The 2022 South Carolina House of Representatives elections took place as part of the biennial
United States elections
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South Carolina
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, anthem = " Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind"
, Former = Province of South Carolina
, seat = Columbia
, LargestCity = Charleston
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voters elected
state representatives in all 123 of the state house's districts. Republicans flipped eight seats held by Democrats for a total of 88 seats, creating a Republican supermajority.
Retirements
Democrats
#District 25:
Leola C. Robinson-Simpson
Leola C. Robinson-Simpson (born September 28, 1944) is an American politician. She is a former member of the South Carolina House of Representatives
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retired.
#District 95:
Jerry Govan Jr. retired.
Republicans
#District 8:
Jonathon D. Hill retired.
#District 27:
Garry R. Smith retired.
#District 30:
Steve Moss
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retired.
#District 44:
Sandy McGarry
Sandy McGarry (born November 14, 1961 in Bar Harbor, Maine) is a politician from South Carolina
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, anthem = " Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind"
, Fo ...
retired.
#District 46:
Gary Simrill
J. Gary Simrill (born May 29, 1966) is an American politician. He is a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from the 46th District, serving since 1992. On December 6, 2016, he was elected as majority leader of the South Carolina H ...
retired.
#District 48:
Bruce M. Bryant retired.
#District 65:
Jay Lucas retired.
#District 85:
Chip Huggins
"Chip" Huggins (born November 30, 1961 in Columbia, South Carolina) is a Republican member of the South Carolina House of Representatives. He has represented his Lexington County district (the 85th) since being elected in 1999 to succeed André Ba ...
retired.
#District 92:
Joseph Daning retired.
#District 106:
Russell Fry retired to run for
U.S. representative
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from
South Carolina's 7th congressional district
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.
#District 110:
William S. Cogswell Jr. retired.
Incumbents defeated
In primaries
Democrats
#District 70:
Wendy Brawley
Wendy C. Brawley is an American politician. She is a former member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from the 70th District, serving since 2017. She is a member of the Democratic party. She was defeated by Democrat Jermaine Johnson i ...
lost renomination to fellow incumbent
Jermaine Johnson in a redistricting race.
#District 101:
Cezar McKnight
Cezar E. McKnight is an American politician. He is a former member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from the 101st District, serving since 2014. He is a member of the Democratic party.
In January 2022, McKnight made headlines after ...
lost renomination to fellow incumbent
Roger K. Kirby in a redistricting race.
Republicans
#District 6:
W. Brian White
W. Brian White (born July 20, 1967) is an American politician. He is a former member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from the 6th District, serving since 2001. He is a member of the Republican party. White was unseated by Republic ...
lost renomination to
April Cromer
April Cromer is an American politician of the Republican Party. She is the member of the South Carolina House of Representatives representing District 6. Cromer won the 2022 general election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 6 ...
.
#District 10:
West Cox lost renomination to Thomas Beach.
#District 36:
Rita Allison
Merita Ann Allison (born February 19, 1940) is an American politician. She is a former member of the South Carolina House of Representatives
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lost renomination to Robert Harris.
#District 40:
Rick Martin lost renomination to Joe White.
#District 52:
Vic Dabney
Victor M. Dabney is an American politician. He is a former member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from the 52nd District, serving since 2020. He is a member of the Republican party
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lost renomination to Ben Connell.
#District 114:
Lin Bennett lost renomination to Gary Brewer.
In general elections
Democrats
# District 12:
J. Anne Parks lost election to Daniel Gibson.
# District 64:
Kimberly O. Johnson lost election to
Fawn Pedalino.
# District 116:
Chardale Murray
Chardale R. Murray is an American politician. She is a former member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from the 116th District, serving since 2020, the first woman to represent the District. She is a member of the Democratic party De ...
lost election to
Matt Leber.
# District 117:
Krystle Matthews
Krystle N. Matthews (; born February 27, 1981) is an American politician and engineering planner. She is a former member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from the 117th district, serving from 2018 to 2022. She is a member of the De ...
lost election to
Jordan Pace.
# District 122:
Shedron D. Williams lost election to Bill Hager.
Republicans
# District 75:
Kirkman Findlay III election to
Heather Bauer
Predictions
Results
Margins of victory
See also
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2022 South Carolina elections
References
External links
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