2024 South Carolina House of Representatives election

2024 South Carolina House of Representatives election
All 124 seats in the South Carolina House of Representatives; 62 seats needed for a majority
	Results:; Republican hold Republican gain; Democratic hold Democratic gain
Speaker before election; Murrell Smith; Republican	Elected Speaker ; TBD;

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

Background

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

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

Party		Votes		Seats

Party		No.	%	No.	+/−	%
	South Carolina Republican Party	1,402,989	62.62	88	0	65.32
	South Carolina Democratic Party	779,644	34.80	36	0	33.87
	Write-in	28,855	1.29	0	0	0.00
	Libertarian Party of South Carolina	17,443	0.78	0	0	0.00
	American Party of South Carolina	7,150	0.32	0	0	0.00
	South Carolina Constitution Party	1,805	0.08	0	0	0.00
	Labor Party	1,650	0.07	0	0	0.00
	Independent	599	0.03	0	0	0.00
	Green Party	256	0.01	0	0	0.00
Total		2,566,154	100.00	124	±0	100.00

Registered voters		3,343,423	100.00
Turnout		2,566,154	76.75
Source: South Carolina Election Commission^[3]

Popular vote

Republican			68.96%
Democratic			29.31%
Other			1.74%

House seats

Republican			70.97%
Democratic			29.03%

Retirements

Fifteen incumbents did not seek re-election.^[4]

Democrats

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

Republicans

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

Resignation

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

Democrats

District 113: Marvin Pendarvis resigned September 19 due to an ongoing legal malpractice investigation.^[5]

Incumbents defeated

In primary election

Three incumbent representatives, all Republicans, were defeated in the June 11 primary election.^[6]

Republicans

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

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
CNalysis^[7]	Solid R	April 11, 2024

Special elections

District 109 (special)

Incumbent resigned November 7, 2023, to join the State Senate.^[8]

District 23 special election, 2024^[9]
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

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

District 1

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

References

^ "South Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2024". Ballotpedia. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
^ "Litigation- Alexander v. S.C. State Conf. of the NAACP". The American Redistricting Project. The American Redistricting Project. Retrieved June 21, 2024.
^ "Election Night Reporting". www.enr-scvotes.org. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
^ 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.
^ Brams, Sophie (September 19, 2024). "Democrat Marvin Pendarvis resigns from state legislature". WCBD-TV. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
^ 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.
^ "24 SC Forecast". projects.cnalysis.com. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
^ 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.
^ "2024 April Special". South Carolina State Election Commission. April 2, 2024.

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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] "Election Night Reporting". www.enr-scvotes.org. Retrieved November 10, 2024.

[4] 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.

[5] Brams, Sophie (September 19, 2024). "Democrat Marvin Pendarvis resigns from state legislature". WCBD-TV. Retrieved September 30, 2024.

[6] 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.

[7] "24 SC Forecast". projects.cnalysis.com. Retrieved April 11, 2024.

[8] thompson@postandcourier.com, Alexander Thompson (November 7, 2023). "Tedder cruises to blowout victory in Senate 42 special election". Post and Courier. Retrieved March 23, 2024.

[9] "2024 April Special". South Carolina State Election Commission. April 2, 2024.

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Background

Partisan breakdown

Results summary

Retirements

Democrats

Republicans

Resignation

Democrats

Incumbents defeated

In primary election

Republicans

Predictions

Special elections

District 109 (special)

Results by district

District 1

See also

References