2022 United States Senate election in South Carolina

2022 United States Senate election in South Carolina
November 8, 2022
 
Nominee Tim Scott Krystle Matthews
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 1,066,274 627,616
Percentage 62.88% 37.01%
Scott:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Matthews:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
     No data
U.S. senator before election

Tim Scott
Republican

Elected U.S. senator

Tim Scott
Republican

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.[1] 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.[2]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Withdrawn

  • Timothy Swain[4] (opted to run for State House seat 121, defeated in primary)[5][6]

Endorsements

Tim Scott

Executive Branch officials

U.S. Senators

U.S. Representatives

Individuals

Organizations

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in runoff

Eliminated in primary

First round

Results

Democratic primary results[20]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Catherine Fleming Bruce 59,777 34.69%
Democratic Krystle Matthews 57,278 33.24%
Democratic Angela Geter 55,281 32.08%
Total votes 172,336 100.0%

Runoff

Results

Democratic primary runoff results[21]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Krystle Matthews 25,300 55.77%
Democratic Catherine Fleming Bruce 20,064 44.23%
Total votes 45,364 100.0%

General election

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[22] Solid R November 19, 2021
Inside Elections[23] Solid R January 7, 2022
Sabato's Crystal Ball[24] Safe R November 3, 2021
Politico[25] Solid R April 1, 2022
RCP[26] Safe R January 10, 2022
Fox News[27] Solid R May 12, 2022
DDHQ[28] Solid R July 20, 2022
538[29] Solid R June 30, 2022
The Economist[30] Safe R September 7, 2022

Endorsements

Tim Scott (R)

Executive Branch officials

U.S. Senators

U.S. Representatives

Individuals

Organizations

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Tim
Scott (R) 		Krystle
Matthews (D) 		Larry
Adams Jr. (I) 		Other Undecided
Echelon Insights[35] August 31 – September 7, 2022 600 (RV) ± 5.1% 54% 37% – – 9%
Moore Information Group (R)[36] March 8–13, 2022 500 (LV) ± 4.0% 57% 25% 5% 2% 11%

Results

2022 United States Senate election in South Carolina[37]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Tim Scott (incumbent) 1,066,274 62.88% +2.31%
Democratic Krystle Matthews 627,616 37.01% +0.08%
Write-in 1,812 0.11% +0.02%
Total votes 1,695,702 100.00% N/A
Republican hold

By county

Scott won 37 of 46 counties.[38]

