1984Final results
1984 election for South Carolina Senate District 40
South Carolina State Senate · South Carolina
Marshall Williams (D) won with 75.6% of the vote, defeating Thomas Z. Way (R) by 51.3 points.
Marshall WilliamsDemocrat · winner · incumbent
75.6%17,319
Thomas Z. WayRepublican
24.3%5,567
22,923 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 1984
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET