South Carolina State Senate seat · lines in effect since 2022
South Carolina Senate District 12
A district of about 150,000 people, 38% of adults with a bachelor's degree. It votes R+23.9 relative to the nation for president.
2025 special election
Dec 23, 2025- Lee Bright (R) · won67.4%
- Write-ins and other votes (OTH)32.6%
Unopposed.
Source: State and county election authorities (CA, DE, FL, GA, LA, MA, MN, SC, WA)Updated Oct 13, 2026, 8:26 AM ET
Where it sits among all 46 seats
Every South Carolina State Senate seat by partisan lean, from most Democratic to most Republican. Lean is the seat's presidential vote on current lines, relative to the nation.
Democratic
Source: 99chambers: 2024 and 2020 presidential results on current lines, relative to the nation (2024 weighted 3:1)Updated Oct 16, 2026, 5:19 AM ET
Every election for this seat
16 races since 1968; the seat changed party 1 time. District numbers are redrawn after each census: each group is one set of lines.
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Won by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lines first used in 2022 | |||
| 2025 special election | Lee Bright (R) | — | Unopposed |
| 2024 | Roger Allen Nutt (R) | Octavia Amaechi (D) | 28.2 |
| Lines first used in 2012 | |||
| 2020 | Scott F. Talley (R) | Dawn Bingham (D) | 29.9 |
| 2016 | Scott F. Talley (R) | — | Unopposed |
| 2012 | Lee Bright (R) | Henri Thompson (D) | 29.1 |
| Lines first used in 2002 | |||
| 2008 | Lee Bright (R) | — | Unopposed |
| 2004 | John Hawkins (R) | Leonardo Ortiz (D) | 41.0 |
| Lines first used in 1992 | |||
| 2000 | John Hawkins (R) | Edgar M. Poole Jr. (D) | 37.5 |
| 1996 | John Russell (R) | Leonardo Ortiz (D) | 44.9 |
| 1992 | John Russell (R) | — | Unopposed |
| Lines first used in 1982 | |||
| 1988 | John Russell (R)Flip | George Wideman (D) | 14.4 |
| 1984 | Elizabeth Patterson (D) | — | Unopposed |
| Lines first used in 1972 | |||
| 1980 | John C. Land III · Phil Leventis (D) | Marilyn Ayers (R) | 32.7 |
| 1976 | John E. Miles · John C. Land III (D) | — | Unopposed |
| 1972 | James M. Morris · T. D. Brown (D) | — | Unopposed |
| Lines first used in 1962 | |||
| 1968 | Edgar A. Brown (D) | — | Unopposed |
Won by: the winner's lead over the runner-up, in points of the vote. Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Districts that overlap District 12
The state's districts in other chambers that share residents with this one, and the share of District 12's area in each.
- U.S. House
- SC-4 100%
Every race on these lines
Results recomputed from precinct returns as if today's boundaries had always existed, so years compare like for like.
| 2024 | |
|---|---|
| President | R+24.7 |
Outlined: the race for this seat itselfBlank: no race that year
Source: 99chambers results archive: precinct results allocated to current lines; 2026: civicAPIUpdated Nov 8, 2026, 7:01 PM ET
Who lives here, compared
Grey bars show the spread of all 46 seats. Small marks are other seats in South Carolina. The black marker is District 12.
Higher than 78% of seats.
Lower than 71% of seats.
Higher than 93% of seats.
Lower than 62% of seats.
Higher than 98% of seats.
Denser than 80% of seats.
Source: Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates, allocated to current linesUpdated Oct 13, 2026, 5:06 AM ET
Seats most like this one
Nearest seats on demographics, density and lean.
District 645% college gradsR+25.1Not up in 2026District 44
42% college gradsR+12.9Not up in 2026District 16
56% college gradsR+15.7Not up in 2026District 8
49% college gradsR+19.1Not up in 2026
Source: Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates, allocated to current lines; 99chambers: 2024 and 2020 presidential results on current lines, relative to the nation (2024 weighted 3:1)Updated Oct 16, 2026, 5:19 AM ET