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1996 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina

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Field	Value
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
election_date
party1	Republican Party (United States)
last_election1	4
seats1	4
seat_change1
popular_vote1	682,913
percentage1	64.54%
swing1	0.91%
party2	Democratic Party (United States)
last_election2	2
seats2	2
seat_change2
popular_vote2	345,358
percentage2	32.64%
swing2	3.44%
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|[[File:1996–2000 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina results map by winner.svg|261px]]|Party gains |[[File:1996 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina results map by vote share.svg|261px]]|District results |[[File:1996 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina by county.svg|261px]]|County results Republican Democratic Winners 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

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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2nd congressional district

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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3rd congressional district

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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4th congressional district

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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5th congressional district

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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6th congressional district

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

Democratic primary

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

Republican primary

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

General election results

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