1986 general · November 4, 1986

1986 South Carolina House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every South Carolina House of Representatives district in the 1986 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Democrats controlled the chamber · 124 seats

After the electionD 92 · R 32
Races123
Changed party6
Unopposed70%86 races
Incumbents defeated3

Every district

D 91 · R 32

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HD-1Tom Alexander (D)Unopposed
HD-2Robert N. McLellan (D)Unopposed
HD-3Edward W. Simpson (R)18.7
HD-4Larry Martin (D)Unopposed
HD-5B. L. Hendricks Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-6John Tucker (D)30.3
HD-7Ronald P. Townsend (D)44.6
HD-8Cebron Daniel Chamblee (D)Unopposed
HD-9Patrick B. Harris (D)Unopposed
HD-10M. J. Cooper (D)20.0
HD-11Robert O. Kay (D)Unopposed
HD-12Jennings G. McAbee Sr. (D)Unopposed
HD-13James C. Johnson (D)Unopposed
HD-14Marion P. Carnell (D)Unopposed
HD-15James W. Johnson Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-16Eugene Stoddard (D)36.6
HD-17Dill Blackwell (D)Unopposed
HD-18Lewis Phillips (D)Unopposed
HD-19Mike Fair (R)Unopposed
HD-20H. Howell Clyborne Jr. (R)66.7
HD-21Philip Bradley (R)Unopposed
HD-22Terry Haskins (R)Unopposed
HD-23Sara Shelton (D)Unopposed
HD-24David Wilkins (R)Unopposed
HD-25Chick Rice (D)Unopposed
HD-26James G. Mattos (D)Unopposed
HD-27Milton O. Alexander (D)Unopposed
HD-28Dell Baker (R)17.0
HD-29Olin R. Phillips (D)Unopposed
HD-30Donna Moss (D)Unopposed
HD-31Tee Ferguson (D)Unopposed
HD-32John Russell (R)7.8
HD-33T. Edwards Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-34Carole C. Wells (R)23.4FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-35David O. Hawkins (D)Unopposed
HD-36Alfred C. McGinnis Sr. (D)Unopposed
HD-37G. Ralph Davenport Jr. (R)7.7
HD-38Joe Petty (D)17.7
HD-39Larry Gentry (D)Unopposed
HD-40Dave C. Waldrop Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-41Crosby Lewis (D)Unopposed
HD-42James M. Arthur (D)34.0
HD-43Paul E. Short Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-44William D. Boan (D)Unopposed
HD-46Robert Wes Hayes Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-47Herbert Kirsh (D)36.9
HD-48Joseph H. Nesbitt (D)Unopposed
HD-49Samuel R. Foster (D)Unopposed
HD-50Grady Brown (D)Unopposed
HD-51Derial L. Ogburn (D)Unopposed
HD-52Robert J. Sheheen (D)81.4
HD-53Jean Harris (D)Unopposed
HD-54John I. Rogers III (D)Unopposed
HD-55James E. Lockemy (D)Unopposed
HD-56David Beasley (D)Unopposed
HD-57Robert Brown (D)Unopposed
HD-58Denny Neilson (D)Unopposed
HD-59John W. McLeod (D)Unopposed
HD-60Woodrow M. McKay (D)Unopposed
HD-61E. Leroy Nettles Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-62Frank Gilbert (D)Unopposed
HD-63D. Malloy McEachin (D)Unopposed
HD-64C. Alex Harvin III (D)Unopposed
HD-65J. Michael Baxley (D)Unopposed
HD-66Larry Blanding (D)Unopposed
HD-67E. B. McLeod Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-68Joseph T. McElveen Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-69Paul Derrick (R)46.3
HD-70James Faber (D)49.6
HD-71H. Parker Evatt (R)Unopposed
HD-72Timothy F. Rogers (D)19.5
HD-73Joe Brown (D)Unopposed
HD-74Frank McBride (D)Unopposed
HD-75Jean Toal (D)Unopposed
HD-76Joyce Hearn (R)57.8
HD-77Luther Taylor (D)Unopposed
HD-78T. Moffat Burriss (R)Unopposed
HD-79Roland Corning (R)6.0Flipped
HD-80Mickey Burriss (R)24.8
HD-81Irene Rudnick (D)13.1FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-82Joe F. Anderson Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-83Thomas E. Huff (D)11.4
HD-84William H. Jones (D)9.6
HD-85John Burris (R)50.9
HD-86Charles Sharpe (R)15.7
HD-87Larry Koon (R)Unopposed
HD-88Lenoir Sturkie (R)Unopposed
HD-89Jarvis Klapman (R)Unopposed
HD-90Thomas N. Rhoad (D)Unopposed
HD-91Joseph B. Wilder (D)59.0
HD-92Fred Day (D)15.9
HD-93John Felder (D)Unopposed
HD-94Kenneth E. Bailey (D)Unopposed
HD-95William S. McCain Jr. (R)3.3FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-96L. Edward Bennett (D)Unopposed
HD-97George Bailey (D)Unopposed
HD-98Thomas Limehouse (R)24.5Flipped
HD-99Henry Brown (R)Unopposed
HD-100Robert L. Helmly (D)Unopposed
HD-101B. J. Gordon Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-102Dewitt Williams (D)Unopposed
HD-103John J. Snow Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-104Dick Elliott (D)Unopposed
HD-105Liston D. Barfield (D)34.4
HD-106Ben Thrailkill (R)11.7
HD-107H. E. Pearce Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-108R. Linwood Altman (D)Unopposed
HD-109Lucille S. Whipper (D)67.7
HD-110Eugene Foxworth (R)2.5
HD-111Daniel E. Martin Sr. (D)56.2
HD-112Clyde M. Dangerfield (D)3.5
HD-113Robert A. Kohn (R)38.1
HD-114John D. Bradley (R)Unopposed
HD-115D. L. Aydlette Jr. (R)Unopposed
HD-116McKinley Washington Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-117Daniel E. Winstead (R)Unopposed
HD-118D. N. Holt Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-119Theodore T. Mappus Jr. (R)16.4Flipped
HD-120Douglas E. McTeer (D)Unopposed
HD-121Jackson V. Gregory (D)Unopposed
HD-122Juanita White (D)Unopposed
HD-123Bill Cork (R)Unopposed
HD-124Harriet Keyserling (D)Unopposed

South Carolina House of Representatives

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