1998 South Carolina gubernatorial election
The 1998 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1998 to select the governor of South Carolina. Republican incumbent David Beasley ran for re-election to a second term in office but was defeated by Democratic state representative Jim Hodges. Primary elections were held on June 9. Beasley faced a nominal challenge from Columbia attorney Bill Able, who won over a quarter of the vote. Hodges was unopposed for the Democratic nomination. Beasley was the first incumbent governor to lose an election since Daniel Henry Chamberlain in the disputed election of 1876. As of 2026, this was the most recent time that a Democrat was elected governor of South Carolina and the only time since 1982. Beasley later ran for U.S. Senate in 2004 but lost the Republican primary.
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