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Election 1998 Results

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1998 South Carolina governor election

James H. Hodges (Democrat) beat David Beasley (Republican) in South Carolina in 1998, 53.2% to 45.2%, a margin of 8.0 points and 85,982 votes.

South Carolina changed party: in 1994 it went Republican, for David Beasley.

Democrats led in 36 of the 46 counties and Republicans in 10. The largest, Greenville, cast 109,847 votes and went to the Republican by 12.0 points. The closest was Cherokee, where 124 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
James H. Hodges won Democratic 570,070 53.2%
David Beasley Republican 484,088 45.2%
All other candidates 16,711 1.6%
Total1,070,869

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Greenville 47,410 43.2% 60,615 55.2% 1,822 109,847 R+12.0
Richland 56,285 63.3% 31,145 35.0% 1,522 88,952 D+28.3
Charleston 52,441 60.5% 32,659 37.7% 1,625 86,725 D+22.8
Lexington 28,186 43.7% 34,947 54.1% 1,412 64,545 R+10.5
Spartanburg 30,531 47.4% 32,648 50.6% 1,300 64,479 R+3.3
Horry 26,050 51.2% 24,047 47.3% 741 50,838 D+3.9
Anderson 21,299 48.1% 22,200 50.2% 767 44,266 R+2.0
York 17,037 45.8% 19,780 53.1% 412 37,229 R+7.4
Aiken 13,779 39.2% 20,871 59.3% 542 35,192 R+20.2
Florence 16,580 50.3% 16,050 48.7% 340 32,970 D+1.6
Beaufort 14,598 45.6% 17,064 53.3% 353 32,015 R+7.7
Berkeley 17,983 59.4% 11,664 38.5% 643 30,290 D+20.9
Orangeburg 20,913 72.0% 7,895 27.2% 243 29,051 D+44.8
Sumter 15,164 59.1% 10,233 39.9% 244 25,641 D+19.2
Pickens 9,808 38.8% 15,108 59.8% 369 25,285 R+21.0
Dorchester 13,589 55.3% 10,500 42.7% 473 24,562 D+12.6
Oconee 8,278 44.2% 10,144 54.1% 314 18,736 R+10.0
Darlington 8,632 50.1% 8,434 49.0% 156 17,222 D+1.1
Laurens 8,692 52.6% 7,591 46.0% 232 16,515 D+6.7
Kershaw 8,017 50.4% 7,454 46.9% 439 15,910 D+3.5
Georgetown 9,539 60.1% 6,221 39.2% 110 15,870 D+20.9
Lancaster 9,460 59.7% 6,250 39.5% 130 15,840 D+20.3
Greenwood 8,310 52.5% 7,343 46.4% 166 15,819 D+6.1
Cherokee 6,271 48.8% 6,395 49.7% 194 12,860 R+1.0
Williamsburg 7,782 71.4% 3,011 27.6% 102 10,895 D+43.8
Clarendon 6,973 67.2% 3,323 32.0% 81 10,377 D+35.2
Newberry 5,625 56.3% 4,158 41.6% 202 9,985 D+14.7
Colleton 6,810 68.3% 3,028 30.3% 140 9,978 D+37.9
Chesterfield 5,168 52.9% 4,509 46.2% 90 9,767 D+6.7
Union 5,468 57.3% 3,922 41.1% 151 9,541 D+16.2
Marion 6,042 67.8% 2,776 31.2% 87 8,905 D+36.7
Hampton 5,755 71.6% 2,117 26.3% 170 8,042 D+45.2
Chester 5,021 62.5% 2,890 35.9% 129 8,040 D+26.5
Abbeville 4,249 57.0% 3,127 41.9% 83 7,459 D+15.0
Dillon 3,956 56.0% 3,041 43.1% 66 7,063 D+13.0
Fairfield 4,933 70.9% 1,910 27.4% 116 6,959 D+43.4
Lee 4,633 69.0% 2,016 30.0% 65 6,714 D+39.0
Edgefield 3,512 53.6% 2,958 45.2% 81 6,551 D+8.5
Marlboro 4,099 63.6% 2,288 35.5% 56 6,443 D+28.1
Barnwell 3,551 56.9% 2,581 41.3% 112 6,244 D+15.5
Saluda 3,183 54.6% 2,539 43.6% 103 5,825 D+11.1
Calhoun 3,449 60.8% 2,117 37.3% 105 5,671 D+23.5
Jasper 3,561 68.0% 1,590 30.4% 85 5,236 D+37.6
Bamberg 3,493 74.2% 1,148 24.4% 66 4,707 D+49.8
McCormick 1,909 59.6% 1,244 38.8% 52 3,205 D+20.7
Allendale 2,046 78.6% 537 20.6% 20 2,603 D+58.0

Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

South Carolina governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Henry McMaster (R) R+17.4
2018 Henry McMaster (R) R+8.0
2014 Nikki R. Haley (R) R+14.5
2010 Nikki R. Haley (R) R+4.5
2006 Mark Sanford (R) R+10.3
2002 Mark Sanford (R) R+5.8
1998 James H. Hodges (D) D+8.0
1994 David Beasley (R) R+2.5
1990 Carroll Campbell (R) R+41.6
1986 Carroll Campbell (R) R+3.1
1982 Richard Riley (D) D+39.6
1978 Richard W. Riley (D) D+23.6
1974 James B. Edwards (R) R+3.3
1970 John C. West (D) D+5.9
1966 Robert Evander McNair (D) D+16.3
1962 Donald S. Russell (D) D+100.0
1958 Ernest F. Hollings (D) D+100.0
1954 George Bell Timmerman (D) D+100.0
1950 James F. Byrnes (D) D+100.0
1946 James Strom Thurmond (D) D+100.0
1942 Olin D. Johnston (D) D+100.0
1938 Burnet Rhett Maybank (D) D+98.9
1934 Olin D. Johnston (D) D+100.0
1930 Ibra C. Blackwood (D) D+100.0
1926 John G. Richards (D) D+100.0
1924 Thomas G. McLeod (D) D+100.0
1922 Thomas G. McLeod (D) D+100.0
1920 Robert A. Cooper (D) D+100.0
1918 Robert A. Cooper (D) D+100.0
1916 Richard Irvine Manning III (D) D+97.9
1914 Richard Irvine Manning III (D) D+99.8
1912 Coleman L. Blease (D) D+99.5
1910 Coleman L. Blease (D) D+99.8
1908 Martin F. Ansel (D) D+100.0
1906 Martin F. Ansel (D) D+99.9
1904 Duncan C. Heyward (D) D+100.0
1902 Duncan C. Heyward (D) D+100.0
1900 Miles B. McSweeney (D) D+100.0
1898 William H. Ellerbe (D) D+100.0
1896 William H. Ellerbe (D) D+82.5
1894 John Gary Evans (D) D+69.6
1892 Benjamin Ryan Tillman (D) D+99.9
1890 Benjamin Ryan Tillman (D) D+79.8
1888 John P. Richardson (D) D+100.0
1886 John P. Richardson (D) D+100.0
1884 Hugh S. Thompson (D) D+100.0
1882 Hugh S. Thompson (D) D+79.0
1880 Johnson Hagood (D) D+96.4
1878 Wade Hampton (D) D+99.8
1876 Wade Hampton (D) D+0.6
1874 Daniel H. Chamberlain (R) R+53.9
1872 Franklin J. Moses Jr. (R) R+65.4
1870 Robert K. Scott (R) R+62.3
1868 Robert K. Scott (R) R+50.4
1865 James Lawrence Orr (other)