2024 South Carolina House of Representatives election

The 2024 South Carolina House of Representatives election will be held on November 5, 2024, alongside the 2024 United States elections.[1] Primary elections took place on June 11, 2024.

2024 South Carolina House of Representatives election

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All 124 seats in the South Carolina House of Representatives
62 seats needed for a majority
 
Leader Murrell Smith Todd Rutherford
Party Republican Democratic
Leader since May 12, 2022 January 8, 2013
Leader's seat 67th 74th
Last election 88 36
Seats needed Steady Increase 26

Map of the incumbents:
     Democratic incumbent
     Republican incumbent

Incumbent Speaker

Murrell Smith
Republican



Background

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As part of the court case, Alexander vs. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, the NAACP challenged the legality of the legislative districts enacted by the South Carolina state legislature for the 2022 South Carolina House of Representatives Election by calling the enacted legislative map a racial gerrymander in violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. In order to settle the state legislative portion of the case, both parties agreed to a settlement map which will be used for the first time in the 2024 South Carolina House of Representatives Election.[2]

Partisan breakdown

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In the 2020 US Presidential Election, Donald Trump won 82 districts, while Joe Biden won 42. Going into the 2024 House of Representatives Election, Republicans represented six districts where Biden had won in 2020: District 12 (Biden +5%) in rural McCormick County, District 52 (Biden +20%) in suburban Richland County, District 64 (Biden +4%) in rural Clarendon County, District 110 (Biden +2%) in Charleston County encompassing Charleston Central and Mount Pleasant, District 116 (Biden +6%) in suburban Charleston County, and District 122 (Biden +7%) covering parts of Hampton, Jasper, and Colleton counties.

 

Results summary

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Retirements

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Fifteen incumbents did not seek re-election.[3]

Democrats

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  1. District 54: Pat Henegan retired.
  2. District 79: Ivory Torrey Thigpen retired to run for State Senate.
  3. District 93: Russell Ott retired to run for State Senate.

Republicans

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  1. District 9: Anne Thayer retired.
  2. District 14: Stewart Jones retired to run for U.S. House.
  3. District 20: Adam Morgan retired to run for U.S. House.
  4. District 22: Jason Elliott retired to run for State Senate.
  5. District 26: Raye Felder retired.
  6. District 28: Ashley Trantham retired.
  7. District 32: Max Hyde retired.
  8. District 34: Roger Nutt retired to run for State Senate.
  9. District 52: Ben Connell retired.
  10. District 66: David O'Neal retired.
  11. District 81: Bart T. Blackwell retired.
  12. District 116: Matt Leber retired to run for State Senate.

Resignation

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One seat was left vacant on the day of the general election due to resignation in 2024.

Democrats

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  1. District 113: Marvin Pendarvis resigned September 19 due to an ongoing legal malpractice investigation.[4]

Incumbents defeated

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In primary election

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Three incumbent representatives, all Republicans, were defeated in the June 11 primary election.[5]

Republicans

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  1. District 2: Bill Sandifer III lost renomination to Adam Duncan.
  2. District 3: Jerry Carter lost renomination to Phillip Bowers.
  3. District 7: Jay West lost renomination to Thomas Gilreath.

Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
CNalysis[6] Solid R April 11, 2024


Special elections

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District 109 (special)

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Incumbent resigned November 7, 2023, to join the State Senate.[7]

District 23 special election, 2024[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Tiffany Spann-Wilder 299 97.39
Write-in 8 2.61
Total votes 307 100.0
Democratic hold

Results by district

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District 1District 2District 3District 4District 5District 6District 7District 8District 9District 10District 11District 12District 13District 14District 15District 16District 17District 18District 19District 20District 21District 22District 23District 24District 25District 26District 27District 28District 29District 30District 31District 32District 33District 34District 35District 36District 37District 38District 39District 40District 41District 42District 43District 44District 45District 46District 47District 48District 49District 50District 51District 52District 53District 54District 55District 56District 57District 58District 59District 60District 61District 62District 63District 64District 65District 66District 67District 68District 69District 70District 71District 72District 73District 74District 75District 76District 77District 78District 79District 80District 81District 82District 83District 84District 85District 86District 87District 88District 89District 90District 91District 92District 93District 94District 95District 96District 97District 98District 99District 100District 101District 102District 103District 104District 105District 106District 107District 108District 109District 110District 111District 112District 113District 114District 115District 116District 117District 118District 119District 120District 121District 122District 123District 124

District 1

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District 1 general election, 2024
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bill Whitmire (incumbent)
Write-in
Total votes 100.0
Republican hold

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "South Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2024". Ballotpedia. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
  2. ^ "Litigation- Alexander v. S.C. State Conf. of the NAACP". The American Redistricting Project. The American Redistricting Project. Retrieved June 21, 2024.
  3. ^ Kenmore, Abraham; Adcox, Seanna (April 1, 2024). "SC's GOP 'sister senators' among legislators facing primary opposition". South Carolina Daily Gazette. Retrieved June 13, 2024.
  4. ^ Brams, Sophie (September 19, 2024). "Democrat Marvin Pendarvis resigns from state legislature". WCBD-TV. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
  5. ^ Holdman, Jessica; Kenmore, Abraham (June 12, 2024). "Harpootlian loses Senate seat, 'sister senators' lose ground and Freedom Caucus expands". South Carolina Daily Gazette. Retrieved June 13, 2024. Meanwhile, across the Upstate, far-right candidates backed by the House Freedom Caucus flipped three seats held by majority GOP caucus incumbents.
  6. ^ "24 SC Forecast". projects.cnalysis.com. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
  7. ^ athompson@postandcourier.com, Alexander Thompson (November 7, 2023). "Tedder cruises to blowout victory in Senate 42 special election". Post and Courier. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
  8. ^ "2024 April Special". South Carolina State Election Commission. April 2, 2024.