United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1998
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The 1998 South Carolina United States House of Representatives elections 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
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
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
4th Congressional District
Incumbent Republican Congresswoman 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 |
% |
±% |
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Republican |
Jim DeMint |
105,264 |
57.7 |
-13.2 |
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Democratic |
Glenn Reese |
73,314 |
40.2 |
+12.4 |
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Natural Law |
C. Faye Walters |
1,988 |
1.1 |
-0.2 |
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Reform |
Peter J. Ashy* |
1,754 |
0.9 |
+0.9 |
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No party |
Write-Ins |
230 |
0.1 |
+0.1 |
Majority |
31,950 |
17.5 |
-25.6 |
Turnout |
182,550 |
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Republican hold |
*Ashy also ran under the Patriot Party; 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
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
See also
External links
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