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2012 general · November 6, 2012

2012 South Carolina State Senate election results, district by district

Every South Carolina State Senate district in the 2012 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 18 · R 27 · 1 other
Races46
Changed party0
Unopposed65%30 races
Incumbents defeated1

Every district

D 18 · R 27 · Other 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-1Tom Alexander (R)Unopposed
SD-2Larry Martin (R)29.1
SD-3Kevin L. Bryant (R)Unopposed
SD-4Billy Odell (R)Unopposed
SD-5Tom Corbin (R)Unopposed
SD-6Mike Fair (R)39.0
SD-7Karl Allen (D)31.0
SD-8Ross Turner (R)Unopposed
SD-9Danny Verdin (R)Unopposed
SD-10Floyd Nicholson (D)7.1
SD-11Glenn G. Reese (D)42.3
SD-12Lee Bright (R)29.1
SD-13Shane Martin (R)Unopposed
SD-14Harvey Peeler (R)Unopposed
SD-15Wes Hayes (R)48.8
SD-16Greg Gregory (R)Unopposed
SD-17Creighton B. Coleman (D)32.0
SD-18Ronnie Cromer (R)Unopposed
SD-19John L. Scott Jr. (D)Unopposed
SD-20John E. Courson (R)21.0
SD-21Darrell Jackson (D)Unopposed
SD-22Joel Lourie (D)Unopposed
SD-23Katrina Shealy (IND)7.4Incumbent lost
SD-24Tom Young (R)Unopposed
SD-25Shane Massey (R)Unopposed
SD-26Nikki Setzler (D)21.0
SD-27Vincent Sheheen (D)Unopposed
SD-28Greg Hembree (R)33.7
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)Unopposed
SD-34Raymond E. Cleary III (R)Unopposed
SD-35Thomas McElveen (D)9.7
SD-36Kevin L. Johnson (D)31.4
SD-37Larry Grooms (R)Unopposed
SD-38Sean Bennett (R)Unopposed
SD-39John W. Matthews Jr. (D)Unopposed
SD-40Brad Hutto (D)Unopposed
SD-41Paul Thurmond (R)11.6
SD-42Robert Ford (D)Unopposed
SD-43Chip Campsen (R)Unopposed
SD-44Paul G. Campbell Jr. (R)Unopposed
SD-45Clementa A. Pinckney (D)32.5
SD-46Tom Davis (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