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Hope Blackley
Hope Blackley (Republican Party) ran in a special election to the South Carolina State Senate to represent District 12. She lost in the special Republican primary on October 21, 2025.
Elections
2025
See also: South Carolina state legislative special elections, 2025
General election
Special general election for South Carolina State Senate District 12
Lee Bright is running in the special general election for South Carolina State Senate District 12 on December 23, 2025.
Candidate | ||
| Lee Bright (R) | ||
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Democratic primary election
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Republican primary election
Special Republican primary for South Carolina State Senate District 12
Lee Bright defeated Hope Blackley and Justin Bradley in the special Republican primary for South Carolina State Senate District 12 on October 21, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Lee Bright | 50.9 | 2,549 | |
| Hope Blackley | 27.2 | 1,363 | ||
| Justin Bradley | 21.9 | 1,096 | ||
| Total votes: 5,008 | ||||
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2024
See also: South Carolina State Senate elections, 2024
General election
General election for South Carolina State Senate District 12
Roger Nutt defeated Octavia Amaechi in the general election for South Carolina State Senate District 12 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Roger Nutt (R) | 64.0 | 36,715 | |
| Octavia Amaechi (D) | 35.8 | 20,545 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 70 | ||
| Total votes: 57,330 | ||||
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Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for South Carolina State Senate District 12
Roger Nutt defeated Lee Bright in the Republican primary runoff for South Carolina State Senate District 12 on June 25, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Roger Nutt | 51.2 | 3,168 | |
| Lee Bright | 48.8 | 3,025 | ||
| Total votes: 6,193 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Octavia Amaechi advanced from the Democratic primary for South Carolina State Senate District 12.
Republican primary election
Republican primary for South Carolina State Senate District 12
Lee Bright and Roger Nutt advanced to a runoff. They defeated Hope Blackley and Skip Davenport in the Republican primary for South Carolina State Senate District 12 on June 11, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Lee Bright | 36.5 | 4,186 | |
| ✔ | Roger Nutt | 23.2 | 2,656 | |
| Hope Blackley | 22.0 | 2,520 | ||
| Skip Davenport | 18.3 | 2,091 | ||
| Total votes: 11,453 | ||||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2024
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2025 Elections
External links
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