Primary results Tuesday included:

Patterson wins

• Sen. Kay Patterson breezed to victory Tuesday over attorney Hemphill Pride in the District 19 Democratic primary.

It was Patterson’s first primary battle since his first Senate victory nearly 20 years ago.

Patterson, 73, thanked the voters and said this likely will be his last term in public office.

“I don’t plan on going on as long as my old friend Strom Thurmond did,” Patterson said.

Jackson wins

• Incumbent Sen. Darrell Jackson was a decisive winner over challenger Edward D. Sullivan in the Democratic Party primary for Senate District 21. Jackson will be unopposed in the fall election.

Neal wins

• Rep. Joe Neal, the incumbent, defeated challenger Levola S. Taylor for the Democratic primary for House District 70. Neal will be unopposed in the fall election.

Dickerson wins

• Joyce Dickerson handed opponent Wayne Gilbert a defeat in the Richland County Council District 2 Democratic primary; the winner will face Republican Jim Chappell in the fall

Bernice Scott wins

• Incumbent Bernice Scott was the winner over challenger Helen Taylor in the Democratic primary for Richland County Council District 10; Scott faces no opposition in the fall.

Scott a winner

• Incumbent Barbara Scott was a decisive winner over challenger Gloria Butler Montgomery in the Democratic primary for Richland County clerk of court. Scott faces no opposition in the fall.

In the fall:

• Richland County legislative races where incumbents will face challengers in the fall are: Sen. John Courson, R, will face Kit Smith, a Democratic county councilwoman, in Senate 20, which also includes parts of Lexington county; Rep. Leon Howard, D, will be opposed by Ronnie Firetag, R, in District 76; Rep. John L. Scott, D, will face Swain Whitfield, R, in District 77; and Rep. Bill Cotty, R-Richland, will face Todd L. Wood, D, in District 79, which includes parts of Richland and Kershaw counties.

Unopposed

• The following legislators were not opposed Tuesday and are not opposed in the fall: James Smith, D, House 72; Joe E. Brown, D, House 73; J. Todd Rutherford, D, House 74; Jim Harrison, R, House 75; and Jimmy C. Bales, D, in House 80.

— Jeff Wilkinson; Staff writer Christina Knauss contributed to this report.