South Carolina State House District 1
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Bill Whitmire Republican · Member list as of Oct 28
Bill WhitmireRepublican · Incumbent24 years since first winJasmine WilliamsDemocratic
Last result · 2024 general: Bill Whitmire (R) 99.1
- Earlier results
- Bill Whitmire (Republican) was unopposed, 2022Bill Whitmire (Republican) was unopposed, 2020, older linesAll 26 elections
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Past results
- Votes for listed candidates
- 20,674
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Same as today
South Carolina House of Representatives District 1, 1974 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBill WhitmireWon Republican 20,49599.1% Scattered write-ins Write-in 1790.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,523
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Same as today
South Carolina House of Representatives District 1, 1974 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBill WhitmireWon(incumbent) Republican 14,04996.7% Scattered write-ins Write-in 4743.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,535
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
South Carolina House of Representatives District 1, 1974 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBill WhitmireWon(incumbent) Republican 17,30898.7% Scattered write-ins Write-in 2271.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,287
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
South Carolina House of Representatives District 1, 1974 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBill WhitmireWon(incumbent) Republican 11,287100.0%
- 2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
- 1974 to 2022: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns; not an official source
Last contest in this district on file: 2024.
All elections (26 for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 20,674
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Same as today
South Carolina House of Representatives District 1, 1974 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBill WhitmireWon Republican 20,49599.1% Scattered write-ins Write-in 1790.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,523
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Same as today
South Carolina House of Representatives District 1, 1974 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBill WhitmireWon(incumbent) Republican 14,04996.7% Scattered write-ins Write-in 4743.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,535
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
South Carolina House of Representatives District 1, 1974 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBill WhitmireWon(incumbent) Republican 17,30898.7% Scattered write-ins Write-in 2271.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,287
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
South Carolina House of Representatives District 1, 1974 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBill WhitmireWon(incumbent) Republican 11,287100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,029
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
South Carolina House of Representatives District 1, 1974 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBill WhitmireWon(incumbent) Republican 13,93599.3% Scattered write-ins Write-in 940.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 8,714
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
South Carolina House of Representatives District 1, 1974 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBill WhitmireWon(incumbent) Republican 8,64699.2% Scattered write-ins Write-in 680.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,242
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
South Carolina House of Representatives District 1, 1974 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBill WhitmireWon(incumbent) Republican 10,85976.3% DemocraticJohn W. Hester Democratic 2,40716.9% OtherJohn Dalen Other 9666.8% Scattered write-ins Write-in 100.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 7,984
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
South Carolina House of Representatives District 1, 1974 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBill WhitmireWon(incumbent) Republican 7,92599.3% Scattered write-ins Write-in 590.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,766
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
South Carolina House of Representatives District 1, 1974 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBill WhitmireWon(incumbent) Republican 11,766100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 8,786
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
South Carolina House of Representatives District 1, 1974 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBill WhitmireWon(incumbent) Republican 5,86866.8% DemocraticSusie Cornelius Democratic 2,91833.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 12,342
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
South Carolina House of Representatives District 1, 1974 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBill WhitmireWon(incumbent) Republican 8,10265.7% DemocraticKen Campbell Democratic 4,24034.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 8,760
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
South Carolina House of Representatives District 1, 1974 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBill WhitmireWon Republican 6,20270.8% DemocraticSteve Blackwell Democratic 2,55829.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 8,011
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
South Carolina House of Representatives District 1, 1974 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanGresham BarrettWon(incumbent) Republican 8,011100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 7,334
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
South Carolina House of Representatives District 1, 1974 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanGresham BarrettWon(incumbent) Republican 7,334100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 9,394
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
South Carolina House of Representatives District 1, 1974 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanGresham BarrettWon Republican 7,11075.7% DemocraticJim Satterfield Democratic 2,28424.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 8,105
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
South Carolina House of Representatives District 1, 1974 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBradley CainWon Republican 5,14863.5% DemocraticJulius Earle Democratic 2,95736.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 10,040
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
South Carolina House of Representatives District 1, 1974 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticThomas C. AlexanderWon(incumbent) Democratic 6,26662.4% RepublicanZ. Tommy Abbott Jr. Republican 3,77437.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 4,691
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
South Carolina House of Representatives District 1, 1974 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticThomas C. AlexanderWon(incumbent) Democratic 4,691100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,637
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
South Carolina House of Representatives District 1, 1974 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticThomas C. AlexanderWon(incumbent) Democratic 5,637100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 4,435
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
South Carolina House of Representatives District 1, 1974 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticThomas C. AlexanderWon Democratic 4,435100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 4,707
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
South Carolina House of Representatives District 1, 1974 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDuke ClevelandWon(incumbent) Democratic 4,705100.0% Scattered write-ins Write-in 20.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 3,931
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
South Carolina House of Representatives District 1, 1974 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDuke ClevelandWon(incumbent) Democratic 3,931100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,104
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
- District map
- Older district map (1974 to 1981)
South Carolina House of Representatives District 1, 1974 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDuke ClevelandWon Democratic 5,104100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 3,519
- Election day
- November 7, 1978
- District map
- Older district map (1974 to 1981)
South Carolina House of Representatives District 1, 1974 to 2024, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticCecil SandiferWon(incumbent) Democratic 3,519100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 4,423
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
- District map
- Older district map (1974 to 1981)
South Carolina House of Representatives District 1, 1974 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticCecil SandiferWon(incumbent) Democratic 4,423100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 3,084
- Election day
- November 4, 1974
- District map
- Older district map (1974 to 1981)
South Carolina House of Representatives District 1, 1974 to 2024, 1974, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticCecil SandiferWon(incumbent) Democratic 3,083100.0% Scattered write-ins Write-in 10.0%
- 2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
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Sources: Census TIGERweb Legislative MapServer (120th CDs layer 0, 119th CDs layer 4, 2026 SLD upper layer 1 and lower layer 2) (US Census Bureau, public domain), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open Civic Data division identifiers (census_autogenerated us_sldl/us_sldu and openstates state files); also (sld-recent.json): Open Civic Data division identifiers (country-us) (CC0 (repository); also (sld-recent.json): CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open States people (current) CSVs (CC0-1.0 (Open States people data)), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns, not an official source; MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips) (Not stated in the GitHub repository (an earlier label said "MIT (repo)", which the repository does not support). MEDSL's Harvard Dataverse records are CC0 1.0, but these GitHub files were not checksum-matched to the Dataverse files, so CC0 is not claimed for them.), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns, not an official source; State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source.
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), DIME (ODC-BY), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026