South Carolina 2014 Election Results

South Carolina held its general election on November 4, 2014, deciding 125 legislative seats and 8 statewide offices led by the governorship. No chamber changed party control.

Highlights

• Republicans won every statewide office on the ballot. Gov. Nikki Haley (R) beat Vincent Sheheen (D) by about 15 points in a rematch of 2010, and Henry McMaster (R) won the open lieutenant governorship by about 18 points over Rep. Bakari Sellers (D). It was the only statewide office to change party: Yancey McGill (D) had held it since June, when he succeeded Glenn McConnell.
• House Speaker Bobby Harrell (R) pleaded guilty to six ethics-law counts and resigned in October, but his name stayed on the ballot in House District 114. The Election Commission had ruled that Republicans could name a replacement, but the state Supreme Court stayed that ruling. Votes for Harrell did not count, and Mary Tinkler (D) won the seat over a Green Party candidate. Jay Lucas (R), acting Speaker since Harrell stepped down, was elected Speaker when the new House organized in December.
• No sitting legislator lost in November. Republicans picked up the open, Democratic-held House District 53, where Richie Yow (R) beat Amy M. Brown (D) by about 1,470 votes. Democrats narrowly held House District 90, open because of Sellers's statewide run, where Justin Bamberg (D) beat Travis Lee Avant (R) by about 140 votes.
• Voters approved both constitutional amendments. Amendment 2, backed by both state party chairmen, made the adjutant general an appointee of the governor, ending South Carolina's status as the only state where voters elect the post. Amendment 1, legalizing charitable raffles, passed with about 83%.

Legislature

• House (124 seats): 46 D, 78 R before the election, 46 D, 78 R after; control stayed with Republicans.
• Senate (46 seats): 18 D, 28 R before the election, 18 D, 28 R after; control stayed with Republicans.

Statewide races

Legislative races

Ballot measures