The 1998 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina were held on November 3, 1998, to select six Representatives for two-year terms from the state of South Carolina. The primary elections for the Democrats and the Republicans 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 4th congressional district was retained by the Republicans. The composition of the state delegation remained four Republicans and two Democrats.
1st congressional district Incumbent Republican Congressman Mark Sanford of the 1st congressional district, in office since 1995, defeated Natural Law candidate Joseph F. Innella.
General election results
| colspan=5 |Republican hold
2nd congressional district Incumbent Republican Congressman Floyd Spence of the 2nd congressional district, in office since 1971, defeated Democratic challenger Jane Frederick.
General election results
| colspan=5 |Republican hold
3rd congressional district Incumbent Republican Congressman Lindsey Graham of the 3rd congressional district, in office since 1995, was unopposed in his bid for re-election.
General election results
| colspan=5 |Republican hold
4th congressional district Incumbent Republican Congressman Bob Inglis of the 4th congressional district, in office since 1993, chose to run for Senator instead of re-election. Jim DeMint won the Republican primary and defeated Democrat Glenn Reese in the general election.
Democratic primary Democratic primaryCandidateVotes% Glenn Reese 4,882 53.0 Bill McCuen 3,419 37.2 Launeil Neil Sanders 902 9.8
Republican primary Republican primaryCandidateVotes% Mike Fair 12,924 32.4 Jim DeMint 9,300 23.3 Howell Clyborne 8,601 21.6 Jim Ritchie 7,788 19.6 Franklin D. Raddish 1,232 3.1
Republican primary runoffCandidateVotes%±% Jim DeMint 18,445 52.9 +29.6 Mike Fair 16,413 47.1 +14.7
General election results
| colspan=5 |Republican hold |- |colspan=6|*Ashy also ran under the Patriot Party; his totals are combined.
5th congressional district Incumbent Democratic Congressman John M. Spratt, Jr. of the 5th congressional district, in office since 1983, defeated Republican challenger Mike Burkhold.
General election results
| colspan=5 |Democratic hold
6th congressional district Incumbent Democratic Congressman Jim Clyburn of the 6th congressional district, in office since 1993, defeated Republican challenger Gary McLeod.
Democratic primary Democratic primaryCandidateVotes% Jim Clyburn 32,652 83.1 Mike Wilson 6,655 16.9
Republican primary Republican primaryCandidateVotes% Gary McLeod 4,733 63.3 Vince Ellison 2,744 36.7
General election results
| colspan=5 |Democratic hold
See also United States House elections, 1998 United States Senate election in South Carolina, 1998 South Carolina gubernatorial election, 1998 South Carolina's congressional districts
External links South Carolina Election Returns