NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A 33-year-old Democrat will soon be the youngest senator in the South Carolina Senate. State Rep. Deon Tedder won a special election for the open Senate seat on Tuesday, picking up more than 81% of the votes to defeat Republican Rosa Kay, according to results compiled by the South Carolina Election Commission. Tedder will be sworn in when the Senate's regular session begins in January and at 33, he will be the youngest senator by nearly five years. Gillard had received 47% of the vote in the primary, but South Carolina requires a majority to win the nomination. Tedder won 39%.

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Persons: Deon Tedder, Republican Rosa Kay, Tedder, Marlon Kimpson, Joe Biden’s, Kimpson, Wendell Gillard, Gillard Organizations: South Carolina Senate, State, Republican, South, Democratic Locations: CHARLESTON, S.C, South Carolina, Charleston, North Charleston