1988Final results

1988 election for South Carolina Senate District 13

South Carolina State Senate · South Carolina

Horace Smith (D) won with 59.8% of the vote, defeating Jan B. Johnson (R) by 19.5 points.

Horace SmithDemocrat · winner · incumbent
59.8%12,701
Jan B. JohnsonRepublican
40.2%8,554
21,255 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 1988

Races before and after

EvenD+53.11972D+19.51988R+32.92000R+36.22008

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET