2022 United States Senate election in South Carolina
The 2022 United States Senate election in South Carolina was held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of South Carolina. Incumbent Republican Senator Tim Scott won reelection to a second full term, defeating state representative Krystle Matthews. This was the third consecutive election for this seat where both major party nominees were black.
Scott was appointed to the U.S. Senate in 2013 following the resignation of fellow Republican Jim DeMint. With 61.1% of the vote, he won the 2014 special election to serve the remainder of DeMint's term. Scott was then re-elected to a full six-year term in 2016 with 60.6% of the vote.
Primary elections in South Carolina were held on June 14, 2022. Scott won the Republican primary unopposed, while Matthews won the Democratic primary in a June 28 runoff.
Scott has said this election would be his last, and will not run again in 2028.
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
- Tim Scott, incumbent U.S. Senator
Withdrawn
- Timothy Swain ''''
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
- Krystle Matthews, former state representative
Eliminated in runoff
- Catherine Fleming Bruce, author and activist
Eliminated in primary
- Angela Geter, former chair of the Spartanburg County Democratic Party candidate for South Carolina House of Representatives in 2017 and candidate in the 2024 South Carolina Senate election.
General election
Results
By county
Scott won 37 of 46 counties.Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
By congressional district
Scott won six of seven congressional districts.| District | Scott | Matthews | Representative |
| 62% | 38% | Nancy Mace | |
| 62% | 38% | Joe Wilson | |
| 75% | 25% | Jeff Duncan | |
| 67% | 33% | William Timmons | |
| 65% | 35% | Ralph Norman | |
| 41% | 59% | Jim Clyburn | |
| 67% | 33% | Tom Rice | |
| 67% | 33% | Russell Fry |