South Carolina's 1st Congressional District election, 2022

Elections in South Carolina, 2022

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South Carolina's 1st Congressional District
Democratic primary Republican primary General election
Election details
Filing deadline: March 30, 2022
Primary: June 14, 2022 General: November 8, 2022
How to vote
Poll times: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Voting in South Carolina
Race ratings
Cook Partisan Voter Index (2022): R+7 Cook Political Report: Solid Republican Inside Elections: Solid Republican Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Republican
Ballotpedia analysis
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See also
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All U.S. House districts, including the 1st Congressional District of South Carolina, held elections in 2022. The general election was on November 8, 2022. The primary was scheduled for June 14, 2022, and a primary runoff was scheduled for June 28, 2022. The filing deadline was March 30, 2022.

The outcome of this race affected the partisan balance of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 118th Congress. All 435 House districts were up for election.

Republicans won a 222-213 majority in the U.S. House in 2022.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have received 44.9% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 53.5%.

For more information about the primaries in this election, click on the links below:

• South Carolina's 1st Congressional District election, 2022 (June 14 Democratic primary)
• South Carolina's 1st Congressional District election, 2022 (June 14 Republican primary)

Candidates and election results

General election

General election for U.S. House South Carolina District 1

Incumbent Nancy Mace defeated Annie Andrews and Joseph Oddo in the general election for U.S. House South Carolina District 1 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Nancy Mace (R)	56.4	153,757
		Annie Andrews (D)	42.5	115,796
		Joseph Oddo (Alliance Party)	1.0	2,634
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	494

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 272,681
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Alejandro Otman (Independent)

Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Annie Andrews advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House South Carolina District 1.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Rebecca Niess Cingolani (D)
• Timothy Lewis (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House South Carolina District 1

Incumbent Nancy Mace defeated Katie Arrington and Lynz Piper-Loomis (Unofficially withdrew) in the Republican primary for U.S. House South Carolina District 1 on June 14, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Nancy Mace	53.1	39,470
		Katie Arrington	45.2	33,589
		Lynz Piper-Loomis (Unofficially withdrew)	1.6	1,221

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 74,280
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Ingrid Centurion (R)
• Keith Blandford (R)
• Thomas Allen (R)

Alliance Party convention

Alliance Party convention for U.S. House South Carolina District 1

Joseph Oddo advanced from the Alliance Party convention for U.S. House South Carolina District 1 on April 23, 2022.

		Candidate
✔		Joseph Oddo (Alliance Party)

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Lucus Devan Faulk (Labor Party)

Voting information

See also: Voting in South Carolina

Election information in South Carolina: Nov. 8, 2022, election.

What was the voter registration deadline?

• In-person: Oct. 7, 2022
• By mail: Postmarked by Oct. 11, 2022
• Online: Oct. 9, 2022

Was absentee/mail-in voting available to all voters?

No

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot request deadline?

• In-person: Oct. 28, 2022
• By mail: Received by Oct. 28, 2022
• Online: N/A

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot return deadline?

• In-person: Nov. 8, 2022
• By mail: Received by Nov. 8, 2022

Was early voting available to all voters?

Yes

What were the early voting start and end dates?

Oct. 24, 2022 to Nov. 5, 2022

Were all voters required to present ID at the polls? If so, was a photo or non-photo ID required?

K.A.

When were polls open on Election Day?

7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey responses

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Survey responses from candidates in this race

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Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

Joseph Oddo (Alliance)

Make Democracy Representative - End Partisan Gerrymandering. Implement Ranked Choice / Instant Runoff Voting for all elections. Enact Term Limits on legislators. Eliminate Barriers to Participation in Democratic Processes. We the People have lost representation due to continuously higher barriers erected against non-traditional candidates who want to run for public office. Allow for same-day voter registration for all current unregistered voters and implement automatic voter-registration. Impose term limits upon elected officials. Overturn Citizens United and reform campaign finance laws to increase transparency and limit the influence of special interests.

