- Governor:1
- Senators: 2 (Electoral Classes 2 and 3)
- 2020 Census: 5,124,712 (1.54% of 331,797,979
- 2024, 2028 Electors: 9 (1.67% of 538)
- 2022-2030 Representatives: 7 (1.61% of 435)
- 2010 Census: 4,645,975 (1.50% of 309,785,186)
- 2012, 2016, 2020 Electors: 9 (1.67% of 538)
- 2012-2020 Representatives: 7 (1.61% of 435)
- Capital: Columbia
Current South Carolina Statewide Office Holders
Official Name/Status All States
- The STATE of South Carolina
- Status: STATE of the Union
- Ratified Articles of Confederation: 5 February 1778. this State formally adhered to the Articles on 9 July 1778 when the document was signed by its delegates to the Seventh Continental Congress
- Ratified Constitution of the United States: 23 May 1788
- The 8th state.
Traditional Sections and Regions All States
- Section: SOUTH
- Region: Lower ["Deep"] South
- Survey: Metes & Bounds
Constitutions All States Links to State Constitutions
- Enabling Act: [None. One of the 13 original States which declared their independence from the nascent British Empire on 4 July 1776]
- 1st (1776-1778) [Adopted: 26 March 1776 adopted by Provincial Congress (='de facto' legislature), Ratified: 26 March 1776 not submitted to the People]
- 2nd (1778-1790) [Adopted: 19 March 1778 drafted and enacted by the General Assembly, Ratified: 19 March 1778 not submitted to the People; effective, November 1778]
- 3rd (1790-1865) [Adopted: 3 June 1790, Ratified: 3 June 1790 not submitted to the People]
- 4th (1865-1868) [Adopted: 27 September 1865 Convention convened, 13 September 1865, Ratified: 27 September 1865 not submitted to the People]
- 5th (1868-1895) [Adopted: 17 March 1868 Convention convened, 14 January 1868, Ratified: 16 April 1868 ratified by a vote of 70,558 to 27,288]
- 6th (1896-) [Adopted: 4 December 1895 Convention convened, 10 September 1895, Ratified: 4 December 1895 not submitted to the People; effective, 1 January 1896]
Executive Branch All States
- Chief Executive
- GOVERNOR
- Successor to a Vacancy
- Lieutenant Governor [elected separately from GOVERNOR]
- Major Executive Officers Elected Statewide All States
- Governor: 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
- Lieutenant Governor: 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. (Beginning in 2018, the Lieutenant Governor will be elected on same ticket with the Governor.)
- Secretary of State: 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026
- Attorney General: 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026
- Treasurer: 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026
- Comptroller General: 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026
- Adjutant General (--2017): 4 year term, Final Election Cycle: 2002. The South Carolina Constitution was amended in 2015 to provide for the appointment of the Adjutant General by the Governor with advice and consent of the State Senate. The Adjutant General is no longer an elected office.
- Commissioner of Agriculture: 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026
- Superintendent of Education: 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026
Legislative Branch All States
- Legislature
- GENERAL ASSEMBLY
- Upper House
- Senate
- Lower House
- House of Representatives
Judicial Branch All States
- Court of Last Resort
- Supreme Court
- Intermediate Appellate Court
- Court of Appeals
Local Government All States
- PRIMARY CIVIL DIVISION All States
Statutory Election Information All States
- General Election All States
- Presidential Primary All States
- State Primary All States
- 2d Tuesday in June of even-numbered years
[Code of Laws of SC 7-13-15 (7-13-40)]
"Second Primary" (a "runoff" where no candidate in the Primary has received at least a majority of the vote): two weeks after the State Primary (that is, the 4th Tuesday in June of even-numbered years)
[Code of Laws of SC 7-13-50 (7-13-40)]
- 2d Tuesday in June of even-numbered years
- Polling times All States
Links Links to other web sites. These links are being provided as a convenience and for informational purposes.
- Constitution
- Election Authority. All States
- Legislature. All States
- Democratic
- Republican
- Third Party
- Alliance Party. formerly called The American Party of South Carolina
- Labor Party
- South Carolina Green Party
- South Carolina Workers Party
- South Carolina Working Families Party
- The Constitution Party of South Carolina
- The Unity Party of South Carolina
- Media & others
- FITSNews - Sic Willie
- Greenville Magazine
- Lexington County Chronicle
- Politics1.com - South Carolina
- South Carolina Citizens for Life. (SCCL is a non-partisan, non-sectarian pro-life organization and is the state affiliate of the National Right to Life Committee)
- Statehouse Report - Charleston
- The Item - Sumter
- The Lancaster News
- The News & Reporter - Chester County
- The Post and Courier - Charleston
- The Times and Democrat - Orangeburg
- The Union Daily Times
- WCIV TV - ABC - Mount Pleasant
- WCSC TV - CBS - Charleston
- WIS TV - NBC - Columbia
- WLTX TV - CBS - Columbia
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