1976Final resultsIncumbent defeated

1976 election for South Carolina Senate District 8

Name: 1976 election for South Carolina Senate District 8
Start: 1976-11-02
Location: South Carolina

South Carolina State Senate · South Carolina

4 seats: Tom Turnipseed (D), William E. Knotts Jr. (D), Gilbert E. McMillan (R), Nikki Setzler (D) won.

4 seats

Tom TurnipseedDemocrat · winner

15.8%51,740

15.7%51,558

Gilbert E. McMillanRepublican · winner · incumbent

13.8%45,275

Nikki SetzlerDemocrat · winner

12.6%41,396

12.4%40,545

10.7%35,229

Albert DooleyRepublican · incumbent

9.5%31,295

Michael LaughlinRepublican · incumbent

9.4%30,743

327,781 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 1976

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