South Carolina State Senate seat · lines in effect since 2022
South Carolina Senate District 7
A district of about 113,000 people, 32% Black, 30% of adults with a bachelor's degree. It votes D+19.1 relative to the nation for president.
2024 election
Nov 5, 2024- Karl Allen (D) · won97.1%
- Write-ins and other votes (OTH)2.9%
Unopposed.
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.
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
15 races since 1968. 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 | |||
| 2024 | Karl Allen (D) | — | Unopposed |
| Lines first used in 2012 | |||
| 2020 | Karl Allen (D) | Jack Logan (R) | 25.3 |
| 2016 | Karl Allen (D) | Glen L. Robinson (R) | 23.9 |
| 2012 | Karl Allen (D) | Jane Kizer (R) | 31.0 |
| Lines first used in 2002 | |||
| 2008 | Ralph Anderson (D) | Roan Garciaquintana (R) | 43.4 |
| 2004 | Ralph Anderson (D) | — | Unopposed |
| Lines first used in 1992 | |||
| 2000 | Ralph Anderson (D) | Allen Bunk Johnson (R) | 28.2 |
| 1996 | Ralph Anderson (D) | Sammy Boan (R) | 10.5 |
| 1992 | Theo W. Mitchell (D) | Rick Watson (I) | 53.4 |
| Lines first used in 1982 | |||
| 1988 | Theo W. Mitchell (D) | — | Unopposed |
| 1984 | Theo W. Mitchell (D) | — | Unopposed |
| Lines first used in 1972 | |||
| 1980 | Isadore Lourie · Heyward McDonald · Hyman Rubin · Alex Sanders · John Martin (D) | John Harvin (R) | 5.4 |
| 1976 | Heyward McDonald · Hyman Rubin · Alex Sanders · Isadore Lourie · John Martin (D) | Robert Russell (R) | 3.8 |
| 1972 | Hyman Rubin · John Martin · T. Travis Medlock · Isadore Lourie · J. L. Cromer (DEM) | Walter J. Bristow Jr. (D) | 0.0 |
| Lines first used in 1962 | |||
| 1968 | Floyd Spence · Michael Laughlin · Gilbert E. McMillan (REP) | William A. Reel (D) | 0.2 |
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 7
The state's districts in other chambers that share residents with this one, and the share of District 7's area in each.
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 | D+14.5 |
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 7.
Lower than 51% of seats.
Lower than 89% of seats.
Highest of 46 seats.
Higher than 69% of seats.
Lower than 56% of seats.
Denser than 82% 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 4246% Black · 27% college gradsD+42.4Not up in 2026District 26
25% Black · 37% college gradsD+1.5Not up in 2026District 35
37% Black · 27% college gradsD+5.0Not up in 2026District 39
33% Black · 26% college gradsR+1.7Not 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