2008 general · November 4, 2008
2008 South Carolina House of Representatives election results, district by district
Every South Carolina House of Representatives district in the 2008 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Republicans controlled the chamber · 124 seats
After the electionD 53 · R 71
Races124
Changed party2
Unopposed69%85 races
Incumbents defeated1
Every district
D 53 · R 71
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| HD-1 | Bill Whitmire (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-2 | Bill Sandifer (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-3 | Billy R. Skelton (R) | 27.8 | |
| HD-4 | Davey Hiott (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-5 | Phil Owens (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-6 | Brian White (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-7 | Mike Gambrell (R) | 40.6 | |
| HD-8 | Don Bowen (R) | 6.7 | |
| HD-9 | Michael D. Thompson (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-10 | Dan Cooper (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-11 | Paul L. Agnew (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-12 | Anne Parks (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-13 | Gene Pinson (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-14 | Mike Pitts (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-15 | Jeff Duncan (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-16 | Mark Willis (R) | 6.3 | |
| HD-17 | Harry Cato (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-18 | Tommy Stringer (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-19 | Dwight A. Loftis (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-20 | Dan Hamilton (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-21 | Bill Wylie (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-22 | Wendy Nanney (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-23 | Chandra Dillard (D) | 52.4 | |
| HD-24 | Bruce Bannister (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-25 | Karl Allen (D) | 53.6 | |
| HD-26 | Rex Rice (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-27 | Garry R. Smith (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-28 | Eric M. Bedingfield (R) | 21.3 | |
| HD-29 | Dennis Moss (D) | 6.7 | |
| HD-30 | Olin R. Phillips (D) | 9.4 | |
| HD-31 | Harold Mitchell Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-32 | Joseph D. Cole Jr. (R) | 8.9 | |
| HD-33 | Lanny Littlejohn (R) | 39.0 | |
| HD-34 | Mike Forrester (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-35 | Keith Kelly (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-36 | Rita Allison (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-37 | Steve Parker (R) | 16.3 | |
| HD-38 | Joey Millwood (R) | 36.6 | |
| HD-39 | Marion B. Frye (R) | 29.4 | |
| HD-40 | Walt McLeod (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-41 | Boyd Brown (D) | 60.3 | |
| HD-42 | Mike Anthony (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-43 | Francis G. Delleney Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-44 | James M. Neal (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-45 | Deborah Long (R) | 13.5 | |
| HD-46 | J. Gary Simrill (R) | 29.7 | |
| HD-47 | Herbert Kirsh (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-48 | Carl L. Gullick (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-49 | John King (D) | 35.8 | |
| HD-50 | Grady Brown (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-51 | David Weeks (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-52 | Laurie Slade Funderburk (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-53 | Ted Martin Vick (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-54 | Douglas Jennings Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-55 | Jackie Hayes (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-56 | Denny Neilson (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-57 | James A. Battle Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-58 | Liston D. Barfield (R) | 16.3 | |
| HD-59 | Terry Alexander (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-60 | Phillip Lowe (R) | 15.9 | |
| HD-61 | Lester Branham Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-62 | Robert Williams (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-63 | Kris Crawford (R) | 31.5 | |
| HD-64 | Cathy Harvin (D) | 50.9 | |
| HD-65 | Jay Lucas (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-66 | Gilda Cobb-Hunter (D) | 53.1 | |
| HD-67 | Murrell Smith (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-68 | Thad Viers (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-69 | Edward H. Pitts Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-70 | Joseph H. Neal (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-71 | Nathan Ballentine (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-72 | James E. Smith Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-73 | Chris Hart (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-74 | Todd Rutherford (D) | 81.9 | |
| HD-75 | James Harrison (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-76 | Leon Howard (D) | 81.1 | |
| HD-77 | Joe McEachern (D) | 40.4 | |
| HD-78 | Joan Brady (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-79 | Anton Gunn (D) | 8.0 | Flipped |
| HD-80 | Jimmy Bales (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-81 | Tom Young (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-82 | Bill Clyburn (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-83 | Don Smith (R) | 43.2 | |
| HD-84 | James R. Smith (R) | 28.1 | |
| HD-85 | Colonel C. Huggins Jr. (R) | 38.9 | |
| HD-86 | Jim Stewart (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-87 | Nikki R. Haley (R) | 66.4 | |
| HD-88 | Mac Toole (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-89 | Kenny Bingham (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-90 | Bakari Sellers (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-91 | Lonnie Hosey (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-92 | Joe Daning (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-93 | Harry L. Ott Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-94 | Jenny Horne (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-95 | Jerry Govan (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-96 | Kit Spires (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-97 | Patsy G. Knight (D) | 8.5 | |
| HD-98 | Annette Youngbrickell (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-99 | Jim Merrill (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-100 | C. David Umphlett Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-101 | Kenneth Kennedy (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-102 | Joe Jefferson (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-103 | Carl Anderson (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-104 | Tracy Edge (R) | 63.2 | |
| HD-105 | George M. Hearn (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-106 | Nelson Hardwick (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-107 | Alan Clemmons (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-108 | Vida O. Miller (D) | 6.2 | |
| HD-109 | David Mack III (D) | 56.9 | |
| HD-110 | Harry B. Limehouse III (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-111 | Wendell Gilliard (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-112 | Mike Sottile (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-113 | Jackson Seth Whipper (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-114 | Robert W. Harrell Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-115 | Anne Peterson Hutto (D) | 1.2 | FlippedIncumbent lost |
| HD-116 | Robert Brown (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-117 | Tim Scott (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-118 | Bill Herbkersman (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-119 | Leon Stavrinakis (D) | 18.0 | |
| HD-120 | Bill Bowers (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-121 | Kenneth F. Hodges (D) | 42.2 | |
| HD-122 | Curtis Brantley (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-123 | Richard Chalk (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-124 | Shannon Erickson (R) | 16.2 |
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