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SCIWAY will provide complete coverage of South Carolina's November 8, 2022 general elections.
Our guide provides links for Columbia and Richland County's local county, school board, and special district races. It also includes a directory of the candidates vying for federal and
state-level elected offices in Richland County.
FEATURED Columbia Election Information
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Columbia Candidates for US Senate
The seat currently held by Tim Scott will be up for election.
Candidates for US Senate, Seat 2
Columbia Candidates for US Congress
US House District 2 includes all of Aiken, Barnwell, and Lexington counties plus portions of Orangeburg and Richland counties.
District 2 Map
- Interactive map - use the search box or zoom tool to pinpoint your district
Candidates for Congress, District 2
US House District 6 includes all of Allendale, Bamberg, Calhoun, Clarendon, Hampton, and Williamsburg counties plus portion of Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester, Florence, Jasper, Orangeburg, Richland and Sumter counties.
District 6 Map
- Interactive map - use the search box or zoom tool to pinpoint your district
Candidates for Congress, District 6
Columbia Candidates for SC Senate
The next election for the SC Senate will be held in 2024.
Columbia Candidates for SC State House
SC House District 41 includes portions of Chester County, Fairfield County, and a small portion of northeast Richland County.
District 41 Map
District 41 Candidates
SC House District 70 includes the southern and eastern areas of Richland County and western Sumter County.
District 70 Map
District 70 Candidates
SC House District 71 includes a small area of northern Lexington County and northwestern Richland County.
District 71 Map
District 71 Candidates
SC House District 72 includes the western and southern area of Downtown Columbia in Richland County.
District 72 Map
District 72 Candidates
- Seth Rose - Democratic - Incumbent - Unopposed
SC House District 73 includes portions of Richland County.
District 73 Map
District 73 Candidates
- Christopher Hart - Democratic - Incumbent - Unopposed
SC House District 74 includes portions of Richland County.
District 74 Map
District 74 Candidates
- Todd Rutherford - Democratic - Incumbent - Unopposed
SC House District 75 includes portions of Richland County.
District 75 Map
District 75 Candidates
SC House District 76 includes portions of Richland County.
District 76 Map
District 76 Candidates
SC House District 77 includes portions of Richland County.
District 77 Map
District 77 Candidates
SC House District 78 includes portions of Richland County.
District 78 Map
District 78 Candidates
SC House District 79 includes portions of Richland County.
District 79 Map
District 79 Candidates
- Melissa McFadden - Republican
- Ivory Thigpen - Democratic - Incumbent
Richland County Candidates for SC Solicitor
5th Circuit Solicitor - Richland, Kershaw
2022 – Richland County Candidates
Elections for
Richland County will be held November 8, 2022.
Richland County Auditor
- Paul Brawley - Democratic - Incumbent - Unopposed
Richland County Probate Judge
Richland County Treasurer
- Kendra Dove - Democratic - Unopposed
Richland County Council District, 01
- Jason Branham - Republican
- Bill Malinowski - Republican - Incumbent - Write-In
Richland County Council District, 04
Richland County Council District, 05
Richland County Council District, 06
- Bryan Ford Boroughs - Democratic
- Don Weaver - Republican
Richland County Council District, 11
Richland County School District At Large, 01
- Hamilton Jacobs - Nonpartisan
- Richard E Moore - Nonpartisan
- Barbara F Weston - Nonpartisan
Richland County School Board District 1, 11
- Aaron Bishop - Nonpartisan - Incumbent - Unopposed
Richland County School Board District 1, 13
- Robert Lominack - Nonpartisan - Incumbent - Unopposed
Richland County School District At Large, 02
- Teresa Holmes - Nonpartisan - Incumbent
- James Mobley - Nonpartisan
- McGee Moody - Nonpartisan
- Angela Nash - Nonpartisan
- Niki Porter - Nonpartisan
- Darrel DS President Sr - Nonpartisan
- Eric Rovelli - Nonpartisan
- Larry J Smalls - Nonpartisan
- Terrance E Staley - Nonpartisan
- Joe Trapp - Nonpartisan
- Tamika Shuler Washington - Nonpartisan
- Maryann Wright - Nonpartisan
Richland County School District At Large, 05
- Nikki Gardner - Nonpartisan - Incumbent
- Joshua Lazenby - Nonpartisan
- Tifani Moore - Nonpartisan - Incumbent
- Kevin Scully - Nonpartisan
- Kimberly Snipes - Nonpartisan
Richland County Soil and Water District Commission
- Jim W Rhodes - Nonpartisan - Incumbent - Unopposed
SC Statewide Elections and Candidates
- All SC Statewide Elections - Governor, Lt Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, Superintendent of Education, Treasurer, and Comptroller - plus Constitutional Amendment Questions
Find Your SC Precinct and Polling Place
Use this form to find your precinct number, your polling place, your districts, and a sample ballot – for US Congress, SC Statehouse, SC Senate, School Board, County Council, and City Council district (if applicable).
- Find your precinct, polling place, voting districts - for registered voters only
1. Use 4-character year for birth date.
2. Click Submit after completing all boxes.
3. After results appear, click Get driving directions to the Precinct in upper right corner for directions, map.
Richland County District Maps
- Interactive Map - enter address and info on all applicable districts will be generated
More Columbia Election Resources
Richland County Political Parties
Columbia & Richland County Political Organizations
- Citizens Climate Lobby - Columbia Chapter
Citizens Climate Lobby is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, grassroots advocacy organization empowering people to experience breakthroughs in climate change through exercising their personal and political power.
- Columbia NOW
Columbia chapter of the National Organization for Women, which is the largest organization of feminist grassroots activists in the United States fighting for womens rights on the local and national level.
