United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1994

The 1994 South Carolina United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 8, 1994 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 August 9 and the runoff elections were held two weeks later on August 23. All four incumbents who ran were re-elected and the Republicans won both of the open seats in the 1st congressional district and the 3rd congressional district. The composition of the state delegation after the elections was four Republicans and two Democrats.

1st Congressional District

Incumbent Republican Congressman Arthur Ravenel, Jr. of the 1st congressional district, in office since 1987, chose to run for Governor instead of re-election. Mark Sanford, a real estate developer from Sullivan's Island, won the Republican primary and defeated Democrat Robert Barber in the general election.

Republican primary

General election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Jim Clyburn (incumbent)
votes = 88,635
percentage = 63.8
change = -1.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Gary McLeod
votes = 50,259
percentage = 36.2
change = +1.5Election box candidate
party = "No party"
candidate = Write-Ins
votes = 29
percentage = 0.0
change = 0.0Election box majority
votes = 38,376
percentage = 27.6
change = -3.0Election box turnout
votes = 138,923
percentage =
change =
colspan=5 |Democratic hold
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ee also

*United States House elections, 1994
*South Carolina gubernatorial election, 1994
*South Carolina's congressional districts

References

*cite book | last = State Election Commission | title = South Carolina Election Report 1994-1995 | year = 1995 | publisher = The Commission | location = Columbia, SC | pages = pp. 6, 10, 17-18, 22, 29-30