1996 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina

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1996 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina
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  1994 November 5, 1996 (1996-11-05) 1998  

All 6 South Carolina seats to the United States House of Representatives
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Last election42
Seats won42
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svg
Popular vote682,913345,358
Percentage64.54%32.64%
SwingIncrease2.svg 0.91%Decrease2.svg 3.44%

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The 1996 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina 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.

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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, 1996
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Mark Sanford (incumbent)138,46796.4+30.1
Natural Law Joseph F. Innella5,1053.5+3.5
No party Write-Ins 1210.1+0.1
Majority 133,36292.9+59.0
Turnout 143,693
Republican hold

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

South Carolina's 2nd congressional district election results, 1996
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Floyd Spence (incumbent)158,22989.8−10.0
Natural Law Maurice T. Raiford17,71310.0+10.0
No party Write-Ins 3470.20.0
Majority 140,51679.8−19.8
Turnout 176,289
Republican hold

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

South Carolina's 3rd congressional district election results, 1996
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Lindsey Graham (incumbent)114,27360.3+0.2
Democratic Debbie Dorn73,41738.7−1.2
Natural Law Lindal Pennington1,8351.0+1.0
No party Write-Ins 50.00.0
Majority 40,85621.6+1.4
Turnout 189,530
Republican hold

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

South Carolina's 4th congressional district election results, 1996
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Bob Inglis (incumbent)138,16570.9−2.6
Democratic Darrell E. Curry54,12627.8+1.4
Natural Law C. Faye Walters2,5011.3+1.3
No party Write-Ins 200.0−0.1
Majority 84,03943.1−4.0
Turnout 194,812
Republican hold

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

South Carolina's 5th congressional district election results, 1996
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic John M. Spratt, Jr. (incumbent)97,33554.1+2.0
Republican Larry Bigham81,45545.3−2.5
Natural Law P.G. Joshi1,1590.6+0.6
No party Write-Ins 220.0−0.1
Majority 15,8808.8+4.5
Turnout 179,971
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
CandidateVotes%
Jim Clyburn 50,933 87.8
Ben Frasier 7,107 12.2

Republican primary

Republican primary
CandidateVotes%
Gary McLeod 12,382 77.8
Delores Porcher-DeCosta 3,530 22.2

General election results

South Carolina's 6th congressional district election results, 1996
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Jim Clyburn (incumbent)120,48069.3+5.5
Republican Gary McLeod52,32430.1−6.1
Natural Law Savitap Joshi9480.6+0.6
No party Write-Ins 260.00.0
Majority 68,15639.2+11.6
Turnout 173,778
Democratic hold

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