RepublicanNot in office · last served 2002Last on a ballot: Nov 2000

Floyd Spence

Floyd Spence ran in 14 elections between 1968 and 2000, winning 14. Served in the South Carolina State Senate (District 7) and the U.S. House (SC-2).

Career

Offices held, and every time Spence was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

1968197219761980198419881992199620002004200820122016202020242028South Carolina State Senate, District 7 U.S. House, SC-2Out of office

Margin: how far Spence finished ahead of (+) or behind (−) the runner-up.

Year	Office	Stage	Result	Opponents	Share	Margin	Raised
2000	U.S. House, SC-2	General	Won	Jane Frederick (D), Timothy Moultrie (L), George C. Taylor (NLP)	57%	R+16.1	$621.7K
1998	U.S. House, SC-2	General	Won	Jane Srederick (D), Maurice T. Raiford (NLP)	57.8%	R+16.8	$429.4K
1996	U.S. House, SC-2	General	Won	Maurice T. Raiford (NLP)	89.9%	R+79.9	$340.5K
1994	U.S. House, SC-2	General	Won	Unopposed	99.8%	—	$179.4K
1992	U.S. House, SC-2	General	Won	Geb Sommer (L)	87.6%	R+75.4	$169K
1990	U.S. House, SC-2	General	Won	Geb Sommer (L)	88.7%	R+77.8	$189K
1988	U.S. House, SC-2	General	Won	Jim Leventis (D), Geb Sommer (L)	52.8%	R+6.1	$363.2K
1986	U.S. House, SC-2	General	Won	Fred Zeigler (D)	53.6%	R+7.2	$277.5K
1984	U.S. House, SC-2	General	Won	Ken Mosely (D), Cynthia E. Sullivan (L)	62.1%	R+25.4	$264.3K
1982	U.S. House, SC-2	General	Won	Ken Mosely (D)	58.5%	R+17.0	$190.8K
1980	U.S. House, SC-2	General	Won	Tom Turnipseed (D)	55.7%	R+11.4	$274.3K
1978	U.S. House, SC-2	General	Won	Jack Solomon Bass (D)	57.5%	R+14.9	—
1976	U.S. House, SC-2	General	Won	Clyde Burns Livingston (D), John O'Neal (I)	57.5%	R+15.7	—
1968	South Carolina State Senate, District 7	General	Won	Michael Laughlin (D), Gilbert E. McMillan (R), William A. Reel (D)	18.3%	R+0.6	—