Protect Our Natural Resources: Man-made changes in our climate have created an existential threat to our security and prosperity. Enhance national standards for clean air and water. Invest in applied research to rid our oceans and waterways of plastics and toxins. Harness technologies to extract carbon dioxide and methane from our atmosphere. Expand, Reforest and Restore millions of acres of public and recreational land and waters. Support sustainable agricultural, soil management, and fishing practices. Invest in national lead pipe replacement and infrastructure upgrades to guarantee access to safe and affordable drinking water. Promote local and community organic farming and phase out large agribusiness subsidies.

government and active citizen participation. The Alliance Party recognizes the duty of the government to coordinate with private enterprise to enact a comprehensive Green Initiative to reverse current trends and create 10 million new public and private industry green jobs. - Increase financial transparency by mandating disclosure of tax returns. - Impose term limits upon elected officials. - Introduce election recall processes for elected officials. - Equal access for citizen lobbying.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Joseph Oddo (Alliance)

Take Independent Action Against Apathy

- More Voices, More Choices - Instant Runoff Voting - Alternative Energy - Infrastructure that includes High Speed Maglev - Protect Civil Liberties / Personal Privacy

America became great because of our freedoms. We have a civic responsibility to preserve them.

Encourage open government and active citizen participation.

Demand a New Breed of Public Servant - Eliminate Barriers to Participation in Democratic Processes

We the People have lost representation due to continuously higher barriers erected against non-traditional candidates who want to run for public office.

Our manner of legislating has been hijacked by special interest dominance. They ensure members vote to legalize the corruption as investing millions yields billions in favorable legislation in return.

Further, our elected officials choose their voters through partisan gerrymandering, which leaves them safe to ignore the will of their constituents in favor of corporate donors and private money.

- Allow for same-day voter registration for all current unregistered voters and implement automatic voter-registration. - Expand the use of early in-person voting. - Overturn Citizens United and reform campaign finance laws to increase transparency and limit the influence of special interests and private money. - Ban legislators from becoming lobbyists for 5 years after leaving office.

The health of the planet will have more direct impact on our lives

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

Joseph Oddo (Alliance)

Mike Gravel.

Is there a book, essay, film, or something else you would recommend to someone who wants to understand your political philosophy?

Joseph Oddo (Alliance)

Citizen Power, Mike Gravel. From Freedom to Fascism, Aaron Russo.

What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?

Joseph Oddo (Alliance)

The current state of elections makes it hard to recruit good, standup folks to get involved. Which is why many of the positions don’t even have a challenger – some parts of our country have as high as 50% unopposed for elected office. These include your local city, county, school board, state legislatures, and even an occasional member of congress.

Once as high as an 80% reelection rate, the power of the incumbency still rules. Congress critters are able to generate millions of dollars instantly, many are at it year-round, long before the election cycle resumes. That begs the question then, where do we independents come from? And why do we bother engaging when our chances of winning are so slim? Even if we just stand for public office, we declare that to be a noble calling, and a responsible service to our country. So, I ask you to consider volunteering yourself, or someone near and dear to you to run for office – as long as they promise not to hate you for it later.

At this point, you might be asking, “what’s the point?” I would answer that we need to continue the momentum. Considering that over 40% of the electorate now identify as independent. But do they really? In reality, most of those identifying as independent are what’s known as swing voters. They would love to be able to vote independent, but without Rank-Choice Voting they will swing either R or D depending on their chosen candidate – or most often, voting to avoid the least desirable getting elected.

What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office?

Joseph Oddo (Alliance)

In today’s toxic political world, even if you did not have skeletons in your closet, your opponents will manufacture some up for you, causing serious discomfort, distraction or significant loss of perceived integrity. The latter is hard to recover from in a short campaign cycle, especially when released close to Election Day, and intensified by the hype-chasing media that only covers what tantalizes or makes one look bad.

As the demographics display, if you have a law degree, a half a million dollars seed money, maybe a sponsor or a few dozen sponsors lined up, then you can consider vying for the nomination of one of the two largest parties. But what if you don’t? What if you are a cook, or a carpenter, an engineer or a teacher? What if you want to challenge the oftentimes, hand-selected choice of the party? Those who have the in with the legal or banking community? Those who have a lineage to a politically active family or a current staffer of an incumbent politician?

What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time?

