1998 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina

1998 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina

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All 6 South Carolina seats to the United States House of Representatives
Majority party Minority party   Party Republican Democratic Last election 4 2 Seats won 4 2 Seat change Popular vote 580,028 369,790 Percentage 59.61% 38.00% Swing 4.93 5.36

Elections in South Carolina
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The 1998 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina were held on November 3, 1998, 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 and the runoff elections were held two weeks later on June 23. All five incumbents who ran were re-elected and the open seat in the 4th congressional district was retained by the Republicans. The composition of the state delegation remained four Republicans and two Democrats.

1st congressional district[]

Incumbent Republican Congressman Mark Sanford of the 1st congressional district, in office since 1995, defeated Natural Law candidate Joseph F. Innella.

General election results[]

South Carolina's 1st congressional district election results, 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mark Sanford (incumbent)	118,414	91.0	-5.4
	Natural Law	Joseph F. Innella	11,586	8.9	+5.4
	No party	Write-Ins	71	0.1	0.0
Majority			106,828	82.1	-10.8
Turnout			130,071
	Republican hold

2nd congressional district[]

Incumbent Republican Congressman Floyd Spence of the 2nd congressional district, in office since 1971, defeated Democratic challenger Jane Frederick.

General election results[]

South Carolina's 2nd congressional district election results, 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Floyd Spence (incumbent)	119,583	57.8	-32.0
	Democratic	Jane Frederick	84,864	41.1	+41.1
	Natural Law	Maurice T. Raiford	2,276	1.1	-8.9
	No party	Write-Ins	40	0.0	-0.2
Majority			34,719	16.7	-63.1
Turnout			206,763
	Republican hold

3rd congressional district[]

Incumbent Republican Congressman Lindsey Graham of the 3rd congressional district, in office since 1995, was unopposed in his bid for re-election.

General election results[]

South Carolina's 3rd congressional district election results, 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Lindsey Graham (incumbent)	129,047	99.7	+39.4
	No party	Write-Ins	402	0.3	+0.3
Majority			128,645	99.4	+77.8
Turnout			129,449
	Republican hold

4th congressional district[]

Incumbent Republican Congressman Bob Inglis of the 4th congressional district, in office since 1993, chose to run for Senator instead of re-election. Jim DeMint won the Republican primary and defeated Democrat Glenn Reese in the general election.

Democratic primary[]

Democratic primary
Candidate	Votes	%
Glenn Reese	4,882	53.0
Bill McCuen	3,419	37.2
Launeil Neil Sanders	902	9.8

Republican primary[]

Republican primary
Candidate	Votes	%
Mike Fair	12,924	32.4
Jim DeMint	9,300	23.3
Howell Clyborne	8,601	21.6
Jim Ritchie	7,788	19.6
Franklin D. Raddish	1,232	3.1

Republican primary runoff
Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Jim DeMint	18,445	52.9	+29.6
Mike Fair	16,413	47.1	+14.7

General election results[]

South Carolina's 4th congressional district election results, 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Jim DeMint	105,264	57.7	-13.2
	Democratic	Glenn Reese	73,314	40.2	+12.4
	Natural Law	C. Faye Walters	1,988	1.1	-0.2
	Reform	Peter J. Ashy*	1,754	0.9	+0.9
	No party	Write-Ins	230	0.1	+0.1
Majority			31,950	17.5	-25.6
Turnout			182,550
	Republican hold
*Ashy also ran under the ; his totals are combined.

5th congressional district[]

Incumbent Democratic Congressman John M. Spratt, Jr. of the 5th congressional district, in office since 1983, defeated Republican challenger Mike Burkhold.

General election results[]

South Carolina's 5th congressional district election results, 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	John M. Spratt, Jr. (incumbent)	95,105	57.9	+3.8
	Republican	Mike Burkhold	66,299	40.3	-5.0
	Natural Law	Dianne Nevins	2,760	1.7	+1.1
	No party	Write-Ins	103	0.1	+0.1
Majority			28,806	17.6	+8.8
Turnout			164,267
	Democratic hold

6th congressional district[]

Incumbent Democratic Congressman Jim Clyburn of the 6th congressional district, in office since 1993, defeated Republican challenger Gary McLeod.

Democratic primary[]

Democratic primary
Candidate	Votes	%
Jim Clyburn	32,652	83.1
Mike Wilson	6,655	16.9

Republican primary[]

Republican primary
Candidate	Votes	%
Gary McLeod	4,733	63.3
Vince Ellison	2,744	36.7

General election results[]

South Carolina's 6th congressional district election results, 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Jim Clyburn (incumbent)	116,507	72.6	+3.3
	Republican	Gary McLeod	41,421	25.8	-4.3
	Natural Law	George C. Taylor	2,496	1.5	+0.9
	No party	Write-Ins	152	0.1	+0.1
Majority			75,086	46.8	+7.6
Turnout			160,576
	Democratic hold

See also[]

• United States House elections, 1998
• United States Senate election in South Carolina, 1998
• South Carolina gubernatorial election, 1998
• South Carolina's congressional districts

External links[]

• South Carolina Election Returns