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South Carolina Senate District 4
Next vote Tue, Nov 7, 2028 · Represented by Mike Gambrell Republican · Roster as of Oct 28
This seat has no race on the official 2026 list.
- Last election
- Mike Gambrell (Republican) was unopposed, 2024
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Official results for South Carolina
History (15 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 37,290
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
- Source
- MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips)
South Carolina Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMike GambrellWon Republican 37,01099.3% Scattered write-ins Write-in 2800.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 42,813
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2020)
South Carolina Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMike GambrellWon(incumbent) Republican 31,12972.7% DemocraticJose Villa Democratic 11,65127.2% Scattered write-ins Write-in 330.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 28,306
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2016)
South Carolina Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMike GambrellWonName as filed: Michael W. Gambrell Republican 28,06499.2% Scattered write-ins Write-in 2420.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 25,191
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012)
South Carolina Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBilly OdellWon(incumbent) Republican 24,92999.0% Scattered write-ins Write-in 2621.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 32,151
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
South Carolina Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBilly OdellWon(incumbent) Republican 21,67667.4% DemocraticLeonardo Ortiz Democratic 10,47532.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 27,963
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
South Carolina Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBilly OdellWon(incumbent) Republican 17,41762.3% DemocraticJay West Democratic 10,54637.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 24,705
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2003)
South Carolina Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBilly OdellWon(incumbent) Democratic 14,53458.8% RepublicanE. Blair Rice Jr. Republican 10,17141.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 20,450
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2003)
South Carolina Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBilly OdellWon(incumbent) Democratic 10,63552.0% RepublicanBill Bates Republican 9,81548.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 23,420
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2003)
South Carolina Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBilly OdellWon(incumbent) Democratic 11,75250.2% RepublicanBill Bates Republican 11,66849.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,598
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1984 to 1991)
South Carolina Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBilly OdellWon Democratic 15,56399.8% OtherCharles Powell(incumbent) Other 350.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,862
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1984 to 1991)
South Carolina Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticCharles PowellWon Democratic 15,06094.9% LibertarianHoward Johnson Libertarian 7624.8% Scattered write-ins Write-in 400.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 128,144
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
- Seats
- 3
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1983)
South Carolina Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticHorace SmithWon(incumbent) Democratic 35,735100.0% DemocraticElizabeth J. PattersonWon Democratic 35,517100.0% DemocraticDavid TurnipseedWon(incumbent) Democratic 31,87656.0% RepublicanWilliam A. Carr Republican 25,01044.0% Scattered write-ins Write-in 50.0% Scattered write-ins Write-in 10.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 132,419
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
- Seats
- 3
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1983)
South Carolina Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticHorace SmithWon(incumbent) Democratic 34,650100.0% DemocraticJames B. StephenWon(incumbent) Democratic 32,08066.5% DemocraticDavid TurnipseedWon Democratic 28,04256.6% RepublicanRichard T. Hines Republican 21,52543.4% RepublicanGeorge P. Cobb Jr. Republican 16,12233.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 76,057
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- Seats
- 3
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1983)
South Carolina Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticPaul M. MooreWon(incumbent) Democratic 25,771100.0% DemocraticHorace SmithWon(incumbent) Democratic 25,198100.0% DemocraticJames B. StephenWon(incumbent) Democratic 25,088100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 101,926
- Election day
- November 5, 1968
- Seats
- 3
- District map
- Older district map (1968 to 1971)
South Carolina Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticPaul M. MooreWon Democratic 34,087100.0% DemocraticHorace SmithWon(incumbent) Democratic 34,013100.0% DemocraticJames B. StephenWon Democratic 33,826100.0%
1968 to 2020: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), retrieved Oct 28, 2026
The date is for the whole chamber. Last contest in this district on file: 2024.
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Election Wrld. (2026). South Carolina Senate District 4, election results 1968 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/sc/senate/4. Retrieved October 30, 2026.
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- cd.topo.json, sld/*.topo.json
- License
- US Census Bureau, public domain
- Retrieved
- October 28, 2026
- Link
- https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Legislative/MapServer
- Used for
- OCD-ID labels for sld/*.topo.json; also (sld-recent.json): Validating district labels; also (state_results.json): Validating and shaping state legislative district labels (OCD-ID keys)
- License
- CC0 (repository); also (sld-recent.json): CC0 1.0
- Retrieved
- October 28, 2026
- Link
- https://github.com/opencivicdata/ocd-division-ids
- Used for
- web/data/officials/sld/{st}.json (name, party, district, chamber, openstates_id, official page url). Emails, phones, addresses, biographies discarded.
- License
- CC0-1.0 (Open States people data)
- Retrieved
- October 28, 2026
- Link
- https://data.openstates.org/people/current/%3Cst%3E.csv
- Used for
- 2024 state legislative general results aggregated to district (all 2024 states except CA, GA, NM)
- License
- 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
- October 28, 2026
- Link
- https://github.com/MEDSL/2024-elections-official
- Used for
- State legislative general/special election results, data/results/sld/{st}.json
- License
- CC0 1.0
- Retrieved
- October 28, 2026
- Link
- https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/FJOGJB
District id: ocd-division/country:us/state:sc/sldu:4
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse)Data as of Oct 28, 2026