Mayoral elections in Columbia, South Carolina

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Mayoral elections in Columbia are held every four years to elect the mayor of Columbia, South Carolina.

All Columbia municipal elections are required to be non-partisan, but most candidates can be affiliated with political parties. Columbia uses a two-round system, where election runoffs are held if no candidate obtains the majority of the vote.

2010 special

2010 Columbia mayoral special election

← 2009 April 6, 2010 (first round) April 21, 2010 (runoff) 2013 →

Candidate Stephen K. Benjamin Kirkman Finlay III First round 6,067 35.53% 5,485 32.12% Runoff 10,894 55.19% 8,845 44.81%   Candidate Steve Morrison First round 5,053 29.59% Runoff Eliminated

Mayor before election Bob Coble Democratic Elected Mayor Stephen K. Benjamin Democratic

The 2010 Columbia mayoral special election took place on April 6, 2010, to elect the next mayor of Charleston, South Carolina. Incumbent Democratic Mayor Bob Coble did not seek re-election. A runoff was held on April 21, 2010, since no candidate surpassed 50%. In the runoff Democrat Stephen K. Benjamin defeated Republican candidate Kirkman Finlay III. Daniel became the first African American mayor of Columbia.^[1]

2013

2013 Columbia mayoral election

← 2010 (special) November 5, 2013 2017 →

Candidate Stephen K. Benjamin Moe Baddourah Popular vote 10,401 5,594 Percentage 64.13% 34.49%

Mayor before election Stephen K. Benjamin Democratic Elected Mayor Stephen K. Benjamin Democratic

The 2013 Columbia mayoral election took place on November 5, 2013, to elect the mayor of Charleston, South Carolina. Incumbent Democratic Mayor Stephen K. Benjamin won re-election to a full term. There was no need for a runoff election since Benjamin received more than 50% of the vote.

Results

2017

Incumbent Democratic Mayor Stephen K. Benjamin was the only candidate to file; he was automatically declared re-elected with no votes.^[5]

2021

2021 Columbia mayoral election

← 2017 November 2, 2021 (first round) November 16, 2021 (runoff) 2025 →

Candidate Daniel Rickenmann Tameika Isaac Devine First round 8,417 43.51% 5,846 30.22% Runoff 10,606 52.00% 9,789 48.00%   Candidate Sam Johnson First round 4,710 24.35% Runoff Eliminated

Mayor before election Stephen K. Benjamin Democratic Elected Mayor Daniel Rickenmann Republican

The 2021 Columbia mayoral election took place on November 2, 2021, to elect the next mayor of Charleston, South Carolina. Incumbent Democratic Mayor Stephen K. Benjamin did not seek re-election to a third term.^[6] A runoff was held on November 16, 2021, since no candidate surpassed 50%. In the runoff Republican Daniel Rickenmann defeated Democratic candidate Tameika Isaac Devine. Daniel became the first Republican mayor of Colombia since 1990.^[7][8]

The election was officially non-partisan, but some candidates were affiliated with political parties.

Devine was endorsed by former U.S. president Barack Obama and House Whip Jim Clyburn. Previously, Columbia has historically voted for Democratic candidates, including Joe Biden for U.S. president by nearly 40 points. Its two previous mayors, Bob Coble and Steve Benjamin were Democrats.^{[9] [10]} Some Republicans, including Ben Shapiro and United States Senator Rick Scott of Florida, cited Rickenmann's win as part of a "red wave."^[11][12]

Results

2025

2025 Columbia mayoral election

← 2020 November 4, 2025 2029 →

Mayor before election Daniel Rickenmann Republican Elected Mayor TBD

See also

• Mayoral elections in Charleston, South Carolina
• Elections in South Carolina

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