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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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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 Steady Steady
Popular vote 682,913 345,358
Percentage 64.54% 32.64%
Swing Increase 0.91% Decrease 3.44%

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.

1st congressional district

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

General election results

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South Carolina's 1st congressional district election results, 1996
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Mark Sanford (incumbent) 138,467 96.4 +30.1
Natural Law Joseph F. Innella 5,105 3.5 +3.5
No party Write-Ins 121 0.1 +0.1
Majority 133,362 92.9 +59.0
Turnout 143,693
Republican hold

2nd congressional district

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

General election results

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South Carolina's 2nd congressional district election results, 1996
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Floyd Spence (incumbent) 158,229 89.8 −10.0
Natural Law Maurice T. Raiford 17,713 10.0 +10.0
No party Write-Ins 347 0.2 0.0
Majority 140,516 79.8 −19.8
Turnout 176,289
Republican hold

3rd congressional district

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

General election results

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South Carolina's 3rd congressional district election results, 1996
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Lindsey Graham (incumbent) 114,273 60.3 +0.2
Democratic Debbie Dorn 73,417 38.7 −1.2
Natural Law Lindal Pennington 1,835 1.0 +1.0
No party Write-Ins 5 0.0 0.0
Majority 40,856 21.6 +1.4
Turnout 189,530
Republican hold

4th congressional district

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

General election results

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South Carolina's 4th congressional district election results, 1996
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Bob Inglis (incumbent) 138,165 70.9 −2.6
Democratic Darrell E. Curry 54,126 27.8 +1.4
Natural Law C. Faye Walters 2,501 1.3 +1.3
No party Write-Ins 20 0.0 −0.1
Majority 84,039 43.1 −4.0
Turnout 194,812
Republican hold

5th congressional district

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

General election results

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South Carolina's 5th congressional district election results, 1996
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic John M. Spratt, Jr. (incumbent) 97,335 54.1 +2.0
Republican Larry Bigham 81,455 45.3 −2.5
Natural Law P.G. Joshi 1,159 0.6 +0.6
No party Write-Ins 22 0.0 −0.1
Majority 15,880 8.8 +4.5
Turnout 179,971
Democratic hold

6th congressional district

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

Democratic primary

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Democratic primary
Candidate Votes %
Jim Clyburn 50,933 87.8
Ben Frasier 7,107 12.2

Republican primary

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

General election results

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South Carolina's 6th congressional district election results, 1996
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Jim Clyburn (incumbent) 120,480 69.3 +5.5
Republican Gary McLeod 52,324 30.1 −6.1
Natural Law Savitap Joshi 948 0.6 +0.6
No party Write-Ins 26 0.0 0.0
Majority 68,156 39.2 +11.6
Turnout 173,778
Democratic hold

See also

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