Result
Rep. Justin Bamberg (D-Bamberg) won a seventh term in South Carolina House District 90 on Nov. 3 without a Republican opponent, receiving 10,830 votes, or 97.6% of the total, in unofficial results. He was also unopposed in the June 9 Democratic primary.
In South Carolina, legislators take office the Monday after the election, so his new two-year term began Monday, Nov. 9. The open path was a change for a seat Bamberg held by less than a percentage point in 2020, when he took 50.1% of the vote against Republican Glenn Posey, according to Ballotpedia.
Candidates and Platforms
Bamberg, an attorney who runs his own law firm, was first elected in 2014 and holds degrees in sociology and law from the University of South Carolina. He won his 2024 race against Republican Herbert Dickson with 59.9% of the vote.
His campaign website lists expanding health care coverage and options, with a focus on rural communities like District 90, as a top priority. It also lists supporting South Carolina farmers and the agriculture industry and reforming the state’s criminal justice system so all residents are treated fairly.
District and Chamber
District 90 is a rural district, and Bamberg was born and raised in the town that shares his name. While Republicans skipped this race, Democrats made a point of running a candidate in every one of the state’s 124 House districts this year.
That push paid off elsewhere: Democrats flipped 10 House seats and broke the Republican supermajority, though one of those wins faces an automatic recount, the SC Daily Gazette reported. Republicans still hold 79 of the 124 seats.
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