1970Final results

1970 election for South Carolina House of Representatives: Newberry

Name: 1970 election for South Carolina House of Representatives: Newberry
Start: 1970-11-03
Location: South Carolina

South Carolina House of Representatives · South Carolina

Walter Lake (D) won re-election with 65.6% of the vote, defeating Ronnie Hightower (R) by 31.2 points.

Walter LakeDemocrat · winner · incumbent

65.6%5,095

34.4%2,670

7,765 votes

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