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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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Mike Anthony | 54% | |||
Doug Brannon | 54% | |||
Laurie Funderburk | 50% | |||
Jake Knotts, Jr. | 50% | |||
Hugh Leatherman, Sr. | 50% | |||
SC | State House - 93 | Russell Ott | Democratic | 46% |
Edward Southard | 46% | |||
James Battle, Jr. | 38% | |||
Jerry Govan, Jr. | 38% | |||
Walton McLeod III | 38% | |||
SC | State Senate - 7 | Karl Allen | Democratic | 33% |
Ralph Anderson | 33% | |||
Patsy Knight | 33% | |||
Joel Lourie | 33% | |||
SC | State Senate - 33 | Luke Rankin, Sr. | Republican | 33% |
Eric Bikas | 31% | |||
Lester Branham, Jr. | 31% | |||
Boyd Brown | 31% | |||
SC | State House - 55 | Jackie Hayes | Democratic | 31% |
Joe McEachern | 31% | |||
Elizabeth Munnerlyn | 31% | |||
Bakari Sellers | 31% | |||
SC | State House - 51 | David Weeks | Democratic | 31% |
Phil Leventis | 30% | |||
SC | State Senate - 29 | Gerald Malloy | Democratic | 30% |
John Scott, Jr. | 30% | |||
SC | State House - 23 | Chandra Dillard | Democratic | 27% |
Kenneth Hodges | 25% | |||
SC | State Senate - 36 | Kevin Johnson | Democratic | 25% |
SC | State House - 49 | John King | Democratic | 25% |
Ted Vick | 25% | |||
Paul Agnew | 23% | |||
SC | State House - 103 | Carl Anderson | Democratic | 23% |
Jimmy Bales | 23% | |||
Bill Bowers | 23% | |||
Curtis Brantley | 23% | |||
Grady Brown | 23% | |||
Robert Brown | 23% | |||
SC | State House - 82 | Bill Clyburn, Sr. | Democratic | 23% |
SC | State House - 102 | Joseph Jefferson, Jr. | Democratic | 23% |
SC | State Senate - 22 | Mia McLeod | Independent | 23% |
Anne Parks | 23% | |||
SC | State Senate - 32 | Ronnie Sabb | Democratic | 23% |
James Smith, Jr. | 23% | |||
SC | State House - 119 | Leon Stavrinakis | Democratic | 23% |
SC | State House - 62 | Robert Williams | Democratic | 23% |
Clementa Pinckney | 22% | |||
Dick Elliott | 20% | |||
John Matthews, Jr. | 20% | |||
Floyd Nicholson | 20% |