1996Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1996 election for South Carolina Senate District 3
South Carolina State Senate · South Carolina
Robert L. Waldrep (R) won with 67.2% of the vote, defeating Rusty Burns (D) by 34.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Robert L. WaldrepRepublican · winner · incumbent
67.2%18,731
Rusty BurnsDemocrat
32.8%9,139
27,870 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