Karl B. Allen

Karl B. Allen
Karl B. Allen
Member of the South Carolina Senate; from the 7th district
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2012
Preceded by	Ralph Anderson
Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives; from the 25th district
	In office; 2001–2012
Preceded by	Willie B. McMahand
Succeeded by	Leola C. Robinson-Simpson
Personal details
Born	Karl B. Allen; October 13, 1960 (age 65); Greenville, South Carolina
Party	Democratic
Education	University of South Carolina (BA, 1982) ; University of South Carolina (JD, 1986)
Profession	Attorney, politician

BornKarl B. Allen
October 13, 1960 (age 65)

Karl B. Allen (born October 13, 1960) is a Democratic member of the South Carolina Senate, representing the state's 7th Senate District (Greenville County, South Carolina) since 2012. Previously, he served the 25th House District in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 2001 to 2012. He is an attorney.

Year	Office	Type	Party		Main opponent	Party		Votes for Allen				Result	Swing		Ref.
Year	Office	Type	Party		Main opponent	Party		Total	%	P.	±%	Result	Swing		Ref.
2000	S.C. Representative	Dem. primary		Democratic	L. R. Byrd		Democratic	920	48.07%	1st	N/A	Runoff	N/A		^[2]
		Dem. primary runoff		Democratic	L. R. Byrd		Democratic	725	63.48%	1st	N/A	Won	N/A		^[2]
		General		Democratic	Write-in	N/A		7,241	98.34%	1st	N/A	Won		Hold	^[2]
2002		Dem. primary		Democratic	L. R. Byrd		Democratic	1,057	86.36%	1st	+22.88%	Won	N/A		^[3]
2002		General		Democratic	Write-in	N/A		6,338	98.55%	1st	+0.21%	Won		Hold	^[3]
2004		General		Democratic	Write-in	N/A		8,976	99.42%	1st	+0.87%	Won		Hold	^[4]
2006		General		Democratic	Write-in	N/A		5,207	99.31%	1st	-0.11%	Won		Hold	^[5]
2008		General		Democratic	Rick Freeman		Republican	9,877	76.73%	1st	-22.58%	Won		Hold	^[6]^[7]
2010		General		Democratic	Write-in	N/A		6,893	98.64%	1st	+21.91%	Won		Hold	^[8]
2012	S.C. Senator	Dem. primary		Democratic	Lillian Brock Flemming		Democratic	2,331	54.83%	1st	N/A	Won	N/A		^[9]
		General		Democratic	Jane Kizer		Republican	20,559	61.09%	1st	N/A	Won		Hold	^[10]
		General		Working Families	Jane Kizer		Republican	1,405	4.18%	3rd	N/A	Won		Hold	^[10]
2016		Dem. primary		Democratic	Lillian Brock Flemming		Democratic	2,749	71.07%	1st	+16.24%	Won	N/A		^[11]
2016		General		Democratic	Glen L. Robinson		Republican	21,518	61.86%	1st	+0.75%	Won		Hold	^[12]
2020		Dem. primary		Democratic	Fletcher Smith		Democratic	6,210	70.11%	1st	-0.96%	Won	N/A		^[13]
2020		General		Democratic	Jack Logan		Republican	26,672	62.51%	1st	+0.65%	Won		Hold	^[14]
2024		Dem. primary		Democratic	Michelle Goodwin-Calwile		Democratic	2,576	68.02%	1st	-2.09%	Won	N/A		^[15]

v t e Members of the South Carolina Senate
President of the Senate Thomas C. Alexander (R) Majority Leader A. Shane Massey (R) Minority Leader Brad Hutto (D)
▌Thomas C. Alexander (R) ▌Rex Rice (R) ▌Richard Cash (R) ▌Michael Gambrell (R) ▌Tom Corbin (R) ▌Jason Elliott (R) ▌Karl B. Allen (D) ▌Ross Turner (R) ▌Danny Verdin (R) ▌Billy Garrett (R) ▌Josh Kimbrell (R) ▌Lee Bright (R) ▌Shane Martin (R) ▌Harvey S. Peeler Jr. (R) ▌Wes Climer (R) ▌Michael Johnson (R) ▌Everett Stubbs (R) ▌Ronnie Cromer (R) ▌Tameika Isaac Devine (D) ▌Ed Sutton (D) ▌Darrell Jackson (D) ▌Overture Walker (D) ▌Carlisle Kennedy (R) ▌Tom Young Jr. (R) ▌A. Shane Massey (R) ▌Russell Ott (D) ▌Allen Blackmon (R) ▌Greg Hembree (R) ▌JD Chaplin (R) ▌Kent M. Williams (D) ▌Mike Reichenbach (R) ▌Ronnie A. Sabb (D) ▌Luke A. Rankin (R) ▌Stephen Goldfinch (R) ▌Jeffrey R. Graham (D) ▌Jeff Zell (R) ▌Larry Grooms (R) ▌Sean Bennett (R) ▌Tom Fernandez (R) ▌Brad Hutto (D) ▌Matt Leber (R) ▌Deon Tedder (D) ▌Chip Campsen (R) ▌Brian Adams (R) ▌Margie Bright Matthews (D) ▌Tom Davis (R)
▌Republican (34) ▌Democratic (12) South Carolina General Assembly House Senate List of past legislatures

S.C. Senate

Karl B. Allen

Member of the South Carolina Senate from the 7th district
Incumbent
Assumed office 2012
Preceded by	Ralph Anderson
Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from the 25th district
In office 2001–2012
Preceded by	Willie B. McMahand
Succeeded by	Leola C. Robinson-Simpson

Personal details
Born	Karl B. Allen (1960-10-13) October 13, 1960 (age 65) Greenville, South Carolina
Party	Democratic
Education	University of South Carolina (BA, 1982) University of South Carolina (JD, 1986)
Profession	Attorney, politician