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2012Final results

2012 election for South Carolina House District 8

South Carolina House of Representatives · South Carolina

Don Bowen (R) won with 52.8% of the vote, defeating Ted W. Luckadoo (Ind) by 5.8 points.

Don BowenRepublican · winner · incumbent
52.8%6,852
Ted W. LuckadooIndependent
47.0%6,104
12,987 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+26.41998R+13.02000R+6.72008R+11.32010R+36.72016R+48.52022

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