Joseph Oddo (Alliance)

First memory is the collective national crying that everyone seemed to engage in around me during the JFK funeral. I was 5.

What was your very first job? How long did you have it?

Joseph Oddo (Alliance)

Beside being a teenage newspaper delivery person for 3 years. I had to leave the swimming pools in mid-afternoon to deliver afternoon papers for the Pittsburgh Press. I had to freeze in the winter and wreck my shoulders to carry those bundles of papers over the hills.

What is your favorite book? Why?

Joseph Oddo (Alliance)

History of Knowledge by Van Doren. Amazing history on human thinking.

What was the last song that got stuck in your head?

Joseph Oddo (Alliance)

Soul Kitchen by the Doors

What qualities does the U.S. House of Representatives possess that makes it unique as an institution?

Joseph Oddo (Alliance)

Congressman Adam Kinzinger came out in early 2021 to criticize fellow members of his party asking them to put aside their “fetish” of overthrowing the government, and calling out both the former president and former general Flynn for stoking the flames.

That was a very bold, independent approach to challenge his big monopoly party’s position on the 2020 election outcome and is rare for elected officials. It makes you wonder if others got death threats and are keeping quiet as a result. He and his only accomplice Liz Cheney are still very critical of the current, opposition-party incumbent president and drum their party line on ideological and economic principle. But that is not good enough for those who maintain the “stolen election” farce in fear of being proven wrong about the ex-president’s claim of being a moral individual. Exactly how long did Al Gore go around inciting the “stolen election” theory in 2001? He didn’t. Which is why we did not have the democracy crises that we now witness. I am a recovered member of one of those big monopoly parties, having been run off in the 1990’s by their bigotry and how they size you up as a candidate – by judging you based on how much money you can bring to their cause. Since then, I have tried to bring True Independents out of their propensity to be merely swing voters and encouraged them to play a broader and more meaningful role in the conduct of our government. When I run for office, I present a platform offers positive solutions designed to reactivate civic pride and participation. My independent colleagues and I don’t run for office spewing the negativity that has become the calling card of either of the big monopoly parties.

Think of how many more and better candidates we could attract by the promise of a positive experience. Right now, the barriers to entry include not just super high financial burdens, but also the fear of the inevitable attacks, especially if you actually pose the threat of getting elected.

Do you believe that it's beneficial for representatives to have previous experience in government or politics?

Joseph Oddo (Alliance)

Not necessarily. We need Citizen legislators.

What do you perceive to be the United States’ greatest challenges as a nation over the next decade?

Joseph Oddo (Alliance)

More than any single issue, the health of the planet will have more direct impact on our lives and livelihoods in the US & beyond.

If you are not a current representative, are there certain committees that you would want to be a part of?

Joseph Oddo (Alliance)

Energy, Peace, Elections.

Do you believe that two years is the right term length for representatives?

Joseph Oddo (Alliance)

yes

What are your thoughts on term limits?

Joseph Oddo (Alliance)

12 years max for every legislative office

Is there a particular representative, past or present, whom you want to model yourself after?

Joseph Oddo (Alliance)

Senator Mike Gravel, Congressman Ron Paul, Governor Gary Johnson.

Both sitting representatives and candidates for office hear many personal stories from the residents of their district. Is there a story that you’ve heard that you found particularly touching, memorable, or impactful?

Joseph Oddo (Alliance)

Not yet.

Do you believe that compromise is necessary or desirable for policymaking?

Joseph Oddo (Alliance)

We can reset, relearn. Take a shot at listening to opposing viewpoints. Once we understand our opponents motivations, we may find more ability and reason to acknowledge, embrace humanity, and agree on which struggles that can be made right, then solve brainstorm to solve them. We can ensure that treating our fellow humans with dignity and respect becomes the global norm. We can lead by example.

The Constitution says that all bills for raising revenue must originate in the House. What role would this power play in your priorities if elected?

Joseph Oddo (Alliance)

Unsure.

