Margie Bright Matthews
State Senator, South Carolina Senate District 45 · Democrat
OfficeholderNot running in 2026
Ballot status source: Incumbency rule: sitting State Senator · read Sep 24, 2026
Sources (3)
- Incumbency rule: sitting State Senator
- State Senate elected November 2024, next election 2028 — no SC-SD-45 contest on the South Carolina State Election Commission — certified candidate list, 2026 Statewide General Election
- role and held seat unchanged
The District
What South Carolina Senate District 45 covers
Covers all of Hampton County; parts of Jasper County, Colleton County, Charleston County and Beaufort County.
Includes Hardeeville (part), Ridgeland (part), Beaufort (part), Hollywood (part), Jacksonboro, Yemassee, Folly Beach (part), Meggett (part), Burton (part), Seabrook, Walterboro (part), Estill and 16 more.
75 precincts · District lines: State senate lines: U.S. Census Bureau (1:500,000 cartographic boundary) · Precinct lines: South Carolina Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office, statewide Voter Precincts (gis.state.sc.us, 2026); per-election precinct editions for the 2020/2022/2024 certified results: SC RFA statewide precinct files 2022-06, 2022-12, 2024-09 and Census 2020 VTDs (sc-rfa-2022-06, sc-rfa-2022-12, sc-rfa-2024-10, sc-census-vtd2020)
Results
Certified results for South Carolina Senate District 45
State Senate, District 45
SC-2024-11-05-Cntyprec · Nov 5, 2024| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Margie Bright MatthewsDemocrat | Democrat | 31,710 | 97.7% |
| Write-InNonpartisan | Nonpartisan | 746 | 2.3% |
Certified — SEC final ENR (county detail files); reconciled to the certified county totals · South Carolina State Election Commission — ENR county detail results
State Senate, District 45
SC-2020-11-03-Cntyprec · Nov 3, 2020| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Margie Bright MatthewsDemocrat | Democrat | 28,767 | 59.4% |
| Rodney BuncumRepublican | Republican | 19,608 | 40.5% |
| Write-InNonpartisan | Nonpartisan | 47 | 0.1% |
Certified — SEC final ENR (county detail files); reconciled to the certified county totals · South Carolina State Election Commission — ENR county detail results
Not on file for Margie yet: Key Votes, Their Money, Advertising, In Their Words, In the News, Reach Them, Polls, The Paper Trail. Coverage varies by state and office.
File read Sep 25, 2026. Each item names its source. Record ID p_8frvazs44.
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