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Races · Senate · 2022 · South Carolina
Senate · class III · open seat

Krystle Matthews vs Tim Scott

Safe RR +25.9 forecast· 2 polls · 0 markets
Model's final pre-election call · win probabilitypoliagg-v34 · final pre-election call
1% Matthews (D)
99% Scott (R)
R+15R+5TIEDD+5D+15
Model's predicted final margin R +25.9 · 80% CI R+38.0 → R+13.9
Actual result R+25.9 · backtest (race already called)
Momentum
insufficient data
Tipping-point P
0.0%
Decisive for chamber control
Market · D-side
Cross-platform consensus
News articles · 30d
no recent coverage
Where this race stands
Verified

Likely R · model 99% R

No recent polls or markets for this race. PVI baseline (R+8) suggests Likely R.

The poliagg-v34 ensemble forecasts R+25.9 with an 80% CI ranging from R+38.0 (10th pctile) to R+13.9 (90th pctile), giving R a 99% chance of winning.

CITATIONS · likely-r
Forecast · poliagg-v34
Predicted final margin
R +25.9
80% CI: R +38.0R +13.9 · win prob 1%
R+45R+23TIEDD+23D+45
Quality · inputs
Data quality · medium
Polls used2
Days to electionpassed
Actual resultR+25.9
Residual σ6.00pt
Generated7/1/2026

Polling average

51015202530354045505560SCOTT 53.4MATTHEWS 37.6ADAMS 5.0MAR '22JUN '22SEP '22
Weighted, plus each pollster's measured bias subtracted before averaging.

All polls · 2 results

strongpositiveinfocautionflag
DatePollster · trust signalsn · popLeanBias · trackvs ratersD · R
Sep 6Echelon Insights+1600 · RVNEUTRALR +1.36 tracked+3.3noisy37 · 54
Mar 12Moore Information Group+2500 · LVR-LEANR +10.04 tracked-6.5r lean25 · 57

Endorsements · 14 total

Source · Wikipedia · 2 candidates with no endorsements yet
Scott · 100%14
RTim Scott14 endorsers
Most notable · Donald Trump · 45th president of the United States (2017–2021)
Elected officials12
Federal 10State 2Local 0
Organizations1
Other1
DKrystle Matthews0 endorsers
no endorsers yet
No endorsements found yet. Endorsements come from the candidate's Wikipedia article (when one exists) and update with the daily scrape.
ILarry Adams Jr.0 endorsers
no endorsers yet
No endorsements found yet. Endorsements come from the candidate's Wikipedia article (when one exists) and update with the daily scrape.

Money raised · own committees

FEC Schedule E (independent expenditures) + candidate-committee totals · last filing 2022-12-15
Tim ScottS4SC00240 ↗
Receipts
$43.1M
Disburse
$29.0M
Cash on hand
$21.8M
Debts
$0
Securities & investment$118.6K
Insurance$41.4K
NOT PROVIDED$600.5K
HOME$76.0K
GOLDMAN SACHS$51.4K
METLIFE$41.4K
BLACKSTONE$40.7K
Krystle MatthewsS2SC00103 ↗
Receipts
$135.4K
Disburse
$94.2K
Cash on hand
$35.2K
Debts
$30.3K
Lawyers / law firms$2.8K
Education$1.2K
MZEKEWE LTD CO$3.0K
K ROWE INVESTMENTS$2.9K
GET RIGHT, INC.$2.0K
ANASTOPOULO LAW FIRM$2.0K
CHARLESTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT$1.2K

Outside spending · independent expenditures

FEC Schedule E (independent expenditures) + candidate-committee totals · 24/48-hr IE reports
IE total
$4.3M
D side
$21.5K · 0%
R side
$4.3M · 100%
Top spender
OPPORTUNITY MATTERS…
For / against split
For Matthews $21.5K
For Scott $4.3M
SpenderSideAmountShareTarget
OPPORTUNITY MATTERS FUND ACTIONR$2.5M58%for Tim Scott
AMERICAN ENERGY ACTION FUNDR$1.0M23%for Tim Scott
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEER$538.0K12%for Tim Scott
ELBERT GUILLORY'S AMERICAR$94.7K2%for Tim Scott
HONORING AMERICAN LAW ENFORCEMENT PACR$93.9K2%for Tim Scott
CARE IN ACTION PACD$14.2K0%for Krystle Matthews
WFP NATIONAL PACD$7.2K0%for Krystle Matthews

Editorial ratings · 6 raters

Cook · Sabato · Inside Elections · 538 · DDHQ et al.
Safe R6
The Cook Political Report
Safe R
Nov 18
DDHQ
Safe R
Jul 19
The Economist
Safe R
Sep 6
538
Safe R
Jun 29
Inside Elections
Safe R
Jan 6
Sabato's Crystal Ball
Safe R
Nov 2

Demographic crosstabs

age · education · race · gender
No demographic crosstabs published for this race yet. Most pollsters release only topline numbers; subgroup breakdowns (age, education, race, gender) appear here when a pollster publishes them.
Rating timeline
May 11, 2026Safe Rmodel
Verification trail
Polls verified2 / 2deterministic
Polls flaggednone
Markets ingested0 platformsnone listed
FEC filingssyncedcommittee + IE · 2022-12-15
Endorsements14 totalWikipedia scrape
News coverage< 5 articlesGoogle News
Method · bounds + percentage totals + date-order checks