Campaign finance

This section contains campaign finance figures from the Federal Election Commission covering all candidate fundraising and spending in this election. It does not include information on fundraising before the current campaign cycle or on spending by satellite groups. The numbers in this section are updated as candidates file new campaign finance reports. Candidates for Congress are required to file financial reports on a quarterly basis, as well as two weeks before any primary, runoff, or general election in which they will be on the ballot and upon the termination of any campaign committees. Click here to view the reporting schedule for candidates for U.S. Congress in 2022.

U.S. Congress campaign reporting schedule, 2022
Bericht	Close of books	Filing deadline
Year-end 2021	12/31/2021	1/31/2022
April quarterly	3/31/2022	4/15/2022
July quarterly	6/30/2022	7/15/2022
October quarterly	9/30/2022	10/15/2022
Pre-general	10/19/2022	10/27/2022
Post-general	11/28/2022	12/08/2022
Year-end 2022	12/31/2022	1/31/2023

Name	Party	Receipts*	Disbursements**	Cash on hand	Date
Nancy Mace	Republican Party	$5,884,937	$5,733,464	$210,961	As of December 31, 2022
Annie Andrews	Democratic Party	$2,038,068	$1,982,884	$55,183	As of December 31, 2022
Katie Arrington	Republican Party	$1,011,046	$1,011,046	$0	As of August 23, 2022
Lynz Piper-Loomis	Republican Party	$149,304	$147,598	$1,706	As of December 31, 2022
Joseph Oddo	Alliance Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2022. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC). * According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." ** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election. *** Candidate either did not report any receipts or disbursements to the FEC, or Ballotpedia did not find an FEC candidate ID.

General election race ratings

See also: Race rating definitions and methods

Ballotpedia provides race ratings from four outlets: The Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, Sabato's Crystal Ball, and DDHQ/The Hill. Each race rating indicates if one party is perceived to have an advantage in the race and, if so, the degree of advantage:

• Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
• Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
• Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.
• Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.

Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.

Race ratings: South Carolina's 1st Congressional District election, 2022
Race tracker	Race ratings
	November 8, 2022	November 1, 2022	October 25, 2022	October 18, 2022
The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican
Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball	Safe Republican	Safe Republican	Safe Republican	Safe Republican
Note: Ballotpedia reviews external race ratings every week throughout the election season and posts weekly updates even if the media outlets have not revised their ratings during that week.

Ballot access requirements

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in South Carolina in the 2022 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in South Carolina, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2022
State	Office	Party	Signatures required	Filing fee	Filing deadline	Source
South Carolina	U.S. House	Ballot-qualified party	K.A.	$3,480.00	3/30/2022	Source
South Carolina	U.S. House	Unaffiliated	5% of the active, registered voters in the geographical area the office represents	K.A.	7/15/2022	Source

District analysis

Click the tabs below to view information about voter composition, past elections, and demographics in both the district and the state.

• District map - A map of the district before and after redistricting.
• Effect of redistricting - How districts in the state changed as a result of redistricting following the 2020 census.
• Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2022 U.S. House elections in the state.
• Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the district and the state.
• Demographics - Information about the state's demographics and how they compare to the country as a whole.
• State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.

District map

Below was the map in use at the time of the election, enacted as part of the 2020 redistricting cycle, compared to the map in place before the election.

South Carolina District 1
until January 2, 2023

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South Carolina District 1
starting January 3, 2023

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Effect of redistricting

See also: Redistricting in South Carolina after the 2020 census

The table below details the results of the 2020 presidential election in each district at the time of the 2022 election and its political predecessor district. This data was compiled by Daily Kos Elections.

2020 presidential results by Congressional district, South Carolina
District	2022 district		Political predecessor district
	Joe Biden	Donald Trump	Joe Biden	Donald Trump
South Carolina's 1st	44.9%	53.5%	46.1%	52.1%
South Carolina's 2nd	43.9%	54.5%	43.6%	54.9%
South Carolina's 3rd	30.6%	68.0%	30.5%	68.1%
South Carolina's 4th	39.8%	58.4%	38.9%	59.3%
South Carolina's 5th	40.2%	58.4%	41.0%	57.6%
South Carolina's 6th	65.3%	33.2%	67.0%	31.8%
South Carolina's 7th	40.2%	58.8%	40.2%	58.8%

Competitiveness

See also: Primary election competitiveness in state and federal government, 2022

This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in South Carolina.

