1984 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina

The 1984 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina were held on November 6, 1984, 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 12. All six incumbents were re-elected and the composition of the state delegation remained three Democrats and three Republicans.

1984 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina

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All 6 South Carolina seats to the United States House of Representatives
Majority party Minority party   Party Democratic Republican Last election 3 3 Seats won 3 3 Seat change
District results Democratic   50–60%   >90% Republican   60–70%

1st congressional district

Incumbent Republican Congressman Thomas F. Hartnett of the 1st congressional district, in office since 1981, defeated Democratic challenger Ed Pendarvis.

General election results

South Carolina's 1st congressional district election results, 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Tommy Hartnett (incumbent)	103,289	61.7
	Democratic	Ed Pendarvis	64,022	38.3
	No Party	Write-In	2	0.0
Majority			39,267	23.4
Turnout			167,313
	Republican hold

2nd congressional district

Incumbent Republican Congressman Floyd Spence of the 2nd congressional district, in office since 1971, defeated Democratic challenger Ken Mosely.

Democratic primary

Democratic primary
Candidate	Votes	%
Ken Mosely	21,560	53.0
Nancy Stevenson	19,125	47.0

General election results

South Carolina's 2nd congressional district election results, 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Floyd Spence (incumbent)	108,084	62.1
	Democratic	Ken Mosely	63,931	36.7
	Libertarian	Cynthia E. Sullivan	2,010	1.2
	No party	Write-Ins	49	0.0
Majority			44,153	25.4
Turnout			174,074
	Republican hold

3rd congressional district

Incumbent Democratic Congressman Butler Derrick of the 3rd congressional district, in office since 1975, defeated Republican challenger Clarence E. Taylor.

Republican primary

Republican primary
Candidate	Votes	%
Clarence E. Taylor	3,845	64.7
Garfield W. Flurett	2,096	35.3

General election results

South Carolina's 3rd congressional district election results, 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Butler Derrick (incumbent)	88,917	58.4
	Republican	Clarence E. Taylor	61,739	40.6
	Libertarian	Robert Madden	1,509	1.0
	No party	Write-Ins	7	0.0
Majority			27,178	17.8
Turnout			152,172
	Democratic hold

4th congressional district

Incumbent Republican Congressman Carroll Campbell of the 4th congressional district, in office since 1979, defeated Democratic challenger Jeff Smith.

General election results

South Carolina's 4th congressional district election results, 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Carroll Campbell (incumbent)	105,139	63.9
	Democratic	Jeff Smith	57,854	35.2
	Libertarian	William Ray Pike	1,431	0.9
	No party	Write-Ins	59	0.0
Majority			47,285	28.7
Turnout			164,483
	Republican hold

5th congressional district

Incumbent Democratic Congressman John M. Spratt, Jr. of the 5th congressional district, in office since 1983, defeated two minor party candidates.

General election results

South Carolina's 5th congressional district election results, 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	John M. Spratt, Jr. (incumbent)	98,513	91.8
	American	Dick Winchester	4,593	4.3
	Libertarian	Linda Blevins	4,185	3.9
	No party	Write-Ins	27	0.0
Majority			93,920	87.5
Turnout			107,318
	Democratic hold

6th congressional district

Incumbent Democratic Congressman Robin Tallon of the 6th congressional district, in office since 1983, won the Democratic primary and defeated Republican Martha Lois Eargle in the general election.

Democratic primary

Democratic primary
Candidate	Votes	%
Robin Tallon	61,927	74.3
Mary Demetrious	17,385	20.8
Luther Lighty, Jr.	4,053	4.9

Republican primary

Republican primary
Candidate	Votes	%
Martha Lois Eargle	3,120	66.5
James N. Maurer	1,569	33.5

General election results

South Carolina's 6th congressional district election results, 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Robin Tallon (incumbent)	97,329	59.9
	Republican	Martha Lois Eargle	63,005	38.8
	Libertarian	Hugh Thompson	2,050	1.3
	No party	Write-Ins	13	0.0
Majority			34,324	21.1
Turnout			162,397
	Democratic hold

See also

• United States House elections, 1984
• United States Senate election in South Carolina, 1984
• South Carolina's congressional districts

References

• State Election Commission (1985). Report of the South Carolina State Election Commission 1984-1985. Columbia, SC: State Election Commission. pp. 63–64.