1992 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina
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The 1992 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina were held on November 6, 1992 to select six Representatives for two-year terms from the state of South Carolina. The primary elections for the Democrats and the Republicans were held on June 9. Four incumbents were re-elected, but incumbent Democrat Liz J. Patterson of the 4th congressional district was defeated for re-election by Republican Bob Inglis. The open seat in the 6th congressional district remained with the Democrats and the composition of the state delegation after the elections was even at three Republicans and three Democrats.
Incumbent Republican Congressman Arthur Ravenel, Jr. of the 1st congressional district, in office since 1987, defeated Democratic challenger Bill Oberst, Jr.
General election results[]
South Carolina's 1st congressional district election results, 1992
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Republican
Arthur Ravenel, Jr. (incumbent)
121,938
66.1
+0.6
Democratic
Bill Oberst, Jr.
59,908
32.5
-1.9
American
John R. Peeples
2,608
1.4
+1.4
No party
Write-Ins
95
0.0
-0.1
Majority
62,030
33.6
+2.5
Turnout
184,549
Republicanhold
2nd congressional district[]
Incumbent Republican Congressman Floyd Spence of the 2nd congressional district, in office since 1971, defeated Libertarian challenger Gebhard Sommer.
General election results[]
South Carolina's 2nd congressional district election results, 1992
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Republican
Floyd Spence (incumbent)
148,667
87.6
-1.3
Libertarian
Gebhard Sommer
20,816
12.3
+1.4
No party
Write-Ins
187
0.1
-0.1
Majority
127,851
75.3
-2.7
Turnout
169,670
Republicanhold
3rd congressional district[]
Incumbent Democratic Congressman Butler Derrick of the 3rd congressional district, in office since 1975, defeated Republican challenger Jim Bland.
General election results[]
South Carolina's 3rd congressional district election results, 1992
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Democratic
Butler Derrick (incumbent)
119,119
61.1
-1.0
Republican
Jim Bland
75,660
38.8
+1.0
No party
Write-Ins
85
0.1
0.0
Majority
43,459
22.3
-2.0
Turnout
194,864
Democratichold
4th congressional district[]
Incumbent Democratic Congresswoman Liz J. Patterson of the 4th congressional district, in office since 1987, was defeated for re-election by Republican challenger Bob Inglis.
Republican primary[]
Republican primary
Candidate
Votes
%
Bob Inglis
21,301
70.8
Bill McCuen
4,760
15.8
Jerry L. Fowler
4,029
13.4
General election results[]
South Carolina's 4th congressional district election results, 1992
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Republican
Bob Inglis
99,879
50.3
+11.9
Democratic
Liz J. Patterson (incumbent)
94,182
47.5
-13.9
Libertarian
Jo Jorgensen
4,286
2.2
+2.2
No party
Write-Ins
63
0.0
-0.2
Majority
5,697
2.8
-20.2
Turnout
198,410
Republicangain from Democratic
5th congressional district[]
Incumbent Democratic Congressman John M. Spratt, Jr. of the 5th congressional district, in office since 1983, defeated Republican challenger Bill Horne.
Republican primary[]
Republican primary
Candidate
Votes
%
Bill Horne
7,258
55.4
Earnest R. Archer
5,833
44.6
General election results[]
South Carolina's 5th congressional district election results, 1992
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Democratic
John M. Spratt, Jr. (incumbent)
112,031
61.2
-38.6
Republican
Bill Horne
70,866
38.7
+38.7
No party
Write-Ins
189
0.1
-0.1
Majority
41,165
22.5
-77.1
Turnout
183,086
Democratichold
6th congressional district[]
South Carolina's congressional districts were redrawn following the 1990 census. The Republicans joined forces with the black Democrats in the state legislature to form a black-majority district; this gave the substantial minority the chance to elect candidates they favored. It also made the other districts predominately majority white by a greater margin, and these conservative voters had been favoring Republicans for some time.
The boundaries of the 6th congressional district were shifted from its previous northeast position in the state to the central part of the state and defined to include many black majority counties, as well as black precincts of Charleston and Columbia. Incumbent Democratic Congressman Robin Tallon opted to retire rather than run in a district that he considered unfavorable to a white candidate. Jim Clyburn won the Democratic primary and defeated Republican John Chase in the general election to succeed Tallon in office.
Democratic primary[]
Democratic primary
Candidate
Votes
%
Jim Clyburn
41,415
56.1
Frank Gilbert
11,089
15.0
Ken Mosely
9,494
12.9
Herbert U. Fielding
9,130
12.4
John Roy Harper II
2,680
3.6
Republican primary[]
Republican primary
Candidate
Votes
%
John Chase
5,507
57.1
Delores DaCosta
2,452
25.5
Toney Graham, Jr.
1,678
17.4
General election results[]
South Carolina's 6th congressional district election results, 1992
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Democratic
Jim Clyburn
120,647
65.3
-34.3
Republican
John Chase
64,149
34.7
+34.7
No party
Write-Ins
75
0.0
-0.4
Majority
56,498
30.6
-68.6
Turnout
184,871
Democratichold
See also[]
United States House elections, 1992
United States Senate election in South Carolina, 1992