South Carolina U.S. House competitiveness, 2014-2022
Office	Districts/ offices	Seats	Open seats	Candidates	Possible primaries	Contested Democratic primaries	Contested Republican primaries	% of contested primaries	Incumbents in contested primaries	% of incumbents in contested primaries
2022	7	7	0	28	14	2	4	42.9%	4	57.1%
2020	7	7	0	20	14	3	2	35.7%	1	14.3%
2018	7	7	1	43	14	6	3	64.3%	2	33.3%
2016	7	7	0	17	14	1	2	21.4%	2	28.6%
2014	7	7	0	17	14	3	2	35.7%	2	28.6%

Post-filing deadline analysis

The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in South Carolina in 2022. Information below was calculated on May 10, 2022, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.

Twenty-eight candidates filed to run for South Carolina’s seven U.S. House districts, including nine Democrats and 19 Republicans. That’s four candidates per district, more than the 2.86 candidates per district in 2020 and less than the 6.14 in 2018.

This was the first election to take place under new district lines following the 2020 census. South Carolina was apportioned seven districts, the same number it was apportioned after the 2010 census. All incumbents ran for re-election, meaning there were no open seats this year. The only years to feature open seats between 2012 and 2022 were 2018, when the 4th district was open, and 2012, when the newly-drawn 7th district was open.

There were two contested Democratic primaries this year, the lowest number since 2016, and four contested Republican primaries, the highest number since at least 2012.

Eight candidates - one Democrat and seven Republicans, including incumbent Rep. Tom Rice (R) - filed to run in the 7th district, more than in any other. That’s three less than the highest number of candidates who ran for a seat in 2020, when five candidates ran in the 1st district. There were three districts - the 2nd, the 3rd, and the 5th - where incumbents did not face primary challengers. One district - the 3rd - was guaranteed to Republicans because no Democrats filed. No districts were guaranteed to Democrats because no Republicans filed.

Presidential elections

Partisan Voter Index

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+7. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 7 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made South Carolina's 1st the 172nd most Republican district nationally.

2020 presidential election results

The table below shows what the vote in the 2020 presidential election would have been in this district. The presidential election data was compiled by Daily Kos.

2020 presidential results in South Carolina's 1st based on 2022 district lines
Joe Biden	Donald Trump
44.9%	53.5%

Presidential voting history

See also: Presidential election in South Carolina, 2020

South Carolina presidential election results (1900-2020)

• 16 Democratic wins
• 14 Republican wins
• 1 other win

Year	1900	1904	1908	1912	1916	1920	1924	1928	1932	1936	1940	1944	1948	1952	1956	1960	1964	1968	1972	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	2020
Winning Party	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	SR	D	D	D	R	R	R	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R

Demographics

The table below details demographic data in South Carolina and compares it to the broader United States as of 2019.

Demographic Data for South Carolina
	South Carolina	Vereinigte Staaten
Population	4,625,364	308,745,538
Land area (sq mi)	30,064	3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White	67.2%	72.5%
Black/African American	26.8%	12.7%
Asian	1.6%	5.5%
Native American	0.4%	0.8%
Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more	2.3%	3.3%
Hispanic/Latino	5.7%	18%
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High school graduation rate	87.5%	88%
College graduation rate	28.1%	32.1%
Income
Median household income	$53,199	$62,843
Persons below poverty level	15.2%	13.4%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2010). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2014-2019).
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

State party control

Congressional delegation

The table below displays the partisan composition of South Carolina's congressional delegation as of November 2022.

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from South Carolina, November 2022
Party	U.S. Senate	U.S. House	Total
Democratic	0	1	1
Republican	2	6	8
Independent	0	0	0
Vacancies	0	0	0
Total	2	7	9

State executive

The table below displays the officeholders in South Carolina's top four state executive offices as of November 2022.

State executive officials in South Carolina, November 2022
Office	Officeholder
Governor	Henry McMaster
Lieutenant Governor	Pamela Evette
Secretary of State	Mark Hammond
Attorney General	Alan Wilson

State legislature

The tables below highlight the partisan composition of the South Carolina State Legislature as of November 2022.

