1996Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1996 election for South Carolina Senate District 1
South Carolina State Senate · South Carolina
Tom Alexander (R) won with 75.0% of the vote, defeating Ted N. Phillips (D) by 49.9 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Tom AlexanderRepublican · winner
75.0%18,136
Ted N. PhillipsDemocrat
25.0%6,055
24,191 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