South Carolina House of Representatives seat · former district
South Carolina House District RICHLAND
3 elections since 1968: Democrats won 2, Republicans 0.
1972 election
Nov 7, 1972- Mike Ebert (R) · won5.1%
- John H. Lafitte Jr. (R) · won5.0%
- Alex Sanders (D) · won · incumbent4.9%
- Weston Adams (R) · won4.9%
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
Every election for this seat
3 races since 1968. District numbers are redrawn after each census: each group is one set of lines.
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Won by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lines first used in 1972 | |||
| 1972 | Mike Ebert · John H. Lafitte Jr. · Alex Sanders · Weston Adams · Jewel Baskin · L. Roger Kirk Jr. · William T. Sanders · Frank L. Taylor Jr. · Robert H. Burnside · Weems Baskin III · Robert E. Kneece (REP) | Bernard Manning (R) | 0.0 |
| Lines first used in 1962 | |||
| 1970 | T. Travis Medlock · Isadore Lourie · Alex Sanders · C. Lem Harper · Robert E. Kneece · Henry Yonce · Edmond Grant · Troy Hyatt · James Felder · I. S. Leevy Johnson (D) | J. C. Judy Jr. (R) | 0.1 |
| 1968 | Heyward Belser · T. Travis Medlock · Isadore Lourie · C. Lem Harper · Robert E. Kneece · G. Raymond McElveen · Henry Yonce · Alex Sanders · Edmond Grant · Troy Hyatt (D) | John H. Lafitte Jr. (R) | 0.6 |
Won by: the winner's lead over the runner-up, in points of the vote. Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)