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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.

1st congressional district[edit]

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

General election results[edit]

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[edit]

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

Democratic primary[edit]

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

General election results[edit]

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[edit]

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

Republican primary[edit]

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

General election results[edit]

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[edit]

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

General election results[edit]

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[edit]

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

General election results[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

General election results[edit]

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[edit]

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

References[edit]

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