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1970 South Carolina U.S. House District 5 Election
South Carolina · 3 candidates
Gettys +32.9 pts · won by 21,831 votes
Thomas GettysDemocraticWINNER65.94%
43,742 votes
B Leonard PhillipsRepublican33.03%
21,911 votes
James Burton SumnerIndependent1.04%
688 votes
Popular-vote totals for U.S. Senate elections come from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (1976–2024).