2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2010 election for South Carolina House District 47
South Carolina House of Representatives · South Carolina
Tommy Pope (R) won with 65.4% of the vote, defeating Herbert Kirsh (D) by 30.8 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Tommy PopeRepublican · winner
65.4%7,692
Herbert KirshDemocrat · incumbent
34.6%4,066
11,763 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 2010
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET