No women in SC Senate, few changes in Legislature

For the first time since 1979, it appears South Carolina’s state Senate will have no women.
   
All three women running for Senate were well behind in their races Tuesday night, underscoring South Carolina’s last-in-the-nation status when it comes to the percentage of women in its Legislature since 2003.
   
Otherwise, Tuesday’s results didn’t change much in Columbia. More than half the races in the House and Senate had just one person on the ballot. In most cases, the only person running was the incumbent and incumbents led in all but two contested races.
   
Republicans also still control both chambers.
   
The Legislature also will have its first black Republican since Reconstruction. Tim Scott had no opposition for his Charleston-area seat.