South Carolina State Senate

Party		As of November 2022
	Democratic Party	16
	Republican Party	30
	Vacancies	0
Total		46

South Carolina House of Representatives

Party		As of November 2022
	Democratic Party	43
	Republican Party	80
	Vacancies	1
Total		124

Trifecta control

As of November 2022, South Carolina was a Republican trifecta, with majorities in both chambers of the state legislature and control of the governorship. The table below displays the historical trifecta status of the state.

South Carolina Party Control: 1992-2022
No Democratic trifectas  •  Twenty years of Republican trifectas
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2020

See also: South Carolina's 1st Congressional District election, 2020

South Carolina's 1st Congressional District election, 2020 (June 9 Republican primary)

South Carolina's 1st Congressional District election, 2020 (June 9 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House South Carolina District 1

Nancy Mace defeated incumbent Joe Cunningham in the general election for U.S. House South Carolina District 1 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Nancy Mace (R)	50.6	216,042
		Joe Cunningham (D)	49.3	210,627
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	442

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 427,111
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Joe Cunningham advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House South Carolina District 1.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Benjamin Frasier (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House South Carolina District 1

Nancy Mace defeated Kathy Landing, Chris Cox, and Brad Mole in the Republican primary for U.S. House South Carolina District 1 on June 9, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Nancy Mace	57.5	48,411
		Kathy Landing	25.9	21,835
		Chris Cox	9.7	8,179
		Brad Mole	6.9	5,800

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 84,225
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Jamison Johnson (R)
• Logan Cunningham (R)
• Phillip Norris (R)
• Mike Covert (R)

2018

See also: South Carolina's 1st Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House South Carolina District 1

Joe Cunningham defeated Katie Arrington in the general election for U.S. House South Carolina District 1 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Joe Cunningham (D)	50.6	145,455
		Katie Arrington (R)	49.2	141,473
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	505

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 287,433
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House South Carolina District 1

Joe Cunningham defeated Toby Smith in the Democratic primary for U.S. House South Carolina District 1 on June 12, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Joe Cunningham	71.5	23,493
		Toby Smith	28.5	9,366

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 32,859
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House South Carolina District 1

Katie Arrington defeated incumbent Mark Sanford and Dimitri Cherny in the Republican primary for U.S. House South Carolina District 1 on June 12, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Katie Arrington	50.6	33,153
		Mark Sanford	46.5	30,496
		Dimitri Cherny	2.9	1,932

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 65,581
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2016

See also: South Carolina's 1st Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Mark Sanford (R) defeated Dimitri Cherny (D), Michael Grier Jr. (Libertarian), and Albert Travison (American) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Sanford defeated Jenny Horne in the Republican primary on June 14, 2016.

U.S. House, South Carolina District 1 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Mark Sanford Incumbent	58.6%	190,410
	Democratic	Dimitri Cherny	36.8%	119,799
	Libertarian	Michael Grier Jr.	3.6%	11,614
	American	Albert Travison	0.9%	2,774
	K.A.	Write-in	0.2%	593
Total Votes				325,190
Source: South Carolina Secretary of State

U.S. House, South Carolina District 1 Republican Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Mark Sanford Incumbent	55.6%	21,299
Jenny Horne	44.4%	17,001
Total Votes		38,300
Source: South Carolina Secretary of State

2014

See also: South Carolina's 1st Congressional District elections, 2014

Mark Sanford won re-election to the U.S. House on November 4, 2014. He did not face a primary challenger, and he did not face a Democratic challenger in the general election.

U.S. House, South Carolina District 1 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Mark Sanford Incumbent	93.4%	119,392
	K.A.	Write-in	6.6%	8,423
Total Votes				127,815
Source: South Carolina State Election Commission

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Footnotes

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South Carolina's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Lindsey Graham (R)

Tim Scott (R)

Representatives

District 1

Nancy Mace (R)

District 2

Joe Wilson (R)

District 3

Jeff Duncan (R)

District 4

William Timmons (R)

District 5

Ralph Norman (R)

District 6

James Clyburn (D)

District 7

Russell Fry (R)

Republican Party (8)

Democratic Party (1)