County Tim Scott
Republican 		Krystle Matthews
Democratic 		Various candidates
Write-in 		Margin Total
# % # % # % # %
Abbeville 6,259 73.01% 2,310 26.95% 4 0.04% 3,949 46.06% 8,573
Aiken 37,549 68.55% 17,180 31.36% 50 0.09% 20,369 37.19% 54,779
Allendale 585 32.34% 1,224 67.66% 0 0.00% -639 -35.32% 1,809
Anderson 48,801 77.14% 14,391 22.75% 72 0.11% 34,410 54.39% 63,264
Bamberg 1,820 45.86% 2,149 54.14% 0 0.00% -329 -8.28% 3,969
Barnwell 3,808 60.78% 2,453 39.15% 4 0.07% 1,355 21.63% 6,265
Beaufort 45,023 63.05% 26,337 36.88% 45 0.07% 18,686 26.17% 71,405
Berkeley 44,407 62.45% 26,622 37.44% 75 0.11% 17,785 25.01% 71,104
Calhoun 3,430 61.26% 2,159 38.56% 10 0.18% 1,271 22.70% 5,599
Charleston 79,586 52.43% 71,983 47.42% 230 0.15% 7,603 5.01% 151,799
Cherokee 12,753 79.11% 3,355 20.81% 12 0.08% 9,398 58.30% 16,120
Chester 5,954 62.16% 3,621 37.08% 4 0.04% 2,333 25.08% 9,579
Chesterfield 8,298 66.18% 4,234 33.77% 6 0.05% 4,064 32.41% 12,538
Clarendon 6,612 57.95% 4,792 42.00% 6 0.05% 1,820 15.95% 11,410
Colleton 7,747 61.94% 4,750 37.48% 10 0.08% 2,997 24.46% 12,507
Darlington 12,116 60.50% 7,898 39.44% 12 0.06% 4,218 21.06% 20,026
Dillon 4,456 56.53% 3,420 43.39% 6 0.08% 1,036 13.14% 7,882
Dorchester 30,814 62.24% 18,643 37.65% 55 0.11% 12,171 24.59% 49,512
Edgefield 6,108 69.35% 2,686 30.50% 13 0.15% 3,422 38.85% 8,807
Fairfield 3,883 46.59% 4,444 53.32% 7 0.09% -561 -6.73% 8,334
Florence 24,117 58.36% 17,171 41.55% 35 0.09% 6,946 16.81% 41,323
Georgetown 17,457 63.81% 9,885 36.13% 15 0.06% 7,572 27.68% 27,357
Greenville 117,974 66.50% 59,109 33.32% 316 0.18% 58,865 33.18% 177,399
Greenwood 15,033 69.07% 6,720 30.88% 12 0.05% 8,313 38.19% 21,765
Hampton 2,825 50.21% 2,799 49.75% 2 0.04% 26 0.46% 5,626
Horry 96,941 72.78% 36,198 27.17% 66 0.05% 60,743 45.61% 133,205
Jasper 6,554 59.10% 4,532 40.87% 4 0.03% 2,022 18.23% 11,090
Kershaw 14,935 66.95% 7,359 32.99% 14 0.06% 7,576 33.96% 22,308
Lancaster 23,159 67.15% 11,306 32.78% 23 0.07% 11,853 34.37% 34,488
Laurens 14,504 73.42% 5,214 26.39% 38 0.19% 9,290 47.03% 19,756
Lee 2,209 42.16% 3,028 57.79% 3 0.05% -819 -15.63% 5,240
York 70,113 70.74% 28,884 29.14% 112 0.12% 41,229 41.60% 99,109
Marion 3,952 47.18% 4,421 52.78% 4 0.04% -469 -5.60% 8,377
Marlboro 3,308 51.00% 3,169 48.86% 9 0.14% 139 2.14% 6,486
McCormick 2,818 61.72% 1,748 38.28% 0 0.00% 1,070 23.44% 4,566
Newberry 8,967 70.32% 3,775 29.60% 10 0.08% 5,192 40.72% 12,752
Oconee 22,923 79.27% 5,975 20.66% 21 0.07% 16,948 58.61% 28,919
Orangeburg 10,024 38.35% 16,096 61.59% 16 0.06% -6,072 -23.24% 26,136
Pickens 32,028 79.90% 8,012 19.99% 43 0.11% 24,016 59.91% 40,083
Richland 46,989 37.19% 79,130 62.63% 236 0.18% -32,141 -25.44% 126,355
Saluda 4,938 75.45% 1,605 24.52% 2 0.03% 3,333 50.93% 6,545
Spartanburg 68,030 70.26% 28,681 29.62% 111 0.12% 39,349 40.64% 96,822
Sumter 15,100 49.40% 15,442 50.52% 24 0.08% -342 -1.12% 30,566
Union 5,991 69.35% 2,646 30.63% 2 0.02% 3,345 38.72% 8,639
Williamsburg 4,047 41.53% 5,695 58.45% 2 0.02% -1,648 -16.92% 9,744
York 61,329 64.04% 34,365 35.88% 71 0.08% 26,984 28.16% 95,765
Totals 1,066,274 62.88% 627,616 37.01% 1,812 0.11% 438,658 25.87% 1,695,702

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

By congressional district

Scott won six of seven congressional districts.[39]

District Scott Matthews Representative
1st 62% 38% Nancy Mace
2nd 62% 38% Joe Wilson
3rd 75% 25% Jeff Duncan
4th 67% 33% William Timmons
5th 65% 35% Ralph Norman
6th 41% 59% Jim Clyburn
7th 67% 33% Tom Rice (117th Congress)
Russell Fry (118th Congress)

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear

References

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