RepublicanNot in office · last served 1996Last on a ballot: Nov 2016
Jennings G. McAbee Sr.
Last held office: South Carolina House of Representatives, District 12 (1982–1996). Ran in 15 elections between 1974 and 2016, winning 10.
Last office: South Carolina House of Representatives, District 12
- Last margin
- −16.7
- Lost 2016
- Elections
- 15
- 1974–2016
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records
Career
Offices held, and every time McAbee was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.
19761980198419881992199620002004200820122016202020242028South Carolina House of Representatives, District 12South Carolina House of Representatives, District 12
Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Every race McAbee has run
Margin: how far McAbee finished ahead of (+) or behind (−) the runner-up.
| Year | Office | Stage | Result | Opponents | Share | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | South Carolina House of Representatives, District 12 | General | Lost | Anne Parks (D) | 41.6% | D+16.7 |
| 2012 | South Carolina State Senate, District 10 | General | Lost | Floyd Nicholson (D) | 46.4% | D+7.1 |
| 2010 | South Carolina House of Representatives, District 12 | General | Lost | Anne Parks (D) | 46.7% | D+6.5 |
| 2004 | South Carolina House of Representatives, District 12 | General | Lost | Anne Parks (D) | 43.5% | D+12.9 |
| 1998 | South Carolina House of Representatives, District 12 | General | Lost | Anne Parks (D) | 47% | D+6.0 |
| 1994 | South Carolina House of Representatives, District 12 | General | Won | Willie N. Norman Jr. (D) | 52.3% | R+4.6 |
| 1992 | South Carolina House of Representatives, District 12 | General | Won | John Patrick Moody (R) | 54.2% | R+8.4 |
| 1990 | South Carolina House of Representatives, District 12 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 1988 | South Carolina House of Representatives, District 12 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 1986 | South Carolina House of Representatives, District 12 | General | Won | Unopposed | 99.9% | — |
| 1984 | South Carolina House of Representatives, District 12 | General | Won | Unopposed | 99.9% | — |
| 1982 | South Carolina House of Representatives, District 12 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 1978 | South Carolina House of Representatives, District 12 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 1976 | South Carolina House of Representatives, District 12 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 1974 | South Carolina House of Representatives, District 12 | General | Won | Frances E. Grier (R) | 74.5% | R+49.1 |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats McAbee has held
- South Carolina House of Representatives, District 12 · 1982–1996
- South Carolina House of Representatives, District 12 · 1974–1980
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who McAbee has run against
- Anne Parks (D) · 2016 election, lost
- Floyd Nicholson (D) · 2012 election, lost
- Willie N. Norman Jr. (D) · 1994 election, won
- John Patrick Moody (R) · 1992 election, won
- Frances E. Grier (R) · 1974 election, won
Source: 99chambers results archive