2024 South Carolina House of Representatives election

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All 124 seats in theSouth Carolina House of Representatives 62 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Murrell Smith Todd Rutherford Party Republican Democratic Leader since May 12, 2022 January 8, 2013 Leader's seat 67th 74th Last election 88 36 Seats won 88 36 Seat change Popular vote 1,458,624 681,595 Percentage 67.03% 31.32% Swing 1.93% 2.01%
Results by gains and holds Results by winning party vote share Results:      Republican hold     Republican gain      Democratic hold     Democratic gain Vote share:      50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%      50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Speaker before election Murrell Smith Republican ElectedSpeaker Murrell Smith Republican

The2024South Carolina House of Representatives election was held on November 5, 2024, alongside the2024 United States elections.^[1] Primary elections took place on June 11, 2024.

As part of the court case,Alexander vs. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, the NAACP challenged the legality of the legislative districts enacted by the South Carolina state legislature for the 2022 South Carolina House of Representatives Election by calling the enacted legislative map a racial gerrymander in violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. In order to settle the state legislative portion of the case, both parties agreed to a settlement map which was used for the first time in the 2024 South Carolina House of Representatives Election.^[2]

In the 2020 US Presidential Election, Donald Trump won 82 districts, while Joe Biden won 42. Going into the 2024 House of Representatives Election, Republicans represented six districts where Biden had won in 2020: District 12 (Biden +5%) in ruralMcCormick County, District 52 (Biden +20%) in suburbanRichland County, District 64 (Biden +4%) in ruralClarendon County, District 110 (Biden +2%) inCharleston County encompassingCharleston Central andMount Pleasant, District 116 (Biden +6%) in suburban Charleston County, and District 122 (Biden +7%) covering parts ofHampton,Jasper, andColleton counties.

Party		Votes		Seats
		No.	%	No.	+/−	%
	South Carolina Republican Party	1,402,989	62.62	88	0	65.32
	South Carolina Democratic Party	779,644	34.80	36	0	33.87
	Write-in	28,855	1.29	0	0	0.00
	Libertarian Party of South Carolina	17,443	0.78	0	0	0.00
	American Party of South Carolina	7,150	0.32	0	0	0.00
	South Carolina Constitution Party	1,805	0.08	0	0	0.00
	South Carolina Workers 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		2,566,154	100.00	124	±0	100.00
Registered voters		3,343,423	100.00
Turnout		2,566,154	76.75
Source: South Carolina Election Commission[3]

Italics denote an open seat held by the incumbent party;bold text denotes a gain for a party.

Fifteen incumbents did not seek re-election.^[7]

1. District 54:Pat Henegan retired.
2. District 79:Ivory Torrey Thigpen retired torun for State Senate.
3. District 93:Russell Ott retired torun for State Senate.

1. District 9:Anne Thayer retired.
2. District 14:Stewart Jones retired torun for U.S. House.
3. District 20:Adam Morgan retired torun for U.S. House.
4. District 22:Jason Elliott retired torun for State Senate.
5. District 26:Raye Felder retired.
6. District 28:Ashley Trantham retired.
7. District 32:Max Hyde retired.
8. District 34:Roger Nutt retired torun for State Senate.
9. District 52:Ben Connell retired.
10. District 66:David O'Neal retired.
11. District 81:Bart T. Blackwell retired.
12. District 116:Matt Leber retired torun for State Senate.

One seat was left vacant on the day of the general election due to resignation in 2024.

1. District 113:Marvin Pendarvis resigned September 19 due to an ongoing legal malpractice investigation.^[8]

Three incumbent representatives, all Republicans, were defeated in the June 11 primary election.^[9]

1. District 2:Bill Sandifer III lost renomination toAdam Lewis Duncan.
2. District 3:Jerry Carter lost renomination toPhillip Bowers.
3. District 7:Jay West lost renomination toLee Gilreath.

Nine races were decided by 10% or lower.

Incumbent DemocratDeon Tedder resigned on January 9, 2024, to join theState Senate.^[11] A special election was held on January 30, 2024, to fill the vacancy.

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