Election Name: | 1996 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina |
Country: | South Carolina |
Type: | legislative |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1994 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina |
Previous Year: | 1994 |
Next Election: | 1998 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina |
Next Year: | 1998 |
Seats For Election: | All 6 South Carolina seats to the United States House of Representatives |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Last Election1: | 4 |
Seats1: | 4 |
Popular Vote1: | 682,913 |
Percentage1: | 64.54% |
Swing1: | 0.91% |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Last Election2: | 2 |
Seats2: | 2 |
Popular Vote2: | 345,358 |
Percentage2: | 32.64% |
Swing2: | 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.
Incumbent Republican Congressman Mark Sanford of the 1st congressional district, in office since 1995, defeated Natural Law candidate Joseph F. Innella.
|-| | colspan=5 |Republican hold|-
Incumbent Republican Congressman Floyd Spence of the 2nd congressional district, in office since 1971, defeated Natural Law candidate Maurice T. Raiford.
|-| | colspan=5 |Republican hold|-
Incumbent Republican Congressman Lindsey Graham of the 3rd congressional district, in office since 1995, defeated Democratic challenger Debbie Dorn.
|-| | colspan=5 |Republican hold|-
Incumbent Republican Congresswoman Bob Inglis of the 4th congressional district, in office since 1993, defeated Democratic challenger Darrell E. Curry.
|-| | colspan=5 |Republican hold|-
Incumbent Democratic Congressman John M. Spratt, Jr. of the 5th congressional district, in office since 1983, defeated Republican challenger Larry Bigham.
|-| | colspan=5 |Democratic hold|-
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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Candidate | Votes | % |
50,933 | 87.8 | |
7,107 | 12.2 | |
Republican primary | ||
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Candidate | Votes | % |
Gary McLeod | 12,382 | 77.8 |
Delores Porcher-DeCosta | 3,530 | 22.2 |
|-| | colspan=5 |Democratic hold|-