| Election Name: | 2022 South Carolina elections |
| Country: | South Carolina |
| Type: | midterm |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Next Year: | 2024 |
| Election Date: | November 8, 2022 |
| Previous Year: | 2020 |
South Carolina state elections in 2022 were held on Tuesday, November 8, 2022. All of South Carolina's executive officers were up for election, as well as all of South Carolina's seven seats in the United States House of Representatives.
See main article: 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina. All of South Carolina's seven seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 2022.
| scope=col rowspan=3 | District | scope=col colspan=2 | Republican | scope=col colspan=2 | Democratic | scope=col colspan=2 | Others | scope=col colspan=2 | Total | scope=col rowspan=3 | Result | ||||
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| scope=col data-sort-type="number" | Votes ! | scope=col data-sort-type="number" | % ! | scope=col data-sort-type="number" | Votes ! | scope=col data-sort-type="number" | % ! | scope=col data-sort-type="number" | Votes ! | scope=col data-sort-type="number" | % ! | scope=col data-sort-type="number" | Votes ! | scope=col data-sort-type="number" | % |
| 153,757 | 56.39% | 115,796 | 42.47% | 3,128 | 1.15% | 272,681 | 100.0% | Republican hold | |||||||
| 147,699 | 60.01% | 98,081 | 39.85% | 346 | 0.14% | 246,126 | 100.0% | Republican hold | |||||||
| 189,971 | 97.64% | 0 | 0.0% | 4,598 | 2.36% | 194,569 | 100.0% | Republican hold | |||||||
| 165,607 | 90.81% | 0 | 0.0% | 16,758 | 9.19% | 182,365 | 100.0% | Republican hold | |||||||
| 154,725 | 64.01% | 83,299 | 34.46% | 3,683 | 1.53% | 241,707 | 100.0% | Republican hold | |||||||
| 79,879 | 37.85% | 130,923 | 62.04% | 226 | 0.11% | 211,028 | 100.0% | Democratic hold | |||||||
| 164,440 | 64.77% | 89,030 | 35.07% | 395 | 0.16% | 253,865 | 100.0% | Republican hold | |||||||
| Total | 1,056,078 | 65.91% | 517,129 | 32.27% | 29,134 | 1.82% | 1,602,341 | 100.0% |
See main article: 2022 United States Senate election in South Carolina.
See main article: 2022 South Carolina gubernatorial election.
See main article: 2022 South Carolina Attorney General election. Incumbent Alan Wilson ran unopposed in the general.
See main article: 2022 South Carolina Secretary of State election.
See main article: 2022 South Carolina Treasurer election.
See main article: 2022 South Carolina House of Representatives election.
Results by State House districts
Winners:
All 124 seats in the South Carolina House of Representatives were up for election in 2022.
| Parties | Popular vote | Seats | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vote | % | Change | 2020 | 2022 | +/− | Strength | |||||||||
| South Carolina Republican Party | align=right | 1,027,276 | align=right | 68.96% | align=right | +6.34% | align=right | 81 | align=right | 88 | align=right | 7 | align=right | 70.97% | |
| South Carolina Democratic Party | align=right | 436,566 | align=right | 29.31% | align=right | −5.49% | align=right | 43 | align=right | 36 | align=right | 7 | align=right | 29.03% | |
| Write-in | 18,402 | 1.24% | −0.05% | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Libertarian Party of South Carolina | 5,375 | 0.36% | −0.42% | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Independent | 1,080 | 0.07% | +0.04% | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| American Party of South Carolina | 564 | 0.04% | −0.28% | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| South Carolina Green Party | 456 | 0.03% | +0.02% | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Totals | 1,489,719 | 100.0% | — | 124 | 124 | 100.0% | |||||||||
| Source: South Carolina Election Commission[1] | |||||||||||||||
The amendment increased the General Reserve Fund from 5% to 7% of state general fund revenues from the previous fiscal year. The increase was set to be phased in incrementally by one-half of one percent each year.
| Amendment 1 | |
| Question: | Must Section 36(A), Article III of the Constitution of this State, relating to the General Reserve Fund, be amended so as to provide that the General Reserve Fund of five percent of general fund revenue of the latest completed fiscal year must be increased each year by one-half of one percent of the general fund revenue of the latest completed fiscal year until it equals seven percent of such revenues? |
| Yes: | 947,610 |
| No: | 583,583 |
| Total: | 1,531,193 |
| Mapcaption: | Results by county Yes |
| Notes: | Source: South Carolina Secretary of State[2] |
| Map Size: | 230px |
The amendment increased the Capital Reserve Fund annual funding requirement from 2% to 3% of state general fund revenue.
| Amendment 2 | |
| Question: | Must Section 36(B), Article III of the Constitution of this State be amended so as to provide that the Capital Reserve Fund of two percent of the general fund revenue of the latest completed fiscal year be increased to three percent of the general fund revenue of the latest completed fiscal year and to provide that the first use of the Capital Reserve Fund must be to offset midyear budget reductions? |
| Yes: | 973,178 |
| No: | 584,911 |
| Total: | 1,558,089 |
| Mapcaption: | Results by county Yes |
| Notes: | Source: South Carolina Secretary of State[3] |
| Map Size: | 230px |