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1970Final results

1970 election for South Carolina House of Representatives: Lexington

South Carolina House of Representatives · South Carolina

Lucius Porth (R), Jarvis Klapman (R) and Sherry Shealy (R) won the district's 3 seats.

3 seats
Lucius PorthRepublican · winner
18.3%10,698
Jarvis KlapmanRepublican · winner
17.6%10,245
Sherry ShealyRepublican · winner
17.3%10,086
W. B. CallisonDemocrat
16.2%9,452
Phillip CaughmanDemocrat
15.8%9,241
J. C. MorphyDemocrat
14.7%8,598
58,320 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 1970

The seat's recent races

EvenD+4.81968R+3.21970

Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

The candidates

Lucius Porth (R)Jarvis Klapman (R)Sherry Shealy (R)W. B. Callison (D)Phillip Caughman (D)J. C. Morphy (D)