1996Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1996 election for South Carolina House District 68
South Carolina House of Representatives · South Carolina
Thomas Woodrum (R) won with 54.7% of the vote, defeating Joseph T. McElveen Jr. (D) by 9.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Thomas WoodrumRepublican · winner
54.7%3,876
Joseph T. McElveen Jr.Democrat · incumbent
45.3%3,212
7,088 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 1996
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET