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2008 general · November 4, 2008

2008 South Carolina State Senate election results, district by district

Every South Carolina State Senate district in the 2008 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Republicans controlled the chamber · 46 seats

After the electionD 19 · R 27
Races46
Changed party1
Unopposed57%26 races
Incumbents defeated0

Every district

D 19 · R 27

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-1Tom Alexander (R)70.7
SD-2Larry Martin (R)Unopposed
SD-3Kevin L. Bryant (R)11.5
SD-4Billy Odell (R)34.8
SD-5Phil Shoopman (R)Unopposed
SD-6Mike Fair (R)Unopposed
SD-7Ralph Anderson (D)43.4
SD-8David L. Thomas (R)Unopposed
SD-9Danny Verdin (R)Unopposed
SD-10Floyd Nicholson (D)2.9
SD-11Glenn G. Reese (D)14.3
SD-12Lee Bright (R)Unopposed
SD-13Shane Martin (R)36.2
SD-14Harvey Peeler (R)Unopposed
SD-15Robert Wes Hayes Jr. (R)Unopposed
SD-16Mick Mulvaney (R)7.5
SD-17Creighton B. Coleman (D)47.6
SD-18Ronnie Cromer (R)44.4
SD-19John L. Scott Jr. (D)82.6
SD-20John E. Courson (R)Unopposed
SD-21Darrell Jackson (D)Unopposed
SD-22Joel Lourie (D)Unopposed
SD-23Jake Knotts (R)Unopposed
SD-24Greg Ryberg (R)Unopposed
SD-25Shane Massey (R)8.4Flipped
SD-26Nikki Setzler (D)26.3
SD-27Vincent Sheheen (D)Unopposed
SD-28Dick Elliott (D)14.9
SD-29Gerald Malloy (D)Unopposed
SD-30Kent Williams (D)Unopposed
SD-31Hugh K. Leatherman Sr. (R)Unopposed
SD-32John Yancey McGill (D)Unopposed
SD-33Luke Rankin (R)44.7
SD-34Raymond E. Cleary III (R)Unopposed
SD-35Phil Leventis (D)23.7
SD-36John C. Land III (D)Unopposed
SD-37Larry Grooms (R)Unopposed
SD-38Michael T. Rose (R)10.5
SD-39John W. Matthews Jr. (D)Unopposed
SD-40Brad Hutto (D)45.2
SD-41Glenn F. McConnell (R)Unopposed
SD-42Robert Ford (D)63.8
SD-43Chip Campsen (R)Unopposed
SD-44Paul G. Campbell Jr. (R)Unopposed
SD-45Clementa A. Pinckney (D)Unopposed
SD-46Tom Davis (R)30.4

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