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BoycottTwitter

(115 posts) Tue Jan 13, 2026, 10:08 PM Tuesday

Democrat lost election by just 21 votes

A recount confirms that Republicans held the state House seat in last week's special election... by 21 votes.

abcnews4.com/news/local/r...

(This is a district Trump carried by 7.5% that Democrats hoped to flip.)
— Taniel (@taniel.bsky.social) 2026-01-12T23:16:27.584Z

If someone ever tells you that voting doesn't matter please send them this and then urge them to vote in every single election.

Also imagine if just a few more people chose to volunteer for Sonja Satani and chose to phonebank and canvas. Maybe she could have won.

With that said though she had a great showing considering how much Trump won that district so I'm very proud of everyone who did volunteer and who voted for her.

Remember: always vote and volunteer.

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Democrat lost election by just 21 votes (Original Post) BoycottTwitter Tuesday OP

DORCHESTER COUNTY, S.C. chowder66 Tuesday #1

ELECTION FRAUD !!!!!!!!!!! Jack Valentino Tuesday #2

Already did- this was the result after the mandatory recount. mwmisses4289 Tuesday #3

Ugh. Pity. Jack Valentino Tuesday #4

Huh? This was a recount. Melon Yesterday #6

RECOUNT!!!!! BurnDoubt Yesterday #5

chowder66

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1. DORCHESTER COUNTY, S.C.

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Tue Jan 13, 2026, 10:52 PM

Tuesday

DORCHESTER COUNTY, S.C. (WCIV) — Following Friday's recount, Republican Greg Ford was declared the official winner of the District 98 special election.

The vote totals remained unchanged after the state-mandated recount as Ford won by less than one percentage point – 21 total votes. There were a total of five write-in votes in the race.

In beating out Democrat Sonja Ogletree Satani, Ford will serve out the remainder of retired Republican State Rep. Chris Murphy's term. He had represented the district since 2010 and left office on Jan. 5.