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Elections / 2022 · Senate · SC

The Republican candidate won South Carolina's Senate seat R+25.9.

South Carolina, 2022. Candidate results and statewide totals below.

South Carolina — 2022 Senate result
Source: MIT Election Data + Science Lab, 1976–2024 Senate returns (party-classified by literal ballot party).
Democratic (D)
627,616
37.0%
Republican (R)
1,066,274
62.9%
All others
1,812
0.1%
Margin
R+25.9
Candidates
Statewide candidate totals — MIT Election Data + Science Lab, 2022 Senate returns.
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Tim ScottRRepublican1,066,27462.9%
Krystle MatthewsDDemocrat627,61637.0%
OtherOOther1,8120.1%
South Carolina, 2022
RepublicanR+25.9
2022 presidential margin by county for South Carolina — 2022 US Senate electionA map of the constituent counties of South Carolina — 2022 US Senate election, each outlined and filled by its 2022 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), seated within the faint outlines of the surrounding states.GREENVILLE, SC · R+33.2CHARLESTON, SC · R+4.9HORRY, SC · R+45.6RICHLAND, SC · D+25.5LEXINGTON, SC · R+41.6SPARTANBURG, SC · R+40.6YORK, SC · R+28.2BEAUFORT, SC · R+26.2BERKELEY, SC · R+25.0ANDERSON, SC · R+54.5AIKEN, SC · R+37.2DORCHESTER, SC · R+24.6FLORENCE, SC · R+16.8PICKENS, SC · R+60.0LANCASTER, SC · R+34.5SUMTER, SC · D+1.1OCONEE, SC · R+58.7GEORGETOWN, SC · R+27.7ORANGEBURG, SC · D+23.2KERSHAW, SC · R+34.0GREENWOOD, SC · R+38.0DARLINGTON, SC · R+21.1LAURENS, SC · R+47.1CHEROKEE, SC · R+58.3NEWBERRY, SC · R+40.8CHESTERFIELD, SC · R+32.4COLLETON, SC · R+24.0CLARENDON, SC · R+16.0JASPER, SC · R+18.2WILLIAMSBURG, SC · D+16.9CHESTER, SC · R+24.4EDGEFIELD, SC · R+38.9UNION, SC · R+38.8ABBEVILLE, SC · R+46.1MARION, SC · D+5.8FAIRFIELD, SC · D+6.7DILLON, SC · R+13.0SALUDA, SC · R+50.9MARLBORO, SC · R+2.1BARNWELL, SC · R+21.6HAMPTON, SC · R+0.4CALHOUN, SC · R+22.9LEE, SC · D+15.6MCCORMICK, SC · R+23.4BAMBERG, SC · D+8.3ALLENDALE, SC · D+35.4
How it voted
Share of the 2022 vote
RepublicanRepublican62.9%1,070,031
DemocraticDemocratic37.1%629,908
OtherAll other candidates0.0%0
D+60
R+60
46 counties, each filled by 2022 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
South Carolina's Senate margins
Every contest in our store, 1978–2022
South Carolina's Senate marginsDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 1978 to 2022. Most recent: −25.9% in 2022.flipped R · 2002−25.9%DR19782022
South Carolina's Senate margins
YearMargin (D minus R)
1978−11.4%
1980+40.7%
1984−35.0%
1986+27.5%
1990−31.7%
1992+3.1%
1996−9.4%
1998+7.0%
2002−10.2%
2004−9.6%
2008−15.3%
2010−34.4%
2014−17.5%
2016−26.2%
2020−10.3%
2022−25.9%