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The 2012 South Carolina Senate elections were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012. The primary elections were held on June 12 and the runoff elections were held two weeks later on June 26. The current composition of the state delegation is 28 Republicans and 18 Democrats. Senators are elected for four-year terms, all in the same year.
Detailed Results
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District 1 • District 2 • District 3 • District 4 • District 5 • District 6 • District 7 • District 8 • District 9 • District 10 • District 11 • District 12 • District 13 • District 14 • District 15 • District 16 • District 17 • District 18 • District 19 • District 20 • District 21 • District 22 • District 23 • District 24 • District 25 • District 26 • District 27 • District 28 • District 29 • District 30 • District 31 • District 32 • District 33 • District 34 • District 35 • District 36 • District 37 • District 38 • District 39 • District 40 • District 41 • District 42 • District 43 • District 44 • District 45 • District 46 |
District 1
District 1 covers parts of Oconee and Pickens Counties. Incumbent Thomas C. Alexander ran unopposed in the Republican primary and the general election. He was reelected to his fifth full-term as senator.[1]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Thomas C. Alexander (incumbent) | 29,957 | 99.1 | |
| Write-in | Other | 270 | 0.9 | |
| Total votes | 30,227 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 2
The district includes parts of Pickens county. Republican incumbent Larry A. Martin faced Republican petition candidate Rex Rice in the general election. Rice was initially on the Republican primary ballot, but due to a lawsuit about proper filing of economic interest statements, he and many other state candidates were decertified.[2] To get on the November ballot instead, Rice pursued the little-used paper process of getting signatures of at least five percent of the district's registered voters.[3] Martin won with 64% of the vote.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Larry A. Martin (incumbent) | 24,013 | 64.4 | |
| Republican | Rex Rice (petition) | 13,164 | 35.43 | |
| Write-in | Other | 108 | 0.3 | |
| Total votes | 37,285 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 3
The district includes parts of Anderson county. Republican incumbent Kevin L. Bryant is a pharmacist. In the Republican primary, Bryant won over Don Bowen 75.93% to 24.07%. [5]
District 4
The district includes parts of Abbeville, Anderson and Greenwood counties. Republican incumbent William H. O'Dell is CEO of O'Dell Corporation.
District 5
The district includes parts of Greenville county. Retiring Republican incumbent Phillip Shoopman is a retired businessman. Tom Corbin won the election for District 5 after defeating Amanda Tieder Somers in the Republican primary.