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1968-11-05 U.S. House Election Results for South Carolina (District 05)

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Election Year:
Election Type:
Runoff Election: No Yes
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Map Data to Display: Vote Margin
Winner
Vote Margin %
Total Votes
District Boundaries



 
County Tom Gettys*
(D)		 Hugh Boyd
(R)		 Bert Sumner
(I)		 Other Margin TOTAL
TOTAL 72,80574.7% 21,24621.8% 3,4113.5% 00.0% 51,559 97,462
Total R vote: 21,246 (21.8%)      Total D vote: 72,805 (74.7%)      Total Other vote: 3,411 (3.5%)
* incumbent


Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %

No Republican primary



Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Tom Gettys* 53,158 72.8%
2   Fred Sheheen 19,890 27.2%
TOTAL VOTES 73,048