South Carolina State Senate District 3

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

This seat has no race on the official 2026 list.

Last election: Richard Cash (Republican) won by 50.9 points, 2024

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History (15 elections for this seat)

Votes for listed candidates: 61,442
Election day: November 5, 2024
District map: Older district map (2022 to 2024)

South Carolina Senate District 3, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanRichard CashWon	Republican	46,33375.4%	75.4%
DemocraticJessicka Spearman	Democratic	15,04724.5%	24.5%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	620.1%	0.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 60,034
Election day: November 3, 2020
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2020)

South Carolina Senate District 3, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanRichard CashWon	Republican	44,44674.0%	74.0%
DemocraticJudith Polson	Democratic	15,53325.9%	25.9%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	550.1%	0.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 41,040
Election day: November 8, 2016
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2016)

South Carolina Senate District 3, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanKevin BryantWon(incumbent)	Republican	40,28798.2%	98.2%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	7531.8%	1.8%

Votes for listed candidates: 35,507
Election day: November 6, 2012
District map: Older district map (2012)

South Carolina Senate District 3, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanKevin L. BryantWon(incumbent)	Republican	34,95498.4%	98.4%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	5531.6%	1.6%

Votes for listed candidates: 45,839
Election day: November 4, 2008
District map: Older district map (2004 to 2011)

South Carolina Senate District 3, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanKevin L. BryantWon(incumbent)	Republican	25,54455.7%	55.7%
DemocraticMarshall Meadors	Democratic	20,29544.3%	44.3%

Votes for listed candidates: 39,355
Election day: November 2, 2004
District map: Older district map (2004 to 2011)

South Carolina Senate District 3, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanKevin L. BryantWon	Republican	24,99963.5%	63.5%
DemocraticMike Mullinax	Democratic	14,35636.5%	36.5%

South Carolina Senate District 3, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanRobert L. WaldrepWon(incumbent)	Republican	26,069100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 27,870
Election day: November 5, 1996
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2003)

South Carolina Senate District 3, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanRobert L. WaldrepWon(incumbent)	Republican	18,73167.2%	67.2%
DemocraticRusty Burns	Democratic	9,13932.8%	32.8%

Votes for listed candidates: 25,756
Election day: November 3, 1992
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2003)

South Carolina Senate District 3, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticRobert L. WaldrepWon	Democratic	13,00450.5%	50.5%
RepublicanJim Wingo	Republican	12,75249.5%	49.5%

South Carolina Senate District 3, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticMichael F. MullinaxWon	Democratic	14,97299.7%	99.7%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	480.3%	0.3%

South Carolina Senate District 3, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticT. GarrisonWon(incumbent)	Democratic	15,452100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 18,895
Election day: November 4, 1980
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1983)

South Carolina Senate District 3, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJohn W. DrummondWon(incumbent)	Democratic	15,41181.6%	81.6%
RepublicanNelson Brown	Republican	3,48418.4%	18.4%

Votes for listed candidates: 17,616
Election day: November 2, 1976
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1983)

South Carolina Senate District 3, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJohn W. DrummondWon(incumbent)	Democratic	13,66077.5%	77.5%
RepublicanRaymond D. Jackson	Republican	3,95622.5%	22.5%

South Carolina Senate District 3, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJohn W. DrummondWon(incumbent)	Democratic	13,878100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 222,016
Election day: November 5, 1968
Seats: 4
District map: Older district map (1968 to 1971)

South Carolina Senate District 3, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticRichard W. RileyWon(incumbent)	Democratic	33,38360.5%	60.5%
DemocraticHarry A. ChapmanWon(incumbent)	Democratic	33,05759.2%	59.2%
DemocraticCharles G. GarrettWon	Democratic	29,73854.1%	54.1%
RepublicanThomas A. WoffordWon(incumbent)	Republican	29,41752.4%	52.4%
DemocraticBradley Morrah	Democratic	26,73947.6%	47.6%
RepublicanJack E. Shaw	Republican	25,17745.9%	45.9%
RepublicanFrank J. Ncnees	Republican	22,75840.8%	40.8%
RepublicanEddie R. Harbin	Republican	21,74739.5%	39.5%

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:3

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