1998 general · November 3, 1998
1998 South Carolina House of Representatives election results, district by district
Every South Carolina House of Representatives district in the 1998 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Republicans controlled the chamber · 124 seats
After the electionD 56 · R 68
Races124
Changed party6
Unopposed72%89 races
Incumbents defeated4
Every district
D 56 · R 68
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| HD-1 | Gresham Barrett (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-2 | Bill Sandifer (R) | 30.4 | |
| HD-3 | Bud Webb (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-4 | Teddy N. Trotter (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-5 | Alfred Robinson Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-6 | Chuck Allen (D) | 5.9 | Flipped |
| HD-7 | Ronald P. Townsend (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-8 | Becky Martin (R) | 26.4 | |
| HD-9 | Jesse Cordell Maddox (D) | 1.1 | |
| HD-10 | Dan Cooper (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-11 | Harry Stille (D) | 16.3 | |
| HD-12 | Anne Parks (D) | 6.0 | |
| HD-13 | James S. Klauber (R) | 15.0 | |
| HD-14 | Marion P. Carnell (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-15 | Donny Wilder (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-16 | J. Adam Taylor (R) | 11.5 | Flipped |
| HD-17 | Harry Cato (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-18 | Lewis R. Vaughn (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-19 | Dwight A. Loftis (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-20 | Glenn Hamilton (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-21 | Bob Leach (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-22 | Terry Haskins (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-23 | Fletcher N. Smith Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-24 | David Wilkins (R) | 57.2 | |
| HD-25 | Willie B. McMahand (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-26 | Rex Rice (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-27 | Mike Easterday (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-28 | Dan Tripp (R) | 17.6 | |
| HD-29 | E. Dewitt McCraw (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-30 | Olin R. Phillips (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-31 | Brenda Lee (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-32 | William Douglas Smith (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-33 | Lanny Littlejohn (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-34 | John Hawkins (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-35 | Steve Lanford (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-36 | Rita Allison (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-37 | G. Ralph Davenport Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-38 | Bob Walker (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-39 | Molly Spearman (R) | 38.1 | |
| HD-40 | Walt McLeod (D) | 13.3 | |
| HD-41 | Timothy C. Wilkes (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-42 | Ronald Fleming (R) | 1.0 | |
| HD-43 | Francis G. Delleney Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-44 | William D. Boan (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-45 | Eldridge Emory (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-46 | J. Gary Simrill (R) | 47.7 | |
| HD-47 | Herbert Kirsh (D) | 14.2 | |
| HD-48 | Becky Meacham (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-49 | Bessie Moodylawrence (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-50 | Grady Brown (D) | 61.0 | |
| HD-51 | Ralph W. Canty (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-52 | Robert J. Sheheen (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-53 | Anthony Harris (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-54 | Douglas Jennings Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-55 | Jackie Hayes (D) | 11.0 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-56 | Denny Neilson (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-57 | James A. Battle Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-58 | Liston D. Barfield (R) | 14.2 | |
| HD-59 | Mack T. Hines (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-60 | Woodrow M. McKay (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-61 | Harry R. Askins (D) | 24.8 | |
| HD-62 | Jesse Hines (D) | 47.1 | |
| HD-63 | Jim McGee (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-64 | C. Alex Harvin III (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-65 | Jay Lucas (R) | 0.5 | Flipped |
| HD-66 | Gilda Cobb-Hunter (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-67 | E. B. McLeod Jr. (D) | 2.8 | FlippedIncumbent lost |
| HD-68 | Thomas Woodrum (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-69 | John W. Riser (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-70 | Joseph H. Neal (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-71 | Richard M. Quinn Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-72 | James E. Smith Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-73 | Joe Brown (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-74 | Todd Rutherford (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-75 | James Harrison (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-76 | Leon Howard (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-77 | John L. Scott Jr. (D) | 41.6 | |
| HD-78 | Joel Lourie (D) | 13.0 | FlippedIncumbent lost |
| HD-79 | W. Johnny B. Cotty (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-80 | Jimmy Bales (D) | 2.1 | |
| HD-81 | Ruby Mason (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-82 | Bill Clyburn (D) | 19.7 | |
| HD-83 | Scott Beck (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-84 | James R. Smith (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-85 | Andre Bauer (R) | 66.7 | |
| HD-86 | Charles Sharpe (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-87 | Larry Koon (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-88 | John M. Knotts Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-89 | Margaret Gamble (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-90 | Thomas N. Rhoad (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-91 | Wilbur L. Cave (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-92 | Shirley Hinson (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-93 | Harry L. Ott Jr. (D) | 11.6 | FlippedIncumbent lost |
| HD-94 | Converse Chellis (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-95 | Jerry Govan (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-96 | Elsie Rast Stuart (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-97 | George Bailey (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-98 | Annette Youngbrickell (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-99 | Henry Brown (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-100 | James Law (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-101 | Kenneth Kennedy (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-102 | Amos L. Gourdine (D) | 37.9 | |
| HD-103 | Theodore T. Brown (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-104 | Tracy Edge (R) | 5.0 | |
| HD-105 | William David Witherspoon (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-106 | Thomas G. Keegan (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-107 | Mark Kelley (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-108 | Vida O. Miller (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-109 | David Mack III (D) | 54.1 | |
| HD-110 | Harry B. Limehouse III (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-111 | Floyd Breeland (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-112 | George Campsen III (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-113 | Mickey Whatley (R) | 7.0 | |
| HD-114 | Robert W. Harrell Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-115 | Lynn Seithel (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-116 | Curtis B. Inabinett (D) | 32.6 | |
| HD-117 | Tom Dantzler (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-118 | Jackson Seth Whipper (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-119 | John G. Altman III (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-120 | Bill Bowers (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-121 | Walter P. Lloyd (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-122 | Clementa A. Pinckney (D) | 27.7 | |
| HD-123 | Joanne Gilham (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-124 | Edie Rodgers (R) | 0.0 |
South Carolina House of Representatives
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