2020 South Carolina Senate election

2020 South Carolina Senate election

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All 46 seats in the South Carolina Senate
24 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Harvey S. Peeler Jr. Nikki G. Setzler
(stepped down)
Party Republican Democratic
Leader since January 8, 2019 November 12, 2012
Leader's seat 14th 26th
Last election 28 18
Seats before 27 19
Seats after 30 16
Seat change Increase 3 Decrease 3
Popular vote 1,399,659 924,535
Percentage 59.52% 39.31%

Results:
     Republican gain
     Republican hold      Democratic hold

President pro-tempore before election

Harvey S. Peeler Jr.
Republican

Elected President pro-tempore

Harvey S. Peeler Jr.
Republican

The 2020 South Carolina State Senate elections took place as part of the biennial 2020 United States elections. South Carolina voters elected state senators in all 46 senate districts. State senators serve four-year terms in the South Carolina Senate, with all of the seats up for election each cycle. The primary elections on June 9, 2020, determined which candidates appeared on the November 3, 2020, general election ballot.

Following the previous election in 2016, Republicans had control of the South Carolina Senate with 27 seats to Democrats' 19 seats.