2000 general · November 7, 2000

2000 South Carolina State Senate election results, district by district

Every South Carolina State Senate district in the 2000 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

The chamber was tied · 46 seats

After the electionD 23 · R 23
Races46
Changed party3
Unopposed48%22 races
Incumbents defeated1

Every district

D 23 · R 23

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-1Tom Alexander (R)Unopposed
SD-2Larry Martin (R)Unopposed
SD-3Robert L. Waldrep (R)Unopposed
SD-4Billy Odell (D)17.7
SD-5J. Verne Smith (D)57.1
SD-6Mike Fair (R)Unopposed
SD-7Ralph Anderson (D)28.2
SD-8David L. Thomas (R)77.7
SD-9Danny Verdin (R)9.0FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-10John W. Drummond (D)18.7
SD-11Glenn G. Reese (D)15.7
SD-12John Hawkins (R)37.5
SD-13Jim Ritchie (R)32.9
SD-14Harvey Peeler (R)Unopposed
SD-15Robert Wes Hayes Jr. (R)Unopposed
SD-16Greg Gregory (R)Unopposed
SD-17Linda H. Short (D)66.0
SD-18Andre Bauer (R)27.8Flipped
SD-19Kay Patterson (D)Unopposed
SD-20John E. Courson (R)20.5
SD-21Darrell Jackson (D)Unopposed
SD-22Warren K. Giese (R)11.8
SD-23Joe Wilson (R)Unopposed
SD-24Greg Ryberg (R)Unopposed
SD-25Thomas L. Moore (D)34.0
SD-26Nikki Setzler (D)13.8
SD-27Donald H. Holland (D)36.3
SD-28Dick Elliott (D)Unopposed
SD-29Edward E. Saleeby (D)Unopposed
SD-30Maggie W. Glover (D)Unopposed
SD-31Hugh K. Leatherman Sr. (R)12.0
SD-32John Yancey McGill (D)Unopposed
SD-33Luke Rankin (D)8.7
SD-34Arthur Ravenel Jr. (R)Unopposed
SD-35Phil Leventis (D)19.7
SD-36John C. Land III (D)47.6
SD-37Larry Grooms (R)2.5Flipped
SD-38William S. Branton Jr. (R)Unopposed
SD-39John W. Matthews Jr. (D)Unopposed
SD-40Brad Hutto (D)81.8
SD-41Glenn F. McConnell (R)Unopposed
SD-42Robert Ford (D)Unopposed
SD-43Ernest L. Passailaigue (D)27.1
SD-44William Mescher (R)Unopposed
SD-45Clementa A. Pinckney (D)26.0
SD-46Scott H. Richardson (R)Unopposed

South Carolina State Senate

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner