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2012Final results

2012 election for South Carolina House District 81

South Carolina House of Representatives · South Carolina

Don Wells (R) won with 65.0% of the vote, defeating Jane Vaughters (Ind) by 30.4 points.

Don WellsRepublican · winner
65.0%11,455
Jane VaughtersIndependent
34.7%6,102
17,610 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

EvenD+8.31988D+11.21992R+8.21994R+25.92018R+36.22024R+20.52026

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