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Tom Nichols
Tom Nichols (Republican Party) ran for election to the South Carolina State Senate to represent District 16. He lost in the Republican primary runoff on June 23, 2020.
Nichols was a 2017 Republican special election candidate for District 48 of the South Carolina House of Representatives.
Elections
2020
See also: South Carolina State Senate elections, 2020
General election
General election for South Carolina State Senate District 16
Michael Johnson defeated Ramin Mammadov in the general election for South Carolina State Senate District 16 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Michael Johnson (R) | 63.3 | 48,801 | |
| Ramin Mammadov (D) | 36.7 | 28,287 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 64 | ||
| Total votes: 77,152 | ||||
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Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for South Carolina State Senate District 16
Michael Johnson defeated Tom Nichols in the Republican primary runoff for South Carolina State Senate District 16 on June 23, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Michael Johnson | 54.8 | 4,701 | |
| Tom Nichols | 45.2 | 3,874 | ||
| Total votes: 8,575 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Ramin Mammadov advanced from the Democratic primary for South Carolina State Senate District 16.
Republican primary election
Republican primary for South Carolina State Senate District 16
Tom Nichols and Michael Johnson advanced to a runoff. They defeated Kristen Blanchard and Mike Neese in the Republican primary for South Carolina State Senate District 16 on June 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Tom Nichols | 31.9 | 4,203 | |
| ✔ | Michael Johnson | 27.2 | 3,583 | |
| Kristen Blanchard | 26.4 | 3,483 | ||
| Mike Neese | 14.6 | 1,922 | ||
| Total votes: 13,191 | ||||
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2017
A special election for the position of South Carolina House of Representatives District 48 was held on June 20, 2017. The primary election took place on May 2, 2017. The filing deadline for political parties to nominate their candidates to run in this election was March 13, 2017.[1]
The seat was vacant following Ralph Norman's (R) resignation. Norman resigned to run in the special election for South Carolina's 5th Congressional District.
Bebs Barron Chorak ran unopposed in the Democratic primary. Bruce Bryant defeated Tom Nichols in the Republican primary. Bryant defeated Chorak in the general election.[2][3][4]
| South Carolina House of Representatives, District 48, Special Election, 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Bruce Bryant |
60.7% | 4,452 | |
| Democratic | Bebs Barron Chorak | 39.3% | 2,881 | |
| Total Votes | 7,333 | |||
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Recent news
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ scvotes.org, "House of Representatives District 48 Special Election," accessed March 11, 2017
- ↑ scvotes.org, "Special Election – U.S. House District 5, State House Districts 48 and 70," June 20, 2017
- ↑ scvotes.org, "Special Primary Results - U.S. House District 5, State House Districts 48 and 70," May 2, 2017
- ↑ South Carolina Election Commission, "Candidate Listing for the 6/20/2017 State House of Rep Dist 48 Special Elect," accessed March 14, 2017
