State Senator Roger Nutt has resigned from his Upstate seat after being diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Representative Bobby Cox has announced that he will run for Nutt's seat, and has also resigned from his House seat to do so. The election to fill Nutt's seat will take place on December 23, with filing opening on August 29 and party primaries on October 21. Nutt had sponsored a bill that would allow nursing home residents to select one person allowed to continue visiting in case of an emergency, which passed the Senate unanimously but did not get a hearing in the House. Cox's decision to run for Nutt's seat will save taxpayer dollars and ensure that the people of Greenville and Spartanburg Counties are not without representation for months in 2026.