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Judicial Elections

Judicial elections were held February 2, 2022. Congratulations to the following judges who were elected by the South Carolina General Assembly:

Supreme Court

Seat 4
The Honorable Kaye G. Hearn
Conway, SC 
Re-elected

Court of Appeals

Seat 5, Chief Judge  
The Honorable H. Bruce Williams
Columbia, SC 
Elected

Seat 9    
The Honorable D. Garrison Hill
Greenville, SC
Re-elected

Circuit Court

1st Judicial Circuit, Seat 1 
Heath Preston Taylor
Gaston, SC    
Elected

1st Judicial Circuit, Seat 2 
The Honorable Diane Schafer Goodstein
Summerville, SC 
Re-elected

2nd Judicial Circuit, Seat 1 
The Honorable Courtney Clyburn Pope
Aiken, SC
Re-elected

3rd Judicial Circuit, Seat 1 
The Honorable R. Ferrell Cothran, Jr.
Manning, SC  
Re-elected

4th Judicial Circuit, Seat 1 
The Honorable Paul M. Burch
Pageland, SC 
Re-elected

5th Judicial Circuit, Seat 2 
The Honorable Daniel McLeod Coble
Columbia, SC     
Elected

6th Judicial Circuit, Seat 1 
The Honorable Brian M. Gibbons
Chester, SC
Re-elected

8th Judicial Circuit, Seat 1 
The Honorable Frank R. Addy, Jr.
Greenwood, SC 
Re-elected

13th Judicial Circuit, Seat 1
The Honorable Perry H. Gravely
Pickens, SC
Re-elected

13th Judicial Circuit, Seat 4
The Honorable Alex Kinlaw, Jr.
Greenville, SC 
Re-elected

16th Judicial Circuit, Seat 1
The Honorable William A. McKinnon
Rock Hill, SC
Re-elected

16th Judicial Circuit, Seat 2 
The Honorable Daniel Dewitt Hall
York, SC 
Re-elected

Family Court

1st Judicial Circuit, Seat 2 
The Honorable Michael H. Murphy, III
Summerville, SC    
Elected

2nd Judicial Circuit, Seat 1 
The Honorable Vicki J. Snelgrove
Aiken, SC 
Re-elected

3rd Judicial Circuit, Seat 1
The Honorable Thomas M. Bultman
Sumter, SC
Re-elected

4th Judicial Circuit, Seat 1
The Honorable Cely Anne Brigman
Darlington, SC
Re-elected

4th Judicial Circuit, Seat 3 
Eugene P. Warr, Jr.
Lamar, SC 
Elected

5th Judicial Circuit, Seat 1
The Honorable C. Vance Stricklin, Jr.
Columbia, SC  
Re-elected

5th Judicial Circuit, Seat 4 
The Honorable Gwendlyne Y. Jones
Irmo, SC 
Re-elected

7th Judicial Circuit, Seat 3
The Honorable Usha J. Bridges
Gaffney, SC  
Re-elected

8th Judicial Circuit, Seat 2
The Honorable Mindy W. Zimmerman
Newberry, SC
Re-elected

9th Judicial Circuit, Seat 1 
The Honorable Daniel E. Martin, Jr.
Charleston, SC 
Re-elected

9th Judicial Circuit, Seat 3 
The Honorable Michèle Patrão Forsythe
Charleston, SC 
Re-elected

10th Judicial Circuit, Seat 2 
The Honorable Karen F. Ballenger
Seneca, SC 
Re-elected

11th Judicial Circuit, Seat 1 
The Honorable W. Greg Seigler
McCormick, SC
Re-elected

12th Judicial Circuit, Seat 3 
The Honorable Holly Huggins Wall
Johnsonville, SC     
Elected

13th Judicial Circuit, Seat 3 
The Honorable Katherine H. Tiffany
Taylors, SC 
Re-elected

13th Judicial Circuit, Seat 4 
The Honorable Karen S. Roper
Sunset, SC
Re-elected

13th Judicial Circuit, Seat 6
The Honorable Jessica Ann Salvini
Greenville, SC
Re-elected

14th Judicial Circuit, Seat 2
The Honorable Douglas L. Novak
Bluffton, SC
Re-elected

15th Judicial Circuit, Seat 2 
The Honorable Melissa J. Buckhannon
Myrtle Beach, SC
Re-elected

15th Judicial Circuit, Seat 3
Melissa M. Frazier
Little River, SC
Elected

16th Judicial Circuit, Seat 1
The Honorable Thomas Henry White, IV
Union, SC
Re-elected