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2012Final results

2012 election for South Carolina House District 2

South Carolina House of Representatives · South Carolina

Bill Sandifer (R) won with 73.3% of the vote, defeating Ed Rumsey (Ind) by 46.9 points.

Bill SandiferRepublican · winner · incumbent
73.3%10,491
Ed RumseyIndependent
26.4%3,777
14,319 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 2012

Races before and after

EvenR+20.91992R+20.01994R+30.41998R+26.42002R+28.32018R+33.22026

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