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2000Final results

2000 election for South Carolina House District 80

South Carolina House of Representatives · South Carolina

Jimmy Bales (D) won with 64.7% of the vote, defeating Ken Steiner (R) by 29.4 points.

Jimmy BalesDemocrat · winner · incumbent
64.7%5,974
Ken SteinerRepublican
35.3%3,256
9,230 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 2000

Races before and after

EvenR+24.81986D+11.31992D+2.11998D+29.42000D+39.22006D+21.02020

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