United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1996

The 1996 South Carolina United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 5, 1996 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 11. All six incumbents were re-elected and 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

Election box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Mark Sanford (incumbent)
votes = 138,467
percentage = 96.4
change = +30.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Natural Law Party (United States)
candidate = Joseph F. Innella
votes = 5,105
percentage = 3.5
change = +3.5Election box candidate
party = "No party"
candidate = Write-Ins
votes = 121
percentage = 0.1
change = +0.1Election box majority
votes = 133,362
percentage = 92.9
change = +59.0Election box turnout
votes = 143,693
percentage =
change =
colspan=5 |Republican hold
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2nd Congressional District

Incumbent Republican Congressman Floyd Spence of the 2nd congressional district, in office since 1971, defeated Natural Law candidate Maurice T. Raiford.

General election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Floyd Spence (incumbent)
votes = 158,229
percentage = 89.8
change = -10.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Natural Law Party (United States)
candidate = Maurice T. Raiford
votes = 17,713
percentage = 10.0
change = +10.0Election box candidate
party = "No party"
candidate = Write-Ins
votes = 347
percentage = 0.2
change = 0.0Election box majority
votes = 140,516
percentage = 79.8
change = -19.8Election box turnout
votes = 176,289
percentage =
change =
colspan=5 |Republican hold
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3rd Congressional District

Incumbent Republican Congressman Lindsey Graham of the 3rd congressional district, in office since 1995, defeated Democratic challenger Debbie Dorn.

General election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Lindsey Graham (incumbent)
votes = 114,273
percentage = 60.3
change = +0.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Debbie Dorn
votes = 73,417
percentage = 38.7
change = -1.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Natural Law Party (United States)
candidate = Lindal Pennington
votes = 1,835
percentage = 1.0
change = +1.0Election box candidate
party = "No party"
candidate = Write-Ins
votes = 5
percentage = 0.0
change = 0.0Election box majority
votes = 40,856
percentage = 21.6
change = +1.4Election box turnout
votes = 189,530
percentage =
change =
colspan=5 |Republican hold
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4th Congressional District

Incumbent Republican Congresswoman Bob Inglis of the 4th congressional district, in office since 1993, defeated Democratic challenger Darrell E. Curry.

General election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Bob Inglis (incumbent)
votes = 138,165
percentage = 70.9
change = -2.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Darrell E. Curry
votes = 54,126
percentage = 27.8
change = +1.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Natural Law Party (United States)
candidate = C. Faye Walters
votes = 2,501
percentage = 1.3
change = +1.3Election box candidate
party = "No party"
candidate = Write-Ins
votes = 20
percentage = 0.0
change = -0.1Election box majority
votes = 84,039
percentage = 43.1
change = -4.0Election box turnout
votes = 194,812
percentage =
change =
colspan=5 |Republican hold
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5th Congressional District

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

General election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = John M. Spratt, Jr. (incumbent)
votes = 97,335
percentage = 54.1
change = +2.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Larry Bigham
votes = 81,455
percentage = 45.3
change = -2.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Natural Law Party (United States)
candidate = P.G. Joshi
votes = 1,159
percentage = 0.6
change = +0.6Election box candidate
party = "No party"
candidate = Write-Ins
votes = 22
percentage = 0.0
change = -0.1Election box majority
votes = 15,880
percentage = 8.8
change = +4.5Election box turnout
votes = 179,971
percentage =
change =
colspan=5 |Democratic hold
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6th Congressional District

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

Democratic primary

Republican primary

General election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Jim Clyburn (incumbent)
votes = 120,480
percentage = 69.3
change = +5.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Gary McLeod
votes = 52,324
percentage = 30.1
change = -6.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Natural Law Party (United States)
candidate = Savitap Joshi
votes = 948
percentage = 0.6
change = +0.6Election box candidate
party = "No party"
candidate = Write-Ins
votes = 26
percentage = 0.0
change = 0.0Election box majority
votes = 68,156
percentage = 39.2
change = +11.6Election box turnout
votes = 173,778
percentage =
change =
colspan=5 |Democratic hold
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ee also

*United States House elections, 1996
*United States Senate election in South Carolina, 1996
*South Carolina's congressional districts

External links

* [http://www.scvotes.org/statistics/election_returns South Carolina Election Returns]