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2000Final results

2000 election for South Carolina House District 84

South Carolina House of Representatives · South Carolina

James R. Smith (R) won with 82.2% of the vote, defeating Lawrence Murphy (Ref) by 64.4 points.

James R. SmithRepublican · winner · incumbent
82.2%6,747
17.8%1,463
8,210 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

EvenD+0.71988D+22.31990D+25.31992R+34.01996R+28.12008R+28.92014

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