1980Final results
1980 election for South Carolina Senate District 4
South Carolina State Senate · South Carolina
3 seats: Horace Smith (D), Elizabeth Patterson (D), David Turnipseed (D) won.
3 seatsHorace SmithDemocrat · winner · incumbent
27.9%35,735
Elizabeth PattersonDemocrat · winner
27.7%35,517
David TurnipseedDemocrat · winner · incumbent
24.9%31,876
William A. CarrRepublican
19.5%25,010
128,144 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