South Carolina State Senate District 11

Next vote Tue, Nov 7, 2028 · Represented by Josh Kimbrell Republican · Member list as of Oct 28

This seat has no race on the official 2026 list.

Last election: Josh Kimbrell (Republican) won by 30.7 points, 2024

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History (15 elections for this seat)

Votes for listed candidates: 46,531
Election day: November 5, 2024
District map: Older district map (2022 to 2024)

South Carolina Senate District 11, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJosh KimbrellWon	Republican	30,36265.3%	65.3%
DemocraticAngela L. Geter	Democratic	16,11834.6%	34.6%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	510.1%	0.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 47,197
Election day: November 3, 2020
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2020)

South Carolina Senate District 11, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJosh KimbrellWon	Republican	26,11755.3%	55.3%
DemocraticGlenn Reese(incumbent)	Democratic	21,00544.5%	44.5%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	750.2%	0.2%

Votes for listed candidates: 38,077
Election day: November 8, 2016
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2016)

South Carolina Senate District 11, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticGlenn ReeseWon(incumbent)	Democratic	20,82554.7%	54.7%
RepublicanCornelius D. Huff	Republican	17,22545.2%	45.2%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	270.1%	0.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 30,045
Election day: November 6, 2012
District map: Older district map (2012)

South Carolina Senate District 11, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticGlenn ReeseWon(incumbent)	Democratic	21,35571.1%	71.1%
OtherKerry Wood	Other	8,63528.7%	28.7%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	550.2%	0.2%

Votes for listed candidates: 33,577
Election day: November 4, 2008
District map: Older district map (2004 to 2011)

South Carolina Senate District 11, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticGlenn ReeseWon(incumbent)	Democratic	19,18757.1%	57.1%
RepublicanMike Gardner	Republican	14,39042.9%	42.9%

Votes for listed candidates: 30,489
Election day: November 2, 2004
District map: Older district map (2004 to 2011)

South Carolina Senate District 11, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticGlenn G. ReeseWon(incumbent)	Democratic	16,96255.6%	55.6%
RepublicanSteve A. Parker	Republican	13,52744.4%	44.4%

Votes for listed candidates: 22,678
Election day: November 7, 2000
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2003)

South Carolina Senate District 11, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticGlenn G. ReeseWon(incumbent)	Democratic	13,12057.9%	57.9%
RepublicanSteve A. Parker	Republican	9,55842.1%	42.1%

South Carolina Senate District 11, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticGlenn G. ReeseWon(incumbent)	Democratic	11,973100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 19,310
Election day: November 3, 1992
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2003)

South Carolina Senate District 11, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticGlenn G. ReeseWon	Democratic	12,10562.7%	62.7%
RepublicanMike Dixon	Republican	7,20537.3%	37.3%

Votes for listed candidates: 20,623
Election day: November 8, 1988
District map: Older district map (1984 to 1991)

South Carolina Senate District 11, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanW. Richard LeeWon(incumbent)	Republican	12,44760.4%	60.4%
DemocraticSally S. Peake	Democratic	8,17639.6%	39.6%

Votes for listed candidates: 19,755
Election day: November 6, 1984
District map: Older district map (1984 to 1991)

South Carolina Senate District 11, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanW. Richard LeeWon	Republican	11,08256.1%	56.1%
DemocraticGary Poliakoff	Democratic	8,67343.9%	43.9%

Votes for listed candidates: 266,362
Election day: November 4, 1980
Seats: 4
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1983)

South Carolina Senate District 11, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticRalph H. EllisWon(incumbent)	Democratic	67,714100.0%	100.0%
DemocraticThomas E. Smith Jr.Won(incumbent)	Democratic	66,369100.0%	100.0%
DemocraticHuge K. Leatherman Sr.Won	Democratic	66,228100.0%	100.0%
DemocraticFrank H. McGillWon(incumbent)	Democratic	65,999100.0%	100.0%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	370.1%	0.1%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	70.0%	0.0%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	40.0%	0.0%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	40.0%	0.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 247,493
Election day: November 2, 1976
Seats: 4
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1983)

South Carolina Senate District 11, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticRalph H. EllisWon	Democratic	58,962100.0%	100.0%
DemocraticJohn H. Waller Jr.Won	Democratic	58,602100.0%	100.0%
DemocraticFrank H. McGillWon	Democratic	58,216100.0%	100.0%
DemocraticThomas E. Smith Jr.Won(incumbent)	Democratic	52,86473.7%	73.7%
RepublicanAnn Morgan	Republican	18,84926.3%	26.3%

Votes for listed candidates: 167,811
Election day: November 7, 1972
Seats: 4
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1983)

South Carolina Senate District 11, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticLanue FloydWon(incumbent)	Democratic	37,702100.0%	100.0%
DemocraticThomas E. Smith Jr.Won	Democratic	37,47795.4%	95.4%
DemocraticJames P. StevensWon(incumbent)	Democratic	36,91870.3%	70.3%
DemocraticJ. Ralph GasqueWon(incumbent)	Democratic	36,41295.0%	95.0%
RepublicanElvin Drew Tirrell	Republican	15,55929.6%	29.6%
OtherSamuel L. Vandross	Other	1,9185.0%	5.0%
RepublicanMordecai C. Johnson	Republican	1,8254.6%	4.6%

Votes for listed candidates: 56,314
Election day: November 5, 1968
Seats: 2
District map: Older district map (1968 to 1971)

South Carolina Senate District 11, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticMarshall WilliamsWon(incumbent)	Democratic	28,299100.0%	100.0%
DemocraticL. Marion GressetteWon(incumbent)	Democratic	28,015100.0%	100.0%

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
1968 to 2020: 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.

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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.

District id: ocd-division/country:us/state:sc/sldu:11

DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026