1986Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1986 election for South Carolina House District 79
South Carolina House of Representatives · South Carolina
Roland Corning (R) won with 53.0% of the vote, defeating A. B. Fennell (D) by 6.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Roland CorningRepublican · winner
53.0%4,128
A. B. FennellDemocrat
47.0%3,663
7,791 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