1970 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina Majority party Minority party Party Democratic Republican Last election 5 1 Seats won 5 1 Seat change Popular vote 309,487 115,531 Percentage 72.49% 27.06% Swing 6.20% 5.42%
District results
Democratic
60–70%
70–80%
90–100%
Republican
50–60%
South Carolina congressional districts, 1962 to 1970 1st district
2nd district
3rd district
4th district
5th district
6th district
The 1970 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina were held on November 3, 1970, to select six Representatives for two-year terms from the state of South Carolina . The primary elections were held on June 9 and the runoff elections were held two weeks later on June 23. All five incumbents who ran were re-elected and the open seat in the 2nd district was retained by the Republicans . The composition of the state delegation remained five Democrats and one Republican.
1st congressional district [ edit ] Incumbent Democratic Congressman L. Mendel Rivers of the 1st congressional district , in office since 1941, was unopposed in his bid for re-election.
General election results [ edit ] 2nd congressional district [ edit ] Incumbent Republican Congressman Albert Watson of the 2nd congressional district , in office since 1963, chose to run for Governor instead of re-election. Floyd Spence , a Republican state senator who had unsuccessfully run for the seat in the 1962 elections , defeated Democratic challenger Heyward McDonald.
General election results [ edit ] 3rd congressional district [ edit ] Incumbent Democratic Congressman William Jennings Bryan Dorn of the 3rd congressional district , in office since 1951, defeated Republican challenger Grady Ballard.
General election results [ edit ] 4th congressional district [ edit ] Incumbent Democratic Congressman James R. Mann of the 4th congressional district , in office since 1969, was unopposed in his bid for re-election.
General election results [ edit ] 5th congressional district [ edit ] Incumbent Democratic Congressman Thomas S. Gettys of the 5th congressional district , in office since 1964, defeated Republican challenger B. Leonard Phillips.
General election results [ edit ] 6th congressional district [ edit ] Incumbent Democratic Congressman John L. McMillan of the 6th congressional district , in office since 1939, won the Democratic primary and defeated Republican Edward B. Baskin in the general election.
Democratic primary [ edit ] Democratic primary Candidate Votes % John L. McMillan 26,192 49.6 Claude L. Stephens 11,534 21.8 Bill R. Craig 11,047 20.9 Olin Sansbury Jr. 4,042 7.7
Democratic primary runoff Candidate Votes % ±% John L. McMillan 46,030 71.2 +21.6 Claude L. Stephens 18,620 28.8 +7.0
General election results [ edit ] See also [ edit ] References [ edit ] State Election Commission (1973). Report of the South Carolina State Election Commission . Columbia, SC: State Election Commission. pp. 299, 578.