WHO’S RUNNING FOR STATE SENATE IN SOUTH CAROLINA

Currently the Republican Party holds the majority control of the South Carolina State Senate with 27 Members and 19 Democratic Members. South Carolina has been a Republican State for many years officially, but several current Republicans such as Sen. Luke Rankin are former Democratic Party members.

It is important to know your candidates history prior to voting and know their stands on the major issues. We as United States Citizens and South Carolinians can not forget our Government is a Government “FOR THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE!” So, know which candidates will actually listen to their constituents and which will not.

Here is a list of the current candidates for the South Carolina Senate. Be Smart and Vote Smart!

South Carolina State Senate general election
Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name
Office	Democratic	Republican	Other
District 1		Thomas Alexander (i)
District 2		Rex Rice (i)
District 3	Judith Polson	Richard Cash (i)
District 4	Jose Villa	Michael Gambrell (i)
District 5	Michael McCord	Tom Corbin (i)
District 6	Hao Wu	Dwight Loftis (i)
District 7	Karl Allen (i)	Jack Logan
District 8		Ross Turner (i)
District 9		Daniel Verdin (i)
District 10	Floyd Nicholson (i)	Billy Garrett
District 11	Glenn Reese (i)	Josh Kimbrell
District 12	Dawn Bingham	Scott Talley (i)
District 13		Shane Martin (i)
District 14		Harvey Peeler (i)	Sarah Work  (Alliance Party of South Carolina)
District 15	Vickie Holt	Wes Climer (i)
District 16	Ramin Mammadov	Michael Johnson
District 17	Mike Fanning (i)	Erin Mosley
District 18	Christopher Thibault	Ronnie Cromer (i)
District 19	John Scott (i)
District 20	Dick Harpootlian (i)	Benjamin Dunn
District 21	Darrell Jackson (i)
District 22	Mia McLeod (i)	Lee Blatt
District 23	Bill Brown	Katrina Shealy (i)
District 24		Tom Young (i)
District 25	Shirley Green Fayson	Shane Massey (i)
District 26	Nikki Setzler (i)	Chris Smith
District 27	Vincent Sheheen (i)	Penry Gustafson
District 28		Greg Hembree (i)
District 29	Gerald Malloy (i)	J.D. Chaplin
District 30	Kent Williams (i)
District 31		Hugh Leatherman (i)
District 32	Ronnie Sabb (i)	David Ellison
District 33		Luke Rankin (i)
District 34	Emily Cegledy	Stephen Goldfinch Jr. (i)
District 35	Thomas McElveen (i)
District 36	Kevin Johnson (i)	Leon Winn
District 37	Kathryn Whitaker	Lawrence Grooms (i)	Steve French  (Libertarian Party)
District 38	John Lowe	Sean Bennett (i)
District 39	Vernon Stephens	Tom Connor
District 40	Brad Hutto (i)
District 41	Sam Skardon	Sandy Senn (i)
District 42	Marlon Kimpson (i)
District 43	Richard Hricik	George Campsen (i)
District 44	Debbie Bryant	Brian Adams
District 45	Margie Bright Matthews (i)	Rodney Buncum
District 46	Nathan Campbell	Tom Davis (i)