South Carolina State Senate District 8

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

This seat has no race on the official 2026 list.

Last election: Ross Turner (Republican) won by 26.1 points, 2024

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History (15 elections for this seat)

Votes for listed candidates: 62,326
Election day: November 5, 2024
District map: Older district map (2022 to 2024)

South Carolina Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanRoss TurnerWon	Republican	39,25163.0%	63.0%
DemocraticTaylor Culliver	Democratic	23,01136.9%	36.9%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	640.1%	0.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 51,039
Election day: November 3, 2020
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2020)

South Carolina Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanRoss TurnerWon(incumbent)	Republican	49,18096.4%	96.4%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	1,8593.6%	3.6%

Votes for listed candidates: 43,031
Election day: November 8, 2016
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2016)

South Carolina Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanRoss TurnerWon(incumbent)	Republican	42,42598.6%	98.6%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	6061.4%	1.4%

South Carolina Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanRoss TurnerWon	Republican	37,84798.3%	98.3%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	6401.7%	1.7%

South Carolina Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanDavid ThomasWon(incumbent)	Republican	40,988100.0%	100.0%

South Carolina Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanDavid L. ThomasWon(incumbent)	Republican	36,892100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 36,817
Election day: November 7, 2000
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2003)

South Carolina Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanDavid L. ThomasWon(incumbent)	Republican	32,72088.9%	88.9%
OtherAl Hafer	Other	4,09711.1%	11.1%

South Carolina Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanDavid L. ThomasWon(incumbent)	Republican	28,781100.0%	100.0%

South Carolina Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanDavid L. ThomasWon(incumbent)	Republican	26,355100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 24,462
Election day: November 8, 1988
District map: Older district map (1984 to 1991)

South Carolina Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanDavid L. ThomasWon(incumbent)	Republican	24,15998.8%	98.8%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	3031.2%	1.2%

Votes for listed candidates: 26,970
Election day: November 6, 1984
District map: Older district map (1984 to 1991)

South Carolina Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanDavid L. ThomasWon	Republican	15,93459.1%	59.1%
DemocraticMike Parham	Democratic	10,53639.1%	39.1%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	5001.9%	1.9%

Votes for listed candidates: 367,385
Election day: November 4, 1980
Seats: 4
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1983)

South Carolina Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticNikki SetzlerWon(incumbent)	Democratic	60,54166.3%	66.3%
DemocraticThomas L. MooreWon	Democratic	51,41256.3%	56.3%
RepublicanRyan ShealyWon	Republican	48,20552.3%	52.3%
RepublicanNorma C. RussellWon	Republican	46,52950.3%	50.3%
DemocraticF. W. Caughman	Democratic	45,92249.7%	49.7%
DemocraticWilliam E. Knotts Jr.(incumbent)	Democratic	43,97547.7%	47.7%
RepublicanC. Julian Dunbar Jr.	Republican	39,98643.8%	43.8%
RepublicanRay McSeley	Republican	30,81433.7%	33.7%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	10.0%	0.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 327,781
Election day: November 2, 1976
Seats: 4
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1983)

South Carolina Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticTom TurnipseedWon	Democratic	51,74062.3%	62.3%
DemocraticWilliam E. Knotts Jr.Won	Democratic	51,55862.6%	62.6%
RepublicanGilbert E. McMillanWon(incumbent)	Republican	45,27556.2%	56.2%
DemocraticNikki SetzlerWon	Democratic	41,39650.5%	50.5%
RepublicanAddison G. Wilson	Republican	40,54549.5%	49.5%
DemocraticRodney Albert	Democratic	35,22943.8%	43.8%
RepublicanAlbert Dooley(incumbent)	Republican	31,29537.7%	37.7%
RepublicanMichael Laughlin(incumbent)	Republican	30,74337.4%	37.4%

Votes for listed candidates: 260,097
Election day: November 7, 1972
Seats: 4
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1983)

South Carolina Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanGilbert E. McMillanWon(incumbent)	Republican	38,02758.5%	58.5%
DemocraticAlbert DooleyWon	Democratic	35,82854.7%	54.7%
DemocraticJimmy MartinWon	Democratic	33,06250.7%	50.7%
RepublicanJohn L. Johnson	Republican	32,12049.3%	49.3%
DemocraticMichael LaughlinWon(incumbent)	Democratic	31,18248.4%	48.4%
RepublicanC. I. Queen	Republican	30,59547.5%	47.5%
RepublicanW. L. Cooper	Republican	29,65645.3%	45.3%
DemocraticJ. W. Harte Jr.	Democratic	27,00141.5%	41.5%
OtherJohn E. Brannon	Other	2,6264.1%	4.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 48,816
Election day: November 5, 1968
Seats: 2
District map: Older district map (1968 to 1971)

South Carolina Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticLewis WallaceWon	Democratic	24,426100.0%	100.0%
DemocraticJ. C. BonnerWon	Democratic	24,390100.0%	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:8

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