South Carolina State Senate District 23
Next vote Tue, Nov 7, 2028 · Represented by Carlisle Kennedy Republican · Member list as of Oct 28
This seat has no race on the official 2026 list.
- Last election
- Carlisle Kennedy (Republican) was unopposed, 2024
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History (11 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 42,346
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
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- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
South Carolina Senate District 23, 1984 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanCarlisle KennedyWon Republican 41,46797.9% Scattered write-ins Write-in 8792.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 46,959
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
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- Older district map (2012 to 2020)
South Carolina Senate District 23, 1984 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKatrina ShealyWon(incumbent) Republican 34,05072.5% DemocraticBill Brown Democratic 12,84927.4% Scattered write-ins Write-in 600.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 32,846
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
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- Older district map (2012 to 2016)
South Carolina Senate District 23, 1984 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKatrina ShealyWon(incumbent) Republican 32,39398.6% Scattered write-ins Write-in 4531.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 32,735
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
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- Older district map (2012)
South Carolina Senate District 23, 1984 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share OtherKatrina ShealyWon Other 16,71651.1% RepublicanJake Knotts(incumbent) Republican 14,29843.7% OtherDavid R. Whetsell Other 1,5964.9% Scattered write-ins Write-in 1250.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 35,153
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
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- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
South Carolina Senate District 23, 1984 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJake KnottsWon(incumbent) Republican 35,153100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 28,572
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
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- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
South Carolina Senate District 23, 1984 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJake KnottsWon Republican 28,572100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 35,241
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
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- Older district map (1992 to 2003)
South Carolina Senate District 23, 1984 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJoe WilsonWon(incumbent) Republican 35,241100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 26,979
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
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South Carolina Senate District 23, 1984 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanAddison G. WilsonWon(incumbent) Republican 26,979100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 27,595
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
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- Older district map (1992 to 2003)
South Carolina Senate District 23, 1984 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanAddison G. WilsonWon(incumbent) Republican 27,595100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 28,565
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
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- Older district map (1984 to 1991)
South Carolina Senate District 23, 1984 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanAddison G. WilsonWon(incumbent) Republican 23,79083.3% DemocraticFrank A. Barton Democratic 4,77116.7% Scattered write-ins Write-in 40.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 24,590
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
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- Older district map (1984 to 1991)
South Carolina Senate District 23, 1984 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanAddison G. WilsonWon Republican 19,14477.8% DemocraticJim Leslie Democratic 2,75411.2% OtherNorma C. Russell(incumbent) Other 2,3929.7% LibertarianJan L. Chapman Libertarian 2981.2% Scattered write-ins Write-in 20.0%
- 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
- 1984 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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Election Wrld. (2026). South Carolina State Senate District 23, election results 1984 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/sc/senate/23. Retrieved October 31, 2026.
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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:23
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026