1986Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1986 election for South Carolina House District 34
South Carolina House of Representatives · South Carolina
Carole C. Wells (R) won with 61.7% of the vote, defeating W. Sterling Anderson (D) by 23.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Carole C. WellsRepublican · winner
61.7%4,314
W. Sterling AndersonDemocrat · incumbent
38.3%2,680
6,994 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 1986
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET