2020 South Carolina House of Representatives election explained

Election Name:2020 South Carolina House of Representatives election
Percentage2:34.80%
Party2:Democratic Party (United States)
Leader Since2:January 8, 2013
Leaders Seat2:101st
Last Election2:44, 38.53%
Seats Before2:45
Seats2:43
Seat Change2: 2
Popular Vote2:779,644
Swing2: 3.73%
Swing1: 4.14%
Speaker
Before Election:Jay Lucas
Before Party:Republican
After Election:Jay Lucas
After Party:Republican
Leader2:J. Todd Rutherford
Percentage1:62.62%
Country:South Carolina
Election Date:November 3, 2020
Type:legislative
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2018 South Carolina House of Representatives election
Previous Year:2018
Next Election:2022 South Carolina House of Representatives election
Next Year:2022
Seats For Election:All 124 seats in the South Carolina House of Representatives
Majority Seats:62
Turnout:63.16% 8.13 pp
Popular Vote1:1,402,989
Leader1:Jay Lucas
Party1:Republican Party (United States)
Leader Since1:December 2, 2014
Leaders Seat1:121st
Last Election1:80, 58.48%
Seats Before1:79
Seats1:81
Seat Change1: 2

The 2020 South Carolina House of Representatives elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections. South Carolina voters have elected state representatives in all 123 of the state house's districts.[1]

Primary elections were held beforehand.[2]

Results

PartyVotesSeats
%+/−%
South Carolina Republican Party1,402,98962.6281+165.32
South Carolina Democratic Party779,64434.8043-133.87
Write-in28,8551.29000.00
Libertarian Party of South Carolina17,4430.78000.00
American Party of South Carolina7,1500.32000.00
South Carolina Constitution Party1,8050.08000.00
Labor Party1,6500.07000.00
Independent5990.03000.00
Green Party2560.01000.00
Total2,240,391100.00124±0100.00
Registered voters3,547,181100.00
Turnout2,240,39163.16
Source: South Carolina Election Commission[4]

Margins of victory

District Winning Party Margin
3 Republican 31.28%
7 Republican 52.38%
8 Republican 61.98%
12 Democratic 18.2%
13 Republican 43.34%
15 Democratic 3.74%
18 Republican 47.71%
19 Republican 22.19%
20 Republican 35.15%
22 Republican 27.12%
25 Democratic 39.03%
26 Republican 19.91%
28 Republican 30.36%
33 Republican 77.5%
35 Republican 36.07%
41 Democratic 29.7%
43 Republican 36.52%
44 Republican 10.5%
45 Republican 27.74%
47 Republican 46.82%
48 Republican 21.84%
49 Democratic 27.94%
52 Republican 3.27%
54 Democratic 10.79%
56 Republican 30.97%
60 Republican 22.78%
63 Republican 29.46%
64 Democratic 8.7%
66 Democratic 39.97%
68 Republican 69.45%
71 Republican 32.19%
73 Democratic 56.4%
74 Democratic 65.84%
75 Republican 1.49%
77 Democratic 67.68%
78 Democratic 31.9%
79 Democratic 74.34%
80 Democratic 39.01%
83 Republican 40.31%
90 Democratic 0.37%
94 Republican 22.15%
95 Democratic 74.57%
97 Democratic 24.6%
99 Republican 28.65%
107 Republican 32.79%
109 Democratic 61.87%
110 Republican 21.42%
111 Democratic 58.37%
112 Republican 15.06%
114 Republican 8.87%
115 Democratic 1.59%
116 Democratic 1.74%
117 Democratic 5.34%
118 Democratic 23.5%
119 Democratic 39.7%
121 Democratic 26.66%
122 Democratic 13.97%
123 Republican 25.04%
124 Republican 26.59%

Detailed Results by District

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Source:

District 124

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: South Carolina House Elections & Candidates: Your Election Guide for the SC House of Representatives. 2020-09-03. www.sciway.net.
  2. News: Live: South Carolina State Primary Election Results 2020. en-US. The New York Times. 2020-09-03. 0362-4331.
  3. Web site: October Overview: Handicapping the 2020 State Legislature Races. The Cook Political Report. November 1, 2020.
  4. Web site: Election Night Reporting. 2020-12-04. www.enr-scvotes.org.