1994Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1994 election for South Carolina House District 26
South Carolina House of Representatives · South Carolina
Rex Rice (R) won with 53.8% of the vote, defeating James G. Mattos (D) by 7.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Rex RiceRepublican · winner
53.8%3,409
James G. MattosDemocrat · incumbent
46.2%2,930
6,339 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 1994
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET