South Carolina State Senate District 16

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

This seat has no race on the official 2026 list.

Last election: Michael Johnson (Republican) won by 58.1 points, 2024

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History (15 elections for this seat)

Votes for listed candidates: 57,977
Election day: November 5, 2024
District map: Older district map (2022 to 2024)

South Carolina Senate District 16, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanMichael JohnsonWon	Republican	45,67278.8%	78.8%
OtherKiral Mace	Other	12,00720.7%	20.7%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	2980.5%	0.5%

Votes for listed candidates: 77,152
Election day: November 3, 2020
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2020)

South Carolina Senate District 16, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanMichael JohnsonWon	Republican	48,80163.3%	63.3%
DemocraticRam Mammadov	Democratic	28,28736.7%	36.7%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	640.1%	0.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 45,031
Election day: November 8, 2016
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2016)

South Carolina Senate District 16, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanGreg GregoryWon(incumbent)	Republican	44,50898.8%	98.8%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	5231.2%	1.2%

South Carolina Senate District 16, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanGreg GregoryWon	Republican	36,29799.0%	99.0%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	3831.0%	1.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 46,936
Election day: November 4, 2008
District map: Older district map (2004 to 2011)

South Carolina Senate District 16, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanMick MulvaneyWon	Republican	25,22553.7%	53.7%
DemocraticMandy Powers Norrell	Democratic	21,71146.3%	46.3%

Votes for listed candidates: 32,617
Election day: November 2, 2004
District map: Older district map (2004 to 2011)

South Carolina Senate District 16, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanGreg GregoryWon(incumbent)	Republican	21,27365.2%	65.2%
DemocraticDonn J. Sinclair	Democratic	11,34434.8%	34.8%

South Carolina Senate District 16, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanGreg GregoryWon(incumbent)	Republican	22,488100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 26,458
Election day: November 5, 1996
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2003)

South Carolina Senate District 16, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanGreg GregoryWon(incumbent)	Republican	15,25957.7%	57.7%
DemocraticFrancis Bell Jr.	Democratic	11,19942.3%	42.3%

Votes for listed candidates: 25,781
Election day: November 3, 1992
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2003)

South Carolina Senate District 16, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanGreg GregoryWon	Republican	16,08462.4%	62.4%
DemocraticCaldwell T. Hinson(incumbent)	Democratic	9,69737.6%	37.6%

Votes for listed candidates: 16,247
Election day: November 8, 1988
District map: Older district map (1984 to 1991)

South Carolina Senate District 16, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticCaldwell T. HinsonWon(incumbent)	Democratic	16,08399.0%	99.0%
OtherMary Barry	Other	1641.0%	1.0%

South Carolina Senate District 16, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticCaldwell T. HinsonWon	Democratic	16,36797.9%	97.9%
OtherFrancis Bell	Other	3522.1%	2.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 368,717
Election day: November 4, 1980
Seats: 5
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1983)

South Carolina Senate District 16, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticThomas Dewey WiseWon(incumbent)	Democratic	50,226100.0%	100.0%
DemocraticWilliam W. Doar Jr.Won(incumbent)	Democratic	50,034100.0%	100.0%
RepublicanGlenn F. McConnellWon	Republican	48,36254.3%	54.3%
RepublicanArthur Ravenel Jr.Won	Republican	48,01953.0%	53.0%
DemocraticPaul CantrellWon	Democratic	46,00151.9%	51.9%
RepublicanDon C. Gibson	Republican	42,68348.1%	48.1%
DemocraticAllen Carter(incumbent)	Democratic	42,62347.0%	47.0%
DemocraticWilliam Saunders	Democratic	40,76345.7%	45.7%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	30.0%	0.0%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	20.0%	0.0%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	10.0%	0.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 371,042
Election day: November 2, 1976
Seats: 5
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1983)

South Carolina Senate District 16, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticWilliam W. Doar Jr.Won(incumbent)	Democratic	51,044100.0%	100.0%
DemocraticAllen CarterWon(incumbent)	Democratic	47,86060.3%	60.3%
DemocraticThomas Dewey WiseWon(incumbent)	Democratic	45,52056.7%	56.7%
DemocraticArnold S. GoodsteinWon	Democratic	44,55655.3%	55.3%
RepublicanThomas F. HartnettWon(incumbent)	Republican	42,38053.1%	53.1%
DemocraticJames C. Joseph Jr.	Democratic	37,36046.9%	46.9%
RepublicanArthur Ravenel Jr.	Republican	35,95744.7%	44.7%
RepublicanNancy Hawk	Republican	34,80343.3%	43.3%
RepublicanGlenn F. McConnell	Republican	31,56239.7%	39.7%

Votes for listed candidates: 296,223
Election day: November 7, 1972
Seats: 5
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1983)

South Carolina Senate District 16, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticWilliam W. Doar Jr.Won	Democratic	45,077100.0%	100.0%
DemocraticThomas D. WiseWon	Democratic	44,178100.0%	100.0%
RepublicanThomas F. HartnettWon	Republican	37,80154.9%	54.9%
RepublicanJames B. EdwardsWon	Republican	35,64750.8%	50.8%
DemocraticAllen CarterWon(incumbent)	Democratic	35,28751.9%	51.9%
RepublicanThomas B. Kennedy	Republican	32,67948.1%	48.1%
DemocraticRobert Scarborough(incumbent)	Democratic	32,26046.0%	46.0%
DemocraticJ. Kenneth Rentiers(incumbent)	Democratic	31,07545.1%	45.1%
OtherRobert Toporek	Other	2,2193.2%	3.2%

Votes for listed candidates: 104,983
Election day: November 5, 1968
Seats: 3
District map: Older district map (1968 to 1971)

South Carolina Senate District 16, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJ. Ralph GasqueWon(incumbent)	Democratic	35,189100.0%	100.0%
DemocraticEugene N. ZeiglerWon(incumbent)	Democratic	35,037100.0%	100.0%
DemocraticLanue FloydWon(incumbent)	Democratic	34,757100.0%	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:16

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