South Carolina Senate District 45
State Senate District 45
Covers all of Hampton County; parts of Jasper County, Colleton County, Charleston County and Beaufort County.
Who Holds This Seat
Running in 2026
No 2026 candidates are on file for this seat yet.
The District
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 in This District
| Contest | First | Second | Margin | Votes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 President57 precinctsSouth Carolina State Election CommissionCertified — SEC final ENR | Kamala D Harris/Tim Walz (D)19,350 · 36.2% | Donald J Trump/JD Vance (R)16,791 · 31.4% | D+4.8 | 53,404 | South Carolina State Election CommissionCertified — SEC final ENR |
| 2022 U.S. Senate72 precinctsSouth Carolina State Election CommissionCertified — SEC final ENR | Krystle Matthews (D)17,759 · 50.8% | Tim Scott (R)17,209 · 49.2% | D+1.6 | 34,983 | South Carolina State Election CommissionCertified — SEC final ENR |
| 2022 Governor72 precinctsSouth Carolina State Election CommissionCertified — SEC final ENR | Joe Cunningham/Tally Parham Casey (D)18,908 · 53.8% | Henry McMaster/Pamela Evette (R)15,818 · 45.0% | D+8.8 | 35,154 | South Carolina State Election CommissionCertified — SEC final ENR |
| 2020 President70 precinctsSouth Carolina State Election CommissionCertified — SEC final ENR | Joseph R Biden | Kamala D Harris (D)29,883 · 58.0% | Donald J Trump | Michael R Pence (R)21,042 · 40.8% | D+17.2 | 51,534 | South Carolina State Election CommissionCertified — SEC final ENR |
| 2020 U.S. Senate70 precinctsSouth Carolina State Election CommissionCertified — SEC final ENR | Jaime Harrison (D)30,537 · 59.2% | Lindsey Graham (R)20,445 · 39.6% | D+19.6 | 51,597 | 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 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