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1998Final results

1998 election for South Carolina House District 122

South Carolina House of Representatives · South Carolina

Clementa A. Pinckney (D) won with 63.9% of the vote, defeating Rick Ellison (R) by 27.7 points.

Clementa A. PinckneyDemocrat · winner · incumbent
63.9%5,941
Rick EllisonRepublican
36.1%3,362
9,303 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 1998

Races before and after

EvenD+27.71998D+10.42000D+14.02020R+7.92022R+7.22024D+4.22026

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET