Certified returns for every federal race in South Carolina in 1998, as published by the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. 7 of 7 congressional races match the totals printed in the Clerk's own recapitulation.
U.S. Senate
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Ernest F. Hollings
Democrat
563,377
52.7%
Bob Inglis
Republican
488,238
45.7%
Richard T. Quillian
Libertarian
16,991
1.6%
Write-in
457
0.0%
Total
1,069,063
U.S. House of Representatives
District 1
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Marshall ‘‘Mark’’ Sanford
Republican
118,414
91.0%
Joe Innella
Natural Law
11,586
8.9%
Write-in
71
0.1%
Total
130,071
District 2
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Floyd Spence
Republican
119,538
57.8%
Jane Frederick
Democrat
84,864
41.1%
Maurice T. Raiford
Natural Law
2,276
1.1%
Write-in
40
0.0%
Total
206,718
District 3
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Lindsey O. Graham
Republican
129,047
99.7%
Write-in
402
0.3%
Total
129,449
District 4
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Jim DeMint
Republican
105,264
57.7%
Glenn Reese
Democrat
73,314
40.2%
C. Faye Walters
Natural Law
1,988
1.1%
Peter J. Ashy
Patriot (950) · Reform (804)
1,754
1.0%
Write-in
230
0.1%
Total
182,550
District 5
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
John M. Spratt, Jr.
Democrat
95,696
58.0%
Mike Burkhold
Republican
66,367
40.2%
Dianne Nevins
Natural Law
2,765
1.7%
Write-in
103
0.1%
Total
164,931
District 6
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
James E. Clyburn
Democrat
116,507
72.6%
Gary McLeod
Republican
41,421
25.8%
George C. Taylor
Natural Law
2,496
1.6%
Write-in
152
0.1%
Total
160,576
Source
Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives
Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election, 1998 — Official source · Archived copy SHA-256 4424a7d1a5954439ffb09f1de5f11a45fe06c6cc7cd2885c7e7beb0ee4ff4b58
Shares are of all votes listed for the race, including write-ins and, where a state reports them, blank and void ballots.