ran in a special election to the South Carolina State Senate to represent District 20. She lost in the special Democratic primary on August 14, 2018.

Elections

2018

See also: South Carolina state legislative special elections, 2018

General election

Special general election for South Carolina State Senate District 20

Dick Harpootlian defeated Benjamin Dunn in the special general election for South Carolina State Senate District 20 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Dick Harpootlian (D)	52.3	21,408
		Benjamin Dunn (R)	47.6	19,481
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	55

---

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 40,944
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Republican primary runoff election

Special Republican primary runoff for South Carolina State Senate District 20

Benjamin Dunn defeated John Holler in the special Republican primary runoff for South Carolina State Senate District 20 on August 28, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Benjamin Dunn	57.2	1,750
	Submit photo	John Holler	42.8	1,312

---

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,062
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Democratic primary election

Special Democratic primary for South Carolina State Senate District 20

Dick Harpootlian defeated Dayna Alane Smith and Kyle Lacio in the special Democratic primary for South Carolina State Senate District 20 on August 14, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Dick Harpootlian	80.7	2,662
	Submit photo	Dayna Alane Smith	11.0	362
	Submit photo	Kyle Lacio	8.3	275

---

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,299
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Republican primary election

Special Republican primary for South Carolina State Senate District 20

Benjamin Dunn and John Holler advanced to a runoff. They defeated Christian Stegmaier and Bill Turbeville in the special Republican primary for South Carolina State Senate District 20 on August 14, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Benjamin Dunn	32.3	1,254
✔	Submit photo	John Holler	24.7	960
	Submit photo	Christian Stegmaier	21.6	838
	Submit photo	Bill Turbeville	21.3	827

---

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,879
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

See also

• South Carolina state legislative special elections, 2018
• South Carolina State Senate

External links

• Search Google News for this topic

Footnotes

[show]

Current members of the South Carolina State Senate

Leadership

Senate President:Thomas Alexander

Majority Leader:Shane Massey

Minority Leader:Brad Hutto

Senators

District 1

Thomas Alexander (R)

District 2

Rex Rice (R)

District 3

Richard Cash (R)

District 4

Michael Gambrell (R)

District 5

Tom Corbin (R)

District 6

Jason Elliott (R)

District 7

Karl Allen (D)

District 8

Ross Turner (R)

District 9

Daniel Verdin (R)

District 10

Billy Garrett (R)

District 11

Josh Kimbrell (R)

District 12

Vacant

District 13

Shane Martin (R)

District 14

Harvey Peeler (R)

District 15

Wes Climer (R)

District 16

Michael Johnson (R)

District 17

Everett Stubbs (R)

District 18

Ronnie Cromer (R)

District 19

Tameika Isaac Devine (D)

District 20

Ed Sutton (D)

District 21

Darrell Jackson (D)

District 22

Overture Walker (D)

District 23

Carlisle Kennedy (R)

District 24

Tom Young (R)

District 25

Shane Massey (R)

District 26

Russell Ott (D)

District 27

Allen Blackmon (R)

District 28

Greg Hembree (R)

District 29

J.D. Chaplin (R)

District 30

Kent Williams (D)

District 31

Mike Reichenbach (R)

District 32

Ronnie Sabb (D)

District 33

Luke Rankin (R)

District 34

Stephen Goldfinch (R)

District 35

Jeffrey Graham (D)

District 36

Jeffrey Zell (R)

District 37

Lawrence Grooms (R)

District 38

Sean Bennett (R)

District 39

Tom Fernandez (R)

District 40

Brad Hutto (D)

District 41

Matthew Leber (R)

District 42

Deon Tedder (D)

District 43

George Campsen (R)

District 44

Brian Adams (R)

District 45

Margie Matthews (D)

District 46

Tom Davis (R)

Republican Party (33)

Democratic Party (12)

Vacancies (1)