99chambers

1996 general · November 5, 1996

1996 South Carolina State Senate election results, district by district

Every South Carolina State Senate district in the 1996 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

← 1992 general2000 general →

Seats after the election

Democrats controlled the chamber · 46 seats

After the electionD 26 · R 20
Races46
Changed party8
Unopposed57%26 races
Incumbents defeated0

Every district

D 26 · R 20

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

South Carolina State Senate

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