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2022 United States Senate election in South Carolina

The 2022 United States Senate election in South Carolina was held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of South Carolina. Incumbent Republican Senator Tim Scott won reelection to a second full term, defeating state representative Krystle Matthews. This was the third consecutive election for this seat where both major party nominees were black.

Scott was appointed to the U.S. Senate in 2013 following the resignation of fellow Republican Jim DeMint. With 61.1% of the vote, he won the 2014 special election to serve the remainder of DeMint's term. Scott was then re-elected to a full six-year term in 2016 with 60.6% of the vote.

Primary elections in South Carolina were held on June 14, 2022. Scott won the Republican primary unopposed, while Matthews won the Democratic primary in a June 28 runoff.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

  • Tim Scott, incumbent U.S. Senator (2013–present)

Withdrawn

  • Timothy Swain (opted to run for State House seat 121, defeated in primary)

Endorsements

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in runoff

Eliminated in primary

First round

Results

Runoff

Results

General election

Predictions

Endorsements

Polling

Results

By county

Scott won 37 of 46 counties.

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

By congressional district

Scott won six of seven congressional districts.

See also

Notes

References

External links

Official campaign websites (archived)