South Carolina State Senate District 5

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

This seat has no race on the official 2026 list.

Last election: Tom Corbin (Republican) was unopposed, 2024

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History (15 elections for this seat)

South Carolina Senate District 5, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanTom CorbinWon	Republican	49,13298.9%	98.9%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	5491.1%	1.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 58,860
Election day: November 3, 2020
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2020)

South Carolina Senate District 5, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanTom CorbinWon(incumbent)	Republican	44,80876.1%	76.1%
DemocraticMichael McCord	Democratic	14,01323.8%	23.8%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	390.1%	0.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 39,769
Election day: November 8, 2016
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2016)

South Carolina Senate District 5, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanTom CorbinWon(incumbent)	Republican	39,36499.0%	99.0%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	4051.0%	1.0%

South Carolina Senate District 5, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanTom CorbinWon	Republican	33,49198.8%	98.8%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	4061.2%	1.2%

South Carolina Senate District 5, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanPhil ShoopmanWon	Republican	38,660100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 36,004
Election day: November 2, 2004
District map: Older district map (2004 to 2011)

South Carolina Senate District 5, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJ. Verne SmithWon(incumbent)	Republican	32,38690.0%	90.0%
LibertarianD. Russell Seegars	Libertarian	3,61810.1%	10.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 21,740
Election day: November 7, 2000
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2003)

South Carolina Senate District 5, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJ. Verne SmithWon(incumbent)	Democratic	17,08178.6%	78.6%
OtherStacey B. Schaller	Other	4,65921.4%	21.4%

South Carolina Senate District 5, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJ. Verne SmithWon(incumbent)	Democratic	15,568100.0%	100.0%

South Carolina Senate District 5, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJ. Verne SmithWon(incumbent)	Democratic	15,970100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 13,320
Election day: November 8, 1988
District map: Older district map (1984 to 1991)

South Carolina Senate District 5, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJ. Verne SmithWon(incumbent)	Democratic	13,08098.2%	98.2%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	2401.8%	1.8%

Votes for listed candidates: 18,152
Election day: November 6, 1984
District map: Older district map (1984 to 1991)

South Carolina Senate District 5, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJ. Verne SmithWon(incumbent)	Democratic	9,69853.4%	53.4%
RepublicanMurray Garrett	Republican	8,43946.5%	46.5%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	150.1%	0.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 66,511
Election day: November 4, 1980
Seats: 2
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1983)

South Carolina Senate District 5, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticHarvey PeelerWon	Democratic	33,268100.0%	100.0%
DemocraticRobert C. Lake Jr.Won(incumbent)	Democratic	33,19299.9%	99.9%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	410.1%	0.1%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	100.0%	0.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 66,692
Election day: November 2, 1976
Seats: 2
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1983)

South Carolina Senate District 5, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticRobert C. Lake Jr.Won(incumbent)	Democratic	33,497100.0%	100.0%
DemocraticJohn D. Long IIIWon(incumbent)	Democratic	33,195100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 59,765
Election day: November 7, 1972
Seats: 2
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1983)

South Carolina Senate District 5, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJohn D. Long IIIWon(incumbent)	Democratic	26,764100.0%	100.0%
DemocraticRobert C. Lake Jr.Won(incumbent)	Democratic	23,79872.1%	72.1%
RepublicanW. G. Smoke	Republican	9,20327.9%	27.9%

Votes for listed candidates: 60,319
Election day: November 5, 1968
Seats: 2
District map: Older district map (1968 to 1971)

South Carolina Senate District 5, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJohn D. Long IIIWon(incumbent)	Democratic	22,88676.4%	76.4%
DemocraticRobert C. Lake Jr.Won	Democratic	17,18556.6%	56.6%
RepublicanEugene C. Griffith(incumbent)	Republican	13,18843.4%	43.4%
RepublicanMarshall W. Abercrombie	Republican	7,06023.6%	23.6%

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:5

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