While the 2024 election is over, the implications of the vote will play out in Congress, the statehouse, and county boards for months and years

Only a handful of state Senate races were truly competitive, and included Democrats needing to defend seats in the upper chamber where they were already the minority.

Follow South Carolina House District 5 election results live during the 2024 election. Get updates on voting outcomes from the South Carolina House election, including maps from NBC News.

South Carolina Republican U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace has won reelection to a third term. Her election win likely cements her hold on her seat in a state that doesn’t mind sending people back to Congress for decades.

Democrat Hamilton Grant beat Republican nominee Rebecca Madsen, 75% to 24% in House District 79. Grant will succeed former Democratic Rep. Ivory Thigpen, who lost his bid for state Senate District 22 in the primary runoff to Overture Walker.

Former President Donald Trump won South Carolina on Tuesday for the third straight presidential election. It was a decisive victory with Trump earning 58 percent of the vote to Vice President Kamala Harris’ 40 percent.

Kirkman Finlay, a Republican, who had about 47% with about 80% of state House District 75 reporting, according to the South Carolina elections website. With 17 of 21 precincts in the Richland County district counted,