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1998 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina

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election_name	1998 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina
country	South Carolina
type	legislative
ongoing	no
previous_election	1996 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina
previous_year	1996
next_election	2000 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina
next_year	2000
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	580,028
percentage1	59.61%
swing1	4.93
party2	Democratic Party (United States)
last_election2	2
seats2	2
seat_change2
popular_vote2	369,790
percentage2	38.00%
swing2	5.36
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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:1998 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina results map by vote share.svg|261px]]|District results |[[File:1998 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina by county.svg|261px]]|County results Republican Democratic Winners The 1998 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina were held on November 3, 1998, 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 9 and the runoff elections were held two weeks later on June 23. 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 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 Democratic challenger Jane Frederick.

General election results

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3rd congressional district

Incumbent Republican Congressman Lindsey Graham of the 3rd congressional district, in office since 1995, was unopposed in his bid for re-election.

General election results

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4th congressional district

Incumbent Republican Congressman Bob Inglis of the 4th congressional district, in office since 1993, chose to run for Senator instead of re-election. Jim DeMint won the Republican primary and defeated Democrat Glenn Reese in the general election.

Democratic primary

Democratic primary	Candidate	Votes
Glenn Reese	4,882	53.0
Bill McCuen	3,419	37.2
Launeil Neil Sanders	902	9.8

Republican primary

Republican primary	Candidate	Votes
Mike Fair	12,924	32.4
Jim DeMint	9,300	23.3
Howell Clyborne	8,601	21.6
Jim Ritchie	7,788	19.6
Franklin D. Raddish	1,232	3.1

Republican primary runoff	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Jim DeMint	18,445	52.9	+29.6
Mike Fair	16,413	47.1	+14.7

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 Mike Burkhold.

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	32,652	83.1
Mike Wilson	6,655	16.9

Republican primary

Republican primary	Candidate	Votes	%
Gary McLeod	4,733	63.3
Vince Ellison	2,744	36.7

General election results

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