2022 South Carolina House of Representatives election

2022 South Carolina House of Representatives election

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All 124 seats in the South 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 81 43
Seats won 88 36
Seat change Increase 7 Decrease 7
Popular vote 1,027,276 436,566
Percentage 68.96% 29.31%
Swing Increase 6.34% Decrease 5.49%


Speaker before election

Murrell Smith
Republican

Elected Speaker

Murrell Smith
Republican

The 2022 South Carolina House of Representatives election took place on November 8, 2022, as part of the biennial United States elections. South Carolina voters elected state representatives in all 124 of the state's house districts. Republicans flipped eight seats held by Democrats, while Democrats flipped one seat held by a Republican; with their majority expanded by a net gain of seven seats, Republicans achieved a supermajority in the chamber.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Pollard, James (November 12, 2022). "South Carolina gives GOP a ruby-red bright spot in midterms". AP News. Associated Press. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
  2. ^ Vernon, Sara (November 11, 2022). "South Carolina 2022 Midterm Election Review". JD Supra. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
  3. ^ Laird, Skylar (November 9, 2022). "How Republicans won much of Charleston while Columbia ousted GOP incumbent". The Post and Courier. Retrieved November 13, 2022.

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