1996 general · November 5, 1996

1996 South Carolina election results

Every race on South Carolina's ballot in the 1996 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

Races178

Changed party21

Unopposed54%96 races

Incumbents defeated2

President

R 1

Race	Winner	Won by	Notes
South Carolina	Robert Dole (R)	5.8

R 1

Race	Winner	Won by	Notes
South Carolina	Strom Thurmond (R)	9.4

D 2 · R 4

Race	Winner	Won by
SC-1	Mark Sanford (R)	92.9
SC-2	Floyd Spence (R)	79.9
SC-3	Lindsey Graham (R)	21.6
SC-4	Bob Inglis (R)	43.1
SC-5	John Spratt (D)	8.8
SC-6	Jim Clyburn (D)	39.4

D 26 · R 20 · 8 changed party

Race	Winner	Won by	Notes
SD-1	Tom Alexander (R)	49.9	Flipped
SD-2	Larry Martin (R)	Unopposed
SD-3	Robert L. Waldrep (R)	34.4	Flipped
SD-4	Billy Odell (D)	4.0
SD-5	J. Verne Smith (D)	Unopposed
SD-6	Mike Fair (R)	Unopposed
SD-7	Ralph Anderson (D)	10.5
SD-8	David L. Thomas (R)	Unopposed
SD-9	James E. Bryan (D)	5.1
SD-10	John W. Drummond (D)	Unopposed
SD-11	Glenn G. Reese (D)	Unopposed
SD-12	John Russell (R)	44.9
SD-13	C. Tyrone Courtney (R)	Unopposed	Flipped
SD-14	Harvey Peeler (R)	24.1	Flipped
SD-15	Robert Wes Hayes Jr. (R)	Unopposed	Flipped
SD-16	Greg Gregory (R)	15.3
SD-17	Linda H. Short (D)	Unopposed
SD-18	James A. Lander (D)	11.1
SD-19	Kay Patterson (D)	Unopposed
SD-20	John E. Courson (R)	Unopposed
SD-21	Darrell Jackson (D)	Unopposed
SD-22	Warren K. Giese (R)	Unopposed
SD-23	Joe Wilson (R)	Unopposed
SD-24	Greg Ryberg (R)	Unopposed
SD-25	Thomas L. Moore (D)	27.1
SD-26	Nikki Setzler (D)	5.8
SD-27	Donald H. Holland (D)	12.1
SD-28	Dick Elliott (D)	Unopposed
SD-29	Edward E. Saleeby (D)	48.5
SD-30	Maggie W. Glover (D)	25.4
SD-31	Hugh K. Leatherman Sr. (R)	Unopposed	Flipped
SD-32	John Yancey McGill (D)	Unopposed
SD-33	Luke Rankin (D)	10.8
SD-34	Arthur Ravenel Jr. (R)	Unopposed	Flipped
SD-35	Phil Leventis (D)	13.6
SD-36	John C. Land III (D)	39.4
SD-37	Dewitt Williams (D)	Unopposed	Flipped
SD-38	Michael T. Rose (R)	Unopposed
SD-39	John W. Matthews Jr. (D)	Unopposed
SD-40	Brad Hutto (D)	19.8
SD-41	Glenn F. McConnell (R)	Unopposed
SD-42	Robert Ford (D)	29.9
SD-43	Ernest L. Passailaigue (D)	Unopposed
SD-44	William Mescher (R)	Unopposed
SD-45	McKinley Washington Jr. (D)	Unopposed
SD-46	Holly Cork (R)	58.4

D 53 · R 70 · Uncalled 1 · 13 changed party

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; MIT Election Data and Science Lab