1980Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for South Carolina House District 119
South Carolina House of Representatives · South Carolina
A. Victor Rawl (D) won with 51.7% of the vote, defeating Larry Brinker (R) by 3.4 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
A. Victor RawlDemocrat · winner
51.7%3,651
Larry BrinkerRepublican · incumbent
48.3%3,413
7,064 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 1980
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET