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2022 United States Senate election in South Carolina

2022 United States Senate election in South Carolina

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The 2022 United States Senate election in South Carolina was held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of South Carolina. Incumbent senator Tim Scott won reelection to a second full term, defeating state representative Krystle Matthews.[1] This was the third consecutive election for this seat where both major party nominees were black.

Quick Facts Nominee, Party ...

Scott was appointed to the U.S. Senate in 2013 following the resignation of fellow Republican Jim DeMint. With 61.1% of the vote, he won the 2014 special election to serve the remainder of DeMint's term. Scott was then re-elected to a full six-year term in 2016 with 60.6% of the vote.

Primary elections in South Carolina were held on June 14, 2022. Scott won the Republican primary unopposed, while Matthews won the Democratic primary in a June 28 runoff.[2]

Scott has said this election would be his last.[3][4]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Withdrawn

  • Timothy Swain[5] (opted to run for State House seat 121, defeated in primary)[6][7]

Endorsements

Tim Scott
Executive Branch officials
U.S. Senators
U.S. Representatives
Individuals
Organizations

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in runoff

Eliminated in primary

First round

Results

Initial primary results by county:
  Bruce
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  Matthews
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  Geter
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
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Runoff

Results

Primary runoff results by county:
  Matthews
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  Bruce
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70-80%
More information Party, Candidate ...

General election

Predictions

More information Source, Ranking ...

Endorsements

Tim Scott (R)
Executive Branch officials
U.S. Senators
U.S. Representatives
Individuals
Organizations

Polling

More information Poll source, Date(s) administered ...

Results

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Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

By congressional district

Scott won 6 of 7 congressional districts.[36]

More information District, Scott ...

See also

Notes

  1. Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear

References

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    "Tim Scott Draws A 2022 GOP Primary Challenger". FITSNews. March 25, 2021. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
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    @SwainForSenate (March 23, 2022). "After much consideration, and with my filing deadline only a week away, I had to make a hard choice. Unfortunatel…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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    "2022 Statewide Primaries - RUNOFF". South Carolina Election Commission.
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    "2022 Statewide General Election". South Carolina Election Commission.
  36. [36]
    Results. docs.google.com (Report).
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