Former Bluffton resident Mike Reichenbach is running against Jay Jordan in the Special Republican Primary for South Carolina State Senate District 31 on January 25. The special election will fill the unexpired term of Sen. Hugh Leatherman, who died in November of a non-COVID illness. 

The general election is March 29, 2022. Suzanne La Rochelle is Democratic Party candidate for the seat.

Reichenbach operates two car dealerships in Florence, SC and one in Bluffton, SC.