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South Carolina State Senate seat · lines in effect since 2022

South Carolina Senate District 29

A district of about 108,000 people, 45% Black, 16% of adults with a bachelor's degree. It votes R+0.9 relative to the nation for president.

J.D. Chaplin (R) · since Nov 5, 2024Next election Nov 7, 2028

2024 election

Nov 5, 2024
  1. J.D. Chaplin (R) · won50.2%
  2. Gerald Malloy (D)49.7%

Full results →

Source: South Carolina State Election CommissionUpdated Oct 1, 2026, 6:13 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.

R+0.914th most
Democratic
Most DemocraticMost Republican24th seat · the majority lineDistrict 29

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

11 races since 1984. District numbers are redrawn after each census: each group is one set of lines.

YearWinnerRunner-upWon by
Lines first used in 2022
2024J.D. Chaplin (R)Gerald Malloy (D)0.6
Lines first used in 2012
2020Gerald Malloy (D)J.D. Chaplin (R)7.5
2016Gerald Malloy (D)—Unopposed
2012Gerald Malloy (D)—Unopposed
Lines first used in 2002
2008Gerald Malloy (D)—Unopposed
2004Gerald Malloy (D)Warren Arthur (R)16.0
Lines first used in 1992
2000Edward E. Saleeby (D)—Unopposed
1996Edward E. Saleeby (D)Raymond Drayton (R)48.5
1992Edward E. Saleeby (D)—Unopposed
Lines first used in 1982
1988Edward E. Saleeby (D)—Unopposed
1984Edward E. Saleeby (D)Mitchell Olinger (I)86.6

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 29

The state's districts in other chambers that share residents with this one, and the share of District 29's area in each.

U.S. House
SC-7 78%, SC-5 15%, SC-6 7%
South Carolina House of Representatives
HD-54 48%, HD-50 22%, HD-62 15%, HD-65 8%, HD-53 5%

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
PresidentR+5.6

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 29.

Adults with a bachelor's degree16% 4th pct · 44th of 46 in SC

Lower than 96% of seats.

White adults without a degree39% 44th pct · 26th of 46 in SC

Lower than 56% of seats.

Hispanic residents2% 0th pct · 46th of 46 in SC

Lowest of 46 seats.

Black residents45% 82nd pct · 9th of 46 in SC

Higher than 82% of seats.

Asian residents1% 7th pct · 43rd of 46 in SC

Lower than 93% of seats.

People per square mile73 7th pct · 43rd of 46 in SC

Less dense than 93% 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 30
47% BlackR+3.4Not up in 2026District 36
47% Black · 20% college gradsR+0.4Not up in 2026District 40
48% BlackD+2.7Not up in 2026District 32
48% BlackD+5.3Not 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