United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 2004

The 2004 South Carolina United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 2, 2004 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 8. 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 Henry E. Brown, Jr. of the 1st congressional district, in office since 2001, defeated Bob Batchelder in the Republican primary and Green Party candidate James E. Dunn in the general election.

Republican primary

General election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Bob Inglis
votes = 188,795
percentage = 69.8
change = +0.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Brandon P. Brown
votes = 78,376
percentage = 29.0
change = -0.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party (United States)
candidate = C. Faye Walters
votes = 3,273
percentage = 1.2
change = +1.2Election box candidate
party = "No party"
candidate = Write-Ins
votes = 150
percentage = 0.0
change = -0.1Election box majority
votes = 110,419
percentage = 40.8
change = +1.5Election box turnout
votes = 270,594
percentage =
change =
colspan=5 |Republican hold
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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 Albert F. Spencer.

General election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = John M. Spratt, Jr. (incumbent)
votes = 152,867
percentage = 63.0
change = -22.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Albert F. Spencer
votes = 89,568
percentage = 36.9
change = +36.9Election box candidate
party = "No party"
candidate = Write-Ins
votes = 83
percentage = 0.1
change = 0.0Election box majority
votes = 63,299
percentage = 26.1
change = -52.1Election box turnout
votes = 242,518
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.

Republican primary

General election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Jim Clyburn (incumbent)
votes = 161,987
percentage = 67.0
change = 0.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Gary McLeod*
votes = 79,600
percentage = 32.9
change = +0.9Election box candidate
party = "No party"
candidate = Write-Ins
votes = 242
percentage = 0.1
change = +0.1Election box majority
votes = 82,387
percentage = 34.1
change = -0.9Election box turnout
votes = 241,829
percentage =
change =
colspan=5 |Democratic hold
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colspan=6|*McLeod also ran under the Constitution Party; his totals are combined.
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ee also

*United States House of Representatives elections, 2004
*United States Senate election in South Carolina, 2004
*South Carolina's congressional districts

External links

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

ee also