South Carolina House District 42
State House District 42
Covers all of Union County; part of Laurens County.
Who Holds This Seat
Running in 2026
Republican · State Representative
- Ballot
- On the 2026 ballot
- Last Change
- Profile updated · Oct 4
- Raised
- Not on file
- Cash on Hand
- Not on file
No finance filing on record.
Democrat
- Ballot
- On the 2026 ballot
- Last Change
- Profile updated · Oct 4
- Raised
- Not on file
- Cash on Hand
- Not on file
No finance filing on record.
The District
Includes Clinton, Union, Monarch Mill, Buffalo, Joanna, Carlisle, Jonesville and Lockhart.
28 precincts · District lines: State house 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 in This District
| Contest | First | Second | Margin | Votes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 President28 precinctsSouth Carolina State Election CommissionCertified — SEC final ENR | Donald J Trump/JD Vance (R)12,297 · 65.6% | Kamala D Harris/Tim Walz (D)6,273 · 33.5% | R+32.1 | 18,751 | South Carolina State Election CommissionCertified — SEC final ENR |
| 2022 U.S. Senate29 precinctsSouth Carolina State Election CommissionCertified — SEC final ENR | Tim Scott (R)9,718 · 70.2% | Krystle Matthews (D)4,117 · 29.7% | R+40.5 | 13,843 | South Carolina State Election CommissionCertified — SEC final ENR |
| 2022 Governor29 precinctsSouth Carolina State Election CommissionCertified — SEC final ENR | Henry McMaster/Pamela Evette (R)9,230 · 66.4% | Joe Cunningham/Tally Parham Casey (D)4,512 · 32.5% | R+34.0 | 13,896 | South Carolina State Election CommissionCertified — SEC final ENR |
| 2020 President30 precinctsSouth Carolina State Election CommissionCertified — SEC final ENR | Donald J Trump | Michael R Pence (R)12,313 · 61.1% | Joseph R Biden | Kamala D Harris (D)7,613 · 37.8% | R+23.3 | 20,145 | South Carolina State Election CommissionCertified — SEC final ENR |
| 2020 U.S. Senate30 precinctsSouth Carolina State Election CommissionCertified — SEC final ENR | Lindsey Graham (R)11,917 · 59.2% | Jaime Harrison (D)7,853 · 39.0% | R+20.2 | 20,144 | South Carolina State Election CommissionCertified — SEC final ENR |
Totals add up the certified precinct results for the precincts inside today's district lines. A precinct split by the district line counts in full, or only in the district holding most of its voters where the linkage assigns it to one, and votes a county reported only countywide (some counties' absentee and early votes) are left out, so totals can differ from an official canvass.
Past Results
State House of Representatives, District 42
SC-2024-11-05-Cntyprec · Nov 5, 2024| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doug GilliamRepublican | Republican | 11,278 | 68.0% |
| David GossettDemocrat | Democrat | 5,288 | 31.9% |
| Write-InNonpartisan | Nonpartisan | 29 | 0.2% |
Certified — SEC final ENR (county detail files); reconciled to the certified county totals · South Carolina State Election Commission — ENR county detail results
State House of Representatives, District 42
SC-2022-11-08-Cntyprec · Nov 8, 2022| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doug GilliamRepublican | Republican | 8,905 | 94.6% |
| Write-InNonpartisan | Nonpartisan | 511 | 5.4% |
Certified — SEC final ENR (county detail files); reconciled to the certified county totals · South Carolina State Election Commission — ENR county detail results
State House of Representatives, District 42
SC-2020-11-03-Cntyprec · Nov 3, 2020| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doug GilliamRepublican | Republican | 13,087 | 98.0% |
| Write-InNonpartisan | Nonpartisan | 265 | 2.0% |
Certified — SEC final ENR (county detail files); reconciled to the certified county totals · South Carolina State Election Commission — ENR county detail results