South Carolina State Senate seat · lines in effect since 2022
South Carolina Senate District 8
A district of about 116,000 people, 49% of adults with a bachelor's degree. It votes R+19.1 relative to the nation for president.
2024 election
Nov 5, 2024- Ross Turner (R) · won63.0%
- Taylor Culliver (D)36.9%
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 | Ross Turner (R) | Taylor Culliver (D) | 26.1 |
| Lines first used in 2012 | |||
| 2020 | Ross Turner (R) | — | Unopposed |
| 2016 | Ross Turner (R) | — | Unopposed |
| 2012 | Ross Turner (R) | — | Unopposed |
| Lines first used in 2002 | |||
| 2008 | David L. Thomas (R) | — | Unopposed |
| 2004 | David L. Thomas (R) | — | Unopposed |
| Lines first used in 1992 | |||
| 2000 | David L. Thomas (R) | Al Hafer (I) | 77.7 |
| 1996 | David L. Thomas (R) | — | Unopposed |
| 1992 | David L. Thomas (R) | — | Unopposed |
| Lines first used in 1982 | |||
| 1988 | David L. Thomas (R) | — | Unopposed |
| 1984 | David L. Thomas (R) | Mike Parham (D) | 20.0 |
| Lines first used in 1972 | |||
| 1980 | Nikki Setzler · Thomas L. Moore · Ryan Shealy · Norma C. Russell (DEM) | F. W. Caughman (D) | 0.2 |
| 1976 | Tom Turnipseed · William E. Knotts Jr. · Gilbert E. McMillan · Nikki Setzler (DEM) | Joe Wilson (R) | 0.3 |
| 1972 | Gilbert E. McMillan · Albert Dooley · Jimmy Martin · Michael Laughlin (REP) | John L. Johnson (R) | -0.4 |
| Lines first used in 1962 | |||
| 1968 | Lewis Wallace · J. C. Bonner (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 8
The state's districts in other chambers that share residents with this one, and the share of District 8'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 | R+19.0 |
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 8.
Higher than 91% of seats.
Lower than 82% of seats.
Higher than 60% of seats.
Lower than 76% of seats.
Higher than 89% of seats.
Denser than 96% 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 4442% college gradsR+12.9Not up in 2026District 6
45% college gradsR+25.1Not up in 2026District 15
36% college gradsR+23.3Not up in 2026District 41
23% Black · 39% college gradsR+11.7Not 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