1998 South Carolina Gubernatorial Election

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Who won the 1998 South Carolina Gubernatorial Election?

Jim Hodges won the 1998 South Carolina Gubernatorial Election. Jim Hodges received 570,070 popular votes (53.2%). The main challenger was David Beasley (45.2%).

See the full head-to-head between Hodges and Beasley

Hodges +8.0 pts · won by 85,982 votes
570,070 votes
484,088 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 1.6% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote totals for governor elections are compiled from official state results (via Wikipedia); Louisiana shows the decisive round of its jungle primary.

Data last verified July 28, 2026.