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Judicial Elections

Judicial elections were held February 6, 2019. Congratulations to the following judges who were elected by the General Assembly:

Court of Appeals
Seat 1	Blake A. Hewitt, Conway, SC	Elected

Circuit Court
9th Judicial Circuit, Seat 2	The Honorable Bentley Douglas Price, Charleston, SC	Elected
At-Large, Seat 2	Ryan Kirk Griffin, Sumter, SC	Elected

Family Court
5th Judicial Circuit, Seat 3	The Honorable Michael Scott Rankin, Camden, SC	Elected
7th Judicial Circuit, Seat 2	Michael Todd Thigpen, Roebuck, SC	Elected
13th Judicial Circuit, Seat 6	The Honorable Jessica Ann Salvini, Greenville, SC	Elected

Congratulations to the following judges who were re-elected by the General Assembly:

Court of Appeals
Seat 3	The Honorable John D. Geathers, Ridgeway, SC	Re-elected
Seat 4	The Honorable Paula H. Thomas, Pawleys Island, SC	Re-elected

Circuit Court
5th Judicial Circuit, Seat 1	The Honorable DeAndrea Gist Benjamin, Columbia, SC	Re-elected
7th Judicial Circuit, Seat 1	The Honorable Joseph Derham Cole, Spartanburg, SC	Re-elected
9th Judicial Circuit, Seat 1	The Honorable Deadra L. Jefferson, Charleston, SC	Re-elected
10th Judicial Circuit, Seat 1	The Honorable Rivers Lawton McIntosh, Williamston, SC	Re-elected
At-Large, Seat 14	The Honorable R. Keith Kelly, Spartanburg, SC	Re-elected
At-Large, Seat 15	The Honorable Maite Murphy, North Charleston, SC	Re-elected
At-Large, Seat 16	The Honorable Donald Bruce Hocker, Laurens, SC	Re-elected

Family Court
lst Judicial Circuit, Seat 1	The Honorable Anne Guè Jones, Orangeburg, SC	Re-elected
2nd Judicial Circuit, Seat 2	The Honorable Angela W. Abstance, Barnwell, SC	Re-elected
3rd Judicial Circuit, Seat 2	The Honorable Angela R. Taylor, Sumter, SC	Re-elected
3rd Judicial Circuit, Seat 3	The Honorable Gordon B. Jenkinson, Kingstree, SC	Re-elected
4th Judicial Circuit, Seat 2	The Honorable Salley Huggins McIntyre, Dillon, SC	Re-elected
5th Judicial Circuit, Seat 2	The Honorable Michelle M. Hurley, Columbia, SC	Re-elected
6th Judicial Circuit, Seat 1	The Honorable Coreen B. Khoury, Lancaster, SC	Re-elected
7th Judicial Circuit, Seat 1	The Honorable Phillip K. Sinclair, Spartanburg, SC	Re-elected
8th Judicial Circuit, Seat 1	The Honorable Matthew Price Turner, Laurens, SC	Re-elected
8th Judicial Circuit, Seat 3	The Honorable Joseph C. Smithdeal, Greenwood, SC	Re-elected
9th Judicial Circuit, Seat 2	The Honorable Alice Anne Richter, Mount Pleasant, SC	Re-elected
9th Judicial Circuit, Seat 4	The Honorable Wayne M. Creech, Pinopolis, SC	Re-elected
10th Judicial Circuit, Seat 1	The Honorable Edgar Henderson Long Jr., Anderson, SC	Re-elected
11th Judicial Circuit, Seat 2	The Honorable Huntley S. Crouch, Lexington, SC	Re-elected
11th Judicial Circuit, Seat 3	The Honorable Robert E. Newton, Lexington, SC	Re-elected
12th Judicial Circuit, Seat 1	The Honorable Timothy H. Pogue, Marion, SC	Re-elected
12th Judicial Circuit, Seat 2	The Honorable FitzLee Howard McEachin, Florence, SC	Re-elected
13th Judicial Circuit, Seat 1	The Honorable Rochelle Y. Conits, Greer, SC	Re-elected
13th Judicial Circuit, Seat 2	The Honorable W. Marsh Robertson, Greenville, SC	Re-elected
14th Judicial Circuit, Seat 1	The Honorable Gerald C. Smoak Jr., Walterboro, SC	Re-elected
14th Judicial Circuit, Seat 3	The Honorable Deborah Ann Malphrus, Ridgeland, SC	Re-elected
15th Judicial Circuit, Seat 1	The Honorable Jan B. Bromell Holmes, Georgetown, SC	Re-elected
16th Judicial Circuit, Seat 2	The Honorable David G. Guyton, Rock Hill, SC	Re-elected
At-Large, Seat 2	The Honorable Tony M. Jones, Rock Hill, SC	Re-elected
At-Large, Seat 3	The Honorable James G. McGee III, Florence, SC	Re-elected
At-Large, Seat 4	The Honorable Monet S. Pincus, Columbia, SC	Re-elected
At-Large, Seat 5	The Honorable Randall E. McGee, St. Matthews, SC	Re-elected
At-Large, Seat 6	The Honorable David Earl Phillips, Easley, SC	Re-elected