South Carolina State Senate District 13

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

This seat has no race on the official 2026 list.

Last election: Shane Martin (Republican) was unopposed, 2024

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History (15 elections for this seat)

South Carolina Senate District 13, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanShane MartinWon	Republican	44,58398.4%	98.4%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	7141.6%	1.6%

Votes for listed candidates: 44,398
Election day: November 3, 2020
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2020)

South Carolina Senate District 13, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanShane MartinWon(incumbent)	Republican	43,13897.2%	97.2%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	1,2602.8%	2.8%

Votes for listed candidates: 36,630
Election day: November 8, 2016
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2016)

South Carolina Senate District 13, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanShane MartinWon(incumbent)	Republican	36,23998.9%	98.9%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	3911.1%	1.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 33,355
Election day: November 6, 2012
District map: Older district map (2012)

South Carolina Senate District 13, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanShane MartinWon(incumbent)	Republican	32,97498.9%	98.9%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	3811.1%	1.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 38,269
Election day: November 4, 2008
District map: Older district map (2004 to 2011)

South Carolina Senate District 13, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanShane MartinWon	Republican	26,05368.1%	68.1%
DemocraticJimmy Tobias	Democratic	12,21631.9%	31.9%

South Carolina Senate District 13, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJim RitchieWon(incumbent)	Republican	25,275100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 28,163
Election day: November 7, 2000
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2003)

South Carolina Senate District 13, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJim RitchieWon	Republican	18,70866.4%	66.4%
DemocraticBrian K. Kennedy	Democratic	9,45533.6%	33.6%

South Carolina Senate District 13, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanC. Tyrone CourtneyWon(incumbent)	Republican	16,109100.0%	100.0%

South Carolina Senate District 13, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticC. Tyrone CourtneyWon	Democratic	16,575100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 21,255
Election day: November 8, 1988
District map: Older district map (1984 to 1991)

South Carolina Senate District 13, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticHorace SmithWon(incumbent)	Democratic	12,70159.8%	59.8%
RepublicanJan B. Johnson	Republican	8,55440.2%	40.2%

Votes for listed candidates: 12,543
Election day: November 6, 1984
District map: Older district map (1984 to 1991)

South Carolina Senate District 13, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticHorace SmithWon(incumbent)	Democratic	12,53299.9%	99.9%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	110.1%	0.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 78,362
Election day: November 4, 1980
Seats: 2
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1983)

South Carolina Senate District 13, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticL. Marion GressetteWon(incumbent)	Democratic	39,22399.9%	99.9%
DemocraticMarshall WilliamsWon(incumbent)	Democratic	38,98699.7%	99.7%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	1170.3%	0.3%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	360.1%	0.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 61,803
Election day: November 2, 1976
Seats: 2
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1983)

South Carolina Senate District 13, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticL. Marion GressetteWon(incumbent)	Democratic	31,077100.0%	100.0%
DemocraticMarshall WilliamsWon(incumbent)	Democratic	30,726100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 56,780
Election day: November 7, 1972
Seats: 2
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1983)

South Carolina Senate District 13, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticMarshall WilliamsWon(incumbent)	Democratic	25,002100.0%	100.0%
DemocraticL. Marion GressetteWon(incumbent)	Democratic	24,32676.5%	76.5%
RepublicanW. W. Wannamaker	Republican	7,45223.4%	23.4%

Votes for listed candidates: 38,765
Election day: November 5, 1968
Seats: 2
District map: Older district map (1968 to 1971)

South Carolina Senate District 13, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJames Waddell Jr.Won(incumbent)	Democratic	19,664100.0%	100.0%
DemocraticJames P. HarrelsonWon(incumbent)	Democratic	19,101100.0%	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:13

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