1996Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1996 election for South Carolina House District 8
South Carolina House of Representatives · South Carolina
Becky Martin (R) won with 57.0% of the vote, defeating Thomas E. Garrison III (D) by 14.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Becky MartinRepublican · winner
57.0%5,509
Thomas E. Garrison IIIDemocrat
43.0%4,156
9,665 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