|
DISTRICT
NO.
|
DEMOCRAT
|
REPUBLICAN
|
OTHERS |
THE
LINE |
COMMENTS |
1
(Oconee County) |
Steve
Blackwell
|
Bill
Whitmire
|
|
Likely
Republican |
Oconee
County is a place where it's tough for any Democrat to win. |
2
(Oconee-Pickens Cos.) |
Dan
Alexander
|
*Bill
Sandifer
|
|
Likely
Republican |
While
Alexander is Seneca's mayor, it's hard for a Democrat to win
in this county. |
3
(Pickens County) |
Dr.
Lawrence Gahand
|
B.
R. Skelton
|
|
Likely
Republican |
While
the seat is open, the predecessor was Republican in this Republican
area. |
6
(Anderson County) |
Chuck
Allen
|
*Brian
White
|
|
Toss
up |
Allen
won in '98; White won in '00. Allen recently got endorsed by
the local paper and may take the seat back. |
7
(Abbeville- Anderson
Cos.) |
Ron
Gilreath
|
*Ronald
P. Townsend
|
|
Likely
Republican |
Townsend
is chair of the House Education Committee and is pretty safe. |
|
11
( Abbeville‑Anderson-
Cos.)
|
Johnnie
Waller
|
*Harry
Stille
|
|
Toss
up |
Waller
is the mayor of Calhoun Falls; Stille recently switched parties
in what has been a Democratic area. |
|
12
(McCormick-Greenwood
Cos.)
|
*Anne
Parks
|
Angela
Lowe
|
|
Likely
Democratic |
Republicans
and Democrats agree Rep. Parks likely is safe. |
|
13
(Greenwood County)
|
Robert
Tinsley
|
Gene
Pinson
|
|
Leaning
Republican |
Tinsley's
run a good campaign, but is running in retiring Republican Jim
Klauber's seat. |
|
14
(Greenwood - Laurens
Abbeville Cos.)
|
George
D. Rush III
|
Mike
Pitts
|
|
Leaning
Democratic |
Retiring
Democratic Rep. Marion Carnell's seat should be Rush's to lose. |
|
15
(Laurens-Newberry-
Spartanburg-Union Cos.
|
Diane
Byrd Anderson
|
Jeff
Duncan
|
|
Toss
up |
A
Democrat has held the seat, but redistricting may make it more
of a Republican district |
|
16
(Laurens–Greenville
Cos.)
|
Betsy
Ross
|
*Adam
Taylor
|
|
Leaning
Republican |
This
one is going to be close but the incumbent appears to have the
edge. |
|
40
(Newberry-Lexington
Cos.)
|
*Walt
McLeod
|
Eugene
“Bubba” Griffith
|
|
Leaning
Democratic |
McLeod
is campaigning hard in the new Chapin part of the district and
may squeak by with a win. |
|
42
(Union-Spartanburg
Cos.)
|
Mike
Anthony
|
*Ronald
N. Fleming
|
|
Leaning
Democratic |
Anthony,
a local high school football coach, is viewed as a local hero.
This should be a Democratic pick-up. |
|
43
(Chester County)
|
John
R. King
|
*Greg
Delleney, Jr.
|
|
Leaning
Republican |
Although
Delleney's defection to Republicans may cause some fallout at
the polls, he should win re-election. |
|
45
(Lancaster-York
Cos.)
|
*Eldridge
R. Emory
|
Stanley Smith
|
Harvey
Tiffany
(Libertarian) |
Leaning
Democratic |
Emory
should capture a victory in former Gov. Jim Hodge's old seat. |
|
46
(York County)
|
Dan
Ballou
|
*Gary
Simrill
|
|
Toss
up |
Simrell
has made a lot of mistakes over the summer, but they might not
be enough for Ballou in this Republican stronghold. |
50
(Lee-Sumter Cos.)
|
*Grady A. Brown
|
Robert Peeples
|
|
Likely
Democratic |
Brown
is expected to be re-elected with ease. |
|
58
(Horry County)
|
Leslie
McIver
|
*Liston
Barfield
|
|
Leaning
Repubican |
While
McIver is a popular black Conway councilman, he hasn't raised
the money to compete and take it away from Barfield. |
|
60
(Florence-Sumter
Cos.)
|
LaRue
Kirby
|
*Marty Coates
|
|
Leaning
Democratic |
Reapportionment
switched this to a rural district with a big black population.
