2020 South Carolina House of Representatives election

The 2020 South Carolina House of Representatives elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections. South Carolina voters have elected state representatives in all 123 of the state house's districts.[1]

2020 South Carolina House of Representatives election

November 3, 2020

All 123 seats in the South Carolina House of Representatives
62 seats needed for a majority
Turnout62.91% 7.88 pp
  Majority party Minority party
 
SCDP
Leader Jay Lucas J. Todd Rutherford
Party Republican Democratic
Leader since December 2, 2014 January 8, 2013
Leader's seat 121st 101st
Last election 80, 58.48% 43, 38.53%
Seats won 81 42
Seat change 1 1
Popular vote 1,403,014 779,643
Percentage 62.87% 34.94%
Swing 4.39% 3.59%

Speaker before election

Jay Lucas
Republican

Elected Speaker

Jay Lucas
Republican

Primary elections were held beforehand.[2]

Results

Party Votes Seats
No. % No. +/− %
South Carolina Republican Party 1,403,014 62.87 81 +1 65.85
South Carolina Democratic Party 779,643 34.94 42 -1 34.15
Write-in 28,855 1.29 0 0 0.00
Libertarian Party of South Carolina 17,443 0.78 0 0 0.00
Labor Party 1,650 0.07 0 0 0.00
Independent 599 0.03 0 0 0.00
Green Party 256 0.01 0 0 0.00
Total 2,231,460 100.00 124 ±0 100.00
Registered voters 3,547,181 100.00
Turnout 2,231,460 62.91
Source: South Carolina Election Commission[3]
Popular vote
Republican
62.87%
Democratic
38.07%
Other
2.20%
House seats
Republican
65.32%
Democratic
38.07%

See also

References

  1. "South Carolina House Elections & Candidates: Your Election Guide for the SC House of Representatives". www.sciway.net. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  2. "Live: South Carolina State Primary Election Results 2020". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  3. "Election Night Reporting". www.enr-scvotes.org. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
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