Huff leads the competitive SC House District 28 race; run-off likely

Unofficial results are in for statehouse races in Greenville and Spartanburg counties.

The highly contested statehouse District 28 race will likely require a run-off. With 100% of precincts reporting Chris Huff leads with 1,493 votes or 38.18% and Kerri J Smith has retaken the number two spot with 749, only eight votes more than Allen Kellett.

To win outright, one of the five candidates would have needed to receive more than 50% of the vote.

Huff, 47, is a retired pastor who lives in Pelzer. Smith, 60, is the South Carolina regional president for Self-Help Credit Union and lives in Simpsonville, and Kellett, is owner of Kellett Farms in Simpsonville.

Other candidates in the five-person Republican primary include Troy Prosser, 51, a senior sales account manager at Senko who lives in Fountain Inn, and Daniel Rumfelt, 35, who works in manufacturing at ZF Transmission and lives in Pelzer.

One of the most highly contested races in South Carolina with six candidates, the District 28 race is only matched in competition by the District 93 statehouse race, which also has six candidates vying for the seat that represents Calhoun, Lexington, and Orangeburg counties.

The winner will face Democrat J Fritz Wiebel in the November general election. Wiebel was unopposed in the primary. The District 28 candidates are running to fill the seat currently held by Freedom Caucus member Ashley Trantham, who took office in 2018 and is retiring at the end of her current term.

Several state house races were uncontested. Scott Montgomery (R), the candidate for State House of Representatives District 32, and state house incumbents Bobby J. Cox (D21-R), Dennis Moss (D29-R), Rosalyn Henderson-Myers (D31-D), and Steven Long (D37-R) were all unopposed. Likewise, many of the statehouse races below will be decided today because there are no opposing candidates in the fall.

Races for Districts 20, 22, 24, 25, 27, 28, 30, 33 and 38 will be decided in November.

SC House of Representatives District 17

Mike Burns (incumbent-R): 100% of precincts, 1,464 votes

Tom Bates (R): 100% of precincts, 1,793 votes

SC House of Representatives District 18

Alan Morgan (incumbent-R): 100% of precincts, 3,494 votes

Tramaine Booker (R): 100% of precincts, 2,373 votes

State House of Representatives District 19

Patrick Haddon (incumbent-R): 100% of precincts, 2,739 votes

Nate Marcionette (R): 100% of precincts, 577 votes

State House of Representatives District 20

Sarah Curran (R): 100% of precincts, 2,456 votes

Stephen Frank (R): 100% of precincts, 3,283 votes

Frank will face Democrat Stephen Dreyfus in November.

State House of Representatives District 22

Stan Tzouvelekas (R): 100% of precincts, 2,765 votes

Paul Wickensimer (R): 100% of precincts, 3,266 votes

Wickensimer will face Democrat Brann Fowler in November.

State House of Representatives District 24

Bruce Bannister (incumbent-R): 100% of precincts, 3,478 votes

Bill Coleman (R): 100% of precincts, 733 votes

Bannister will face Democrat Shauna R. Johnson in November.

State House of Representatives District 25

Wendell Jones (incumbent-D): 100% of precincts, 1,542 votes

Bruce Wilson (D): 100% of precincts, 525 votes

Jones will face Republican Tim Kennedy (R) in November.

State House of Representatives District 33

Travis A. Moore (incumbent-R): 100% of precincts, 2,929 votes

Bill DeVore (R): 100% of precincts, 1,819 votes

Moore will be facing Clemson Turregano (D) in November.

State House of Representatives District 34

Sarita Edgerton (R): 100% of precincts, 1,668 votes

JoAnne L. LaBounty (R): 100% of precincts, 1,393 votes

Henry Ross (R): 100% of precincts, 1,065 votes

State House of Representatives District 35

Bill Chumley (incumbent-R): 100% of precincts, 1,039 votes

Kevin Dunn (R): 100% of precincts, 1,114 votes

State House of Representatives District 36

Rob Harris (incumbent-R): 100% of precincts, 2,177 votes

Adam Crisp (R): 100% of precincts, 1,550 votes

State House of Representatives District 38

Josiah Magnuson (incumbent-R): 100% of precincts, 3,589 votes

Jason Shamis (R): 100% of precincts, 1,994 votes

Magnuson will face Democrat JR Taylor in November.

This article originally appeared on Herald-Journal: Huff leads the competitive SC House District 28 race; run-off likely