United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1998

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

Election box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Mark Sanford (incumbent)
votes = 118,414
percentage = 91.0
change = -5.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Natural Law Party (United States)
candidate = Joseph F. Innella
votes = 11,586
percentage = 8.9
change = +5.4Election box candidate
party = "No party"
candidate = Write-Ins
votes = 71
percentage = 0.1
change = 0.0Election box majority
votes = 106,828
percentage = 82.1
change = -10.8Election box turnout
votes = 130,071
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 Democratic challenger Jane Frederick.

General election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Floyd Spence (incumbent)
votes = 119,583
percentage = 57.8
change = -32.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Jane Frederick
votes = 84,864
percentage = 41.1
change = +41.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Natural Law Party (United States)
candidate = Maurice T. Raiford
votes = 2,276
percentage = 1.1
change = -8.9Election box candidate
party = "No party"
candidate = Write-Ins
votes = 40
percentage = 0.0
change = -0.2Election box majority
votes = 34,719
percentage = 16.7
change = -63.1Election box turnout
votes = 206,763
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, was unopposed in his bid for re-election.

General election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Lindsey Graham (incumbent)
votes = 129,047
percentage = 99.7
change = +39.4Election box candidate
party = "No party"
candidate = Write-Ins
votes = 402
percentage = 0.3
change = +0.3Election box majority
votes = 128,645
percentage = 99.4
change = +77.8Election box turnout
votes = 129,449
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, 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

General election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Jim DeMint
votes = 105,264
percentage = 57.7
change = -13.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Glenn Reese
votes = 73,314
percentage = 40.2
change = +12.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Natural Law Party (United States)
candidate = C. Faye Walters
votes = 1,988
percentage = 1.1
change = -0.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Reform Party (United States)
candidate = Peter J. Ashy*
votes = 1,754
percentage = 0.9
change = +0.9Election box candidate
party = "No party"
candidate = Write-Ins
votes = 230
percentage = 0.1
change = +0.1Election box majority
votes = 31,950
percentage = 17.5
change = -25.6Election box turnout
votes = 182,550
percentage =
change =
colspan=5 |Republican hold
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colspan=6|*Ashy also ran under the Patriot Party; his totals are combined.
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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 Mike Burkhold.

General election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = John M. Spratt, Jr. (incumbent)
votes = 95,105
percentage = 57.9
change = +3.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Mike Burkhold
votes = 66,299
percentage = 40.3
change = -5.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Natural Law Party (United States)
candidate = Dianne Nevins
votes = 2,760
percentage = 1.7
change = +1.1Election box candidate
party = "No party"
candidate = Write-Ins
votes = 103
percentage = 0.1
change = +0.1Election box majority
votes = 28,806
percentage = 17.6
change = +8.8Election box turnout
votes = 164,267
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 = 116,507
percentage = 72.6
change = +3.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Gary McLeod
votes = 41,421
percentage = 25.8
change = -4.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Natural Law Party (United States)
candidate = George C. Taylor
votes = 2,496
percentage = 1.5
change = +0.9Election box candidate
party = "No party"
candidate = Write-Ins
votes = 152
percentage = 0.1
change = +0.1Election box majority
votes = 75,086
percentage = 46.8
change = +7.6Election box turnout
votes = 160,576
percentage =
change =
colspan=5 |Democratic hold
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ee 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

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