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1988 general · November 8, 1988

1988 South Carolina State Senate election results, district by district

Every South Carolina State Senate district in the 1988 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Democrats controlled the chamber · 46 seats

After the electionD 35 · R 11
Races46
Changed party3
Unopposed57%26 races
Incumbents defeated0

Every district

D 35 · R 11

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-1Alexander S. Macaulay (D)Unopposed
SD-2Nell W. Smith (D)1.1
SD-3Mike Mullinax (D)Unopposed
SD-4Billy Odell (D)Unopposed
SD-5J. Verne Smith (D)Unopposed
SD-6H. Samuel Stilwell (R)UnopposedFlipped
SD-7Theo W. Mitchell (D)Unopposed
SD-8David L. Thomas (R)Unopposed
SD-9James E. Bryan (D)Unopposed
SD-10John W. Drummond (D)Unopposed
SD-11W. Richard Lee (R)20.7
SD-12John Russell (R)14.4Flipped
SD-13Horace Smith (D)19.5
SD-14Harvey Peeler (D)Unopposed
SD-15John C. Hayes (D)27.4
SD-16Caldwell T. Hinson (D)Unopposed
SD-17John Martin (D)Unopposed
SD-18Thomas H. Pope III (D)Unopposed
SD-19Kay Patterson (D)Unopposed
SD-20John E. Courson (R)24.5
SD-21Isadore Lourie (D)Unopposed
SD-22Warren K. Giese (R)3.1
SD-23Joe Wilson (R)66.6
SD-24Ryan Shealy (R)Unopposed
SD-25Thomas L. Moore (D)4.9
SD-26Nikki Setzler (D)13.0
SD-27Donald H. Holland (D)38.1
SD-28John C. Lindsay (D)Unopposed
SD-29Edward E. Saleeby (D)Unopposed
SD-30Frank Gilbert (D)43.1
SD-31Hugh K. Leatherman Sr. (D)Unopposed
SD-32John Yancey McGill (D)50.0
SD-33Jefferson Marion Long Jr. (D)0.8
SD-34Douglas L. Hinds (D)20.6
SD-35Phil Leventis (D)Unopposed
SD-36John C. Land III (D)Unopposed
SD-37Robert L. Helmly (D)Unopposed
SD-38Michael T. Rose (R)41.8
SD-39John W. Matthews Jr. (D)Unopposed
SD-40Marshall Williams (D)Unopposed
SD-41Glenn F. McConnell (R)Unopposed
SD-42Herbert U. Fielding (D)Unopposed
SD-43Ernest L. Passailaigue (D)9.0Flipped
SD-44Sherry Martschink (R)26.9
SD-45Peden McLeod (D)59.1
SD-46James Waddell Jr. (D)8.4

South Carolina State Senate

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