United States Presidential election7 Nov 2028in 728 days Senate D 97% House D 58% Calendar Track record Research
PollingForecast.com United States
Closest results
United States · Election results history · 2022 Senate · South Carolina
Election 2022 Results

Each election opens in its own mode: the forecast before the votes are counted, the live count while races are still too close to call, and the results once every race is decided.

2022 US Senate election in South Carolina

Tim Scott (Republican) beat Krystle Matthews (Democrat) in South Carolina in 2022, 62.9% to 37.0%, a margin of 25.9 points and 437,193 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 2016, when Tim Scott also won.

Republicans led in 37 of the 46 counties and Democrats in 9. The largest, Greenville, cast 176,256 votes and went to the Republican by 33.2 points. The closest was Hampton, where 30 votes separated the two parties.

United States
Results
2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 1968 1967 1966 1965 1964 1963 1962 1961 1960 1959 1958 1957 1956 1955 1954 1953 1952 1951 1950 1949 1948 1947 1946 1945 1944 1943 1942 1941 1940 1939 1938 1937 1936 1935 1934 1933 1932 1931 1930 1929 1928 1927 1926 1925 1924 1923 1922 1921 1920 1919 1918 1917 1916 1915 1914 1913 1912 1911 1910 1909 1908 1907 1906 1905 1904 1903 1902 1901 1900 1899 1898 1897 1896 1895 1894 1893 1892 1891 1890 1889 1888 1887 1886 1885 1884 1883 1882 1881 1880 1879 1878 1877 1876 1875 1874 1873 1872 1871 1870 1869 1868 1867 1866 1865
If only voted How this works
If the polls miss like

Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Senate

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Tim Scott won Republican 1,062,517 62.9%
Krystle Matthews Democratic 625,324 37.0%
All other candidates 1,787 0.1%
Total1,689,628

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Greenville 58,710 33.3% 117,230 66.5% 316 176,256 R+33.2
Charleston 71,597 47.4% 79,292 52.5% 230 151,119 R+5.1
Horry 36,149 27.2% 96,821 72.8% 66 133,036 R+45.6
Richland 78,892 62.6% 46,878 37.2% 235 126,005 D+25.4
Lexington 28,732 29.1% 69,785 70.8% 111 98,628 R+41.6
Spartanburg 28,508 29.6% 67,776 70.3% 111 96,395 R+40.7
York 34,140 35.9% 60,905 64.0% 70 95,115 R+28.1
Berkeley 26,607 37.4% 44,396 62.5% 75 71,078 R+25.0
Beaufort 26,199 36.9% 44,739 63.0% 45 70,983 R+26.1
Anderson 14,311 22.8% 48,511 77.1% 72 62,894 R+54.4
Aiken 17,122 31.4% 37,411 68.5% 50 54,583 R+37.2
Dorchester 18,639 37.7% 30,806 62.2% 55 49,500 R+24.6
Florence 17,157 41.5% 24,105 58.4% 35 41,297 R+16.8
Pickens 7,960 20.0% 31,818 79.9% 43 39,821 R+59.9
Lancaster 11,271 32.8% 23,055 67.1% 23 34,349 R+34.3
Sumter 15,429 50.5% 15,087 49.4% 24 30,540 D+1.1
Oconee 5,966 20.7% 22,869 79.3% 21 28,856 R+58.6
Georgetown 9,881 36.1% 17,447 63.8% 15 27,343 R+27.7
Orangeburg 16,087 61.6% 10,018 38.4% 16 26,121 D+23.2
Kershaw 7,351 33.0% 14,925 67.0% 14 22,290 R+34.0
Greenwood 6,648 30.7% 14,962 69.2% 12 21,622 R+38.5
Darlington 7,894 39.4% 12,110 60.5% 12 20,016 R+21.1
Laurens 5,190 26.4% 14,444 73.4% 36 19,670 R+47.0
Cherokee 3,333 20.8% 12,704 79.2% 12 16,049 R+58.4
Newberry 3,774 29.6% 8,963 70.4% 12,737 R+40.7
Chesterfield 4,233 33.8% 8,297 66.2% 6 12,536 R+32.4
Colleton 4,750 38.0% 7,746 61.9% 10 12,506 R+24.0
Clarendon 4,783 42.0% 6,599 58.0% 11,382 R+16.0
Jasper 4,528 40.9% 6,548 59.1% 4 11,080 R+18.2
Williamsburg 5,688 58.4% 4,042 41.5% 2 9,732 D+16.9
Chester 3,621 37.8% 5,954 62.2% 4 9,579 R+24.4
Edgefield 2,679 30.5% 6,095 69.4% 13 8,787 R+38.9
Union 2,633 30.7% 5,950 69.3% 2 8,585 R+38.6
Abbeville 2,309 27.0% 6,255 73.0% 8,564 R+46.1
Marion 4,399 52.7% 3,945 47.3% 4 8,348 D+5.4
Fairfield 4,441 53.3% 3,877 46.6% 7 8,325 D+6.8
Dillon 3,407 43.3% 4,452 56.6% 6 7,865 R+13.3
Saluda 1,604 24.5% 4,935 75.4% 2 6,541 R+50.9
Marlboro 3,163 48.9% 3,302 51.0% 9 6,474 R+2.1
Barnwell 2,448 39.1% 3,801 60.8% 4 6,253 R+21.6
Hampton 2,793 49.7% 2,823 50.2% 2 5,618 R+0.5
Calhoun 2,158 38.6% 3,418 61.2% 10 5,586 R+22.6
Lee 3,027 57.8% 2,208 42.2% 3 5,238 D+15.6
McCormick 1,743 38.3% 2,809 61.7% 4,552 R+23.4
Bamberg 2,147 54.1% 1,819 45.9% 3,966 D+8.3
Allendale 1,223 67.6% 585 32.4% 1,808 D+35.3

Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

South Carolina Senate elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Tim Scott (R) R+25.9
2020 Lindsey Graham (R) R+10.3
2016 Tim Scott (R) R+23.6
2014 Lindsey Graham (R) R+15.5
2010 Jim DeMint (R) R+33.8
2008 Lindsey Graham (R) R+15.3
2004 Jim Demint (R) R+9.6
2002 Lindsey O. Graham (R) R+10.2
1998 Ernest F. Hollings (D) D+7.0
1996 Strom Thurmond (R) R+9.4
1992 Ernest F. Hollings (D) D+3.1
1990 Strom Thurmond (R) R+31.7
1986 Ernest Fritz Hollings (D) D+27.5
1984 Strom Thurmond (R) R+35.0
1980 Ernest Fritz Hollings (D) D+40.7
1978 Strom Thurmond (R) R+11.4
1974 Ernest F. Hollings (D) D+40.9
1972 Strom Thurmond (R) R+26.6
1968 Ernest F. Hollings (D) D+23.8
1966 Strom Thurmond (R) R+24.4
1962 Olin D. Johnston (D) D+14.3
1960 Strom Thurmond (D) D+100.0
1956 Olin D. Johnston (D) D+64.5
1954 Strom Thurmond (other)
1950 Olin D. Johnston (D) D+99.9
1948 Burnet R. Maybank (D) D+92.9
1944 Olin D. Johnston (D) D+89.2
1942 Burnet R. Maybank (D) D+100.0
1938 Cotton Ed Smith (D) D+97.8
1936 James F. Byrnes (D) D+97.7
1932 Cotton Ed Smith (D) D+96.3
1930 James F. Byrnes (D) D+100.0
1926 Cotton Ed Smith (D) D+100.0
1924 Coleman L. Blease (D) D+100.0
1920 Cotton Ed Smith (D) D+100.0
1918 Nathaniel B. Dial (D) D+100.0
1914 Cotton Ed Smith (D) D+99.8