This should be a Democratic pickup. |
|
68
(Sumter-Horry Cos.)
|
James
Millward
|
Thad
Viers
|
|
Leaning
Republican |
The
district has an overwhelming white voter population which should
boost Viers to victory. |
|
77
(Richland County)
|
*John
L. Scott, Jr.
|
John Rust
|
|
Likely
Democratic |
Scott
appears safe in an election that pits him against a perennial
opponent. |
|
78
(Richland County)
|
*Joel
Lourie
|
Don
Purcell
|
|
Leaning
Democratic |
Republicans
say they might pick up the seat, but Lourie is popular in the
district. |
|
86
(Aiken Co.)
|
Everett
Chandler
|
Jim
Stewart
|
|
Leaning
Republican |
While
Chandler, an African-American assistant solicitor, is an attractive
candidate, this seat was held for 20 years by Republican Charles
Sharpe, which gives Stewart a big advantage. |
|
90
(Bamberg-Barnwell
Cos.)
|
*Thomas
N. Rhoad
|
Larry
Dempsey, Sr.
|
|
Likely
Democratic |
Rhoad
appears safe in a district in which almost half of the voters
are black. |
|
93
(Calhoun‑Lexington-
Orangeburg Cos.)
|
*Harry
Ott, Jr.
|
Jim
Ulmer
|
|
Likely
Democratic |
Ott
appears safe in this Democratic stronghold. |
|
96
(Aiken-Lexington
Cos.)
|
Robert
White
|
Kenneth
Clark
|
|
Likely
Republican |
Clark
appears headed to victory in what is one of the strongest Republican
areas in the state. |
|
97
(Dorchester Co.)
|
George
Bailey
|
*David Owens
|
|
Leaning
Democratic |
Democrats
should pickup this seat because freshman Rep. David Owens for
the first time is facing Bailey, who held the seat for years.
Bailey lost a Senate bid in '00. |
|
104
(Horry County)
|
Roger
Roy
|
*Tracy
Edge
|
|
Leaning
Republican |
Roy,
a former criminal prosecutor, is a new candidate in this North
Myrtle Beach seat. He has a chance against Edge, a developer
in a community where developers aren't popular. But Edge should
win. |
|
106
(Horry County)
|
Patricia
Ferguson-Majors
|
*Thomas
G. Keegan
|
|
Likely
Republican |
Keegan
appears safe. |
|
107
(Horry County)
|
George
W. Lack
|
Alan
Clemmons
|
|
Leaning
Republican |
Retiring
Republican Mark Kelley's seat likely will be taken by Clemmons,
who got pounded in an '00 Senate race. The unknown factor is
Clemmons' personal appeal. |
|
108
(Georgetown-
Charleston-
Horry Cos)
|
*Vida
O. Miller
|
Marty
Tennant
|
|
Likely
Democratic |
Miller
appears headed toward reelection |
116
(Charleston-Colleton) |
*
Robert Brown |
Ralph
Edwards |
|
Likely
Democratic |
Brown
is a virtual shoo-in with a 50 percent black district. Edwards
was a last minute replacement. |
|
118
(Beaufort County)
|
Stephen
A. Cheney
|
Bill
Herbkersman
|
|
Toss
up |
It's
a general (Cheney) versus a developer (Herbkersman) in this
new Beaufort seat. This one is too close to call because a lot
of Republican-oriented older voters like the tough Democratic
general. |
|
119
(Charleston County)
|
Charles W. Smith
|
*John
Graham Altman III
|
|
Toss
up |
Smith
is more organized and competitive than any Democrat in years
-- and it's scaring Altman to death. This one will go down to
the wire. |
|
121
(Colleton-Beaufort
Cos.)
|
*Walter
P. Lloyd
|
Bonnie Adams
|
|
Likely
Democrat |
Lloyd
should be reelected without much trouble. |
124
(Beaufort County) |
|
Catherine
Ceips |
Anne
Pollitzer (petition) |
Leaning
Republican |
Ceips
should win this seat simply because Pollitzer will have a tougher
time because people will have to split their ballots to vote
for her as a petition candidate. |
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