Incumbents Hold Onto House Seats In Quiet Races
Incumbents won key South Carolina House seats amid a civil campaign. Don Smith 8429 beat Nathaniel Irvin 3282 in District 83. James Roland Smith 6741 defeated Larry Murphy 1461 in District 84. Charles Sharpe won 7288 over Dean Rawls 4140 and Victor Hart 311 in District 86. Perry, Clyburn unopposed in districts 81 and 82.
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Rep
Don Smith
North Augusta
Nathaniel Irvin
Mannner
Rev. Irvin
Smith
Irvin
James Roland Smith
Langley
Reform Party
Larry Murphy
Murphy
Charles Sharpe
R-Wagener
Sharpe
Dean Rawls
Victor W. Hart
Robert S
Skipper
Moore and Setzler hold Senate seats in incumbents sweep
Incumbents dominated local state senate contests as Tommy Moore defeated Robert Gossett 10 492 to 5 825 for District 25 while Nikki Setzler held District 26 against W Gary Prince 1 208 to 715 and Steve Lefemme 22. Greg Ryberg won the District 24 seat unopposed.
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Senate
Tommy Moore
Clearwater
Robert G. Gossett
District 25
Moore
Gossett
Robert Gossett
Nikki Setzler
West Columbia
W. Gary Prince
Constitution Party
Steve Lefem
Setzler
Senate Education Committee
Greg Ryberg
District 24
Aiken County Ballot Results Show No Upheaval in Races
Aiken County voters reelected Democrat LaVana McKenzie to District 3 as she defeated Republican Doug Greene 2 935 to 1 717. Clerk of Court Liz Godard won 29 266 to 20 644 over Republican Ed Wilson. Several other incumbents and unopposed officials secured new terms while write in Rick Osbon led all council members with 7 553 votes.
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Aiken
LaVana McKenzie
Greene
Liz Godard
Ed Wilson
Linda Garvin Sharpe
Sue Roe
Sue ‘Townsend
Barbara Morgan
Chuck Smith
Willar Hightower Jr
Rick ‘Osbon
South Carolina House delegation unchanged in election
Republicans held onto key seats as Lindsey Graham won the 3rd District with 68 percent and Floyd Spence captured the 2nd with 57 percent. Henry Brown took the 1st District with 60 percent, John Spratt won the 5th with 58 percent, and Jim Clyburn secured the 6th with 72 percent. DeMint ran unopposed in the 4th.
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Congress
Lindsey Graham
Floyd Spence
Jane Frederick
Spence
White House
al Gore
Henry Brown
South Carolina
Washington
U.S
Mark Sanford
Sanford
Brown
Andy Brack
Ernest “Fritz” Hollings
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M Bur
Scott Webster
Adam Bus
Scott Webs
Wilson
McKenzie
Godard
Mesne
Judith V. Warner
Cyrus Spradley
Carie Jackson
Beth Daily
LaWanda McKenzie
Ginny Lott
House
Clinton
George Brighthorp
Graham
House of Representatives
Seneca
Bill Clinton
Bush
Clinton Gore
Ets Report
GOP
Brack
Sth
John Spratt
Carl Gullick
York County Council
Spratt
Jim Clyburn
Vince Ellison
Clyburn
Republica US
Jit DeMint
Upstate
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