1980 general · November 4, 1980
1980 South Carolina State Senate election results, district by district
Every South Carolina State Senate district in the 1980 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Democrats controlled the chamber · 46 seats
After the electionD 41 · R 5
Races16
Changed party0
Unopposed50%8 races
Incumbents defeated2
Every district
D 41 · R 5
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-1 | T. Garrison · Harris P. Smith · Alexander S. Macaulay · M. E. McDonald (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-2 | J. Verne Smith · David S. Taylor · Nick A. Theodore · Harry A. Chapman · Jeff Richardson Jr. (DEM) | 2.8 | |
| SD-3 | John W. Drummond (D) | 63.1 | |
| SD-4 | Horace Smith · Elizabeth Patterson · David Turnipseed (D) | 5.4 | |
| SD-5 | Harvey Peeler · Robert C. Lake Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-6 | Don Rushing · Donald H. Holland · Coleman G. Poag (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-7 | Isadore Lourie · Heyward McDonald · Hyman Rubin · Alex Sanders · John Martin (D) | 5.4 | |
| SD-8 | Nikki Setzler · Thomas L. Moore · Ryan Shealy · Norma C. Russell (DEM) | 0.2 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-9 | John C. Lindsay · A. Eugene Carmichael Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-10 | Edward E. Saleeby (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-11 | Ralph H. Ellis · Thomas E. Smith Jr. · Hugh K. Leatherman Sr. · Frank H. McGill (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-12 | John C. Land III · Phil Leventis (D) | 32.7 | |
| SD-13 | L. Marion Gressette · Marshall Williams (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-14 | Rembert C. Dennis (D) | 88.5 | |
| SD-15 | James Waddell Jr. · Peden McLeod (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-16 | Thomas Dewey Wise · William W. Doar Jr. · Glenn F. McConnell · Arthur Ravenel Jr. · Paul Cantrell (DEM) | 0.9 | Incumbent lost |
South Carolina State Senate
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner