1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1980 election for South Carolina House District 24
South Carolina House of Representatives · South Carolina
David Wilkins (R) won with 61.4% of the vote, defeating Margaret F. Paylor (D) by 22.9 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
David WilkinsRepublican · winner
61.4%5,277
Margaret F. PaylorDemocrat
38.5%3,307
8,588 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