Fritz Hollings	53%
Bob Inglis	46%

LCV's efforts in South Carolina successfully demonstrated the ability of our coordinated efforts to define Congressman Inglis as an anti-environmental candidate and to establish the environment as a meaningful public policy issue. South Carolinians have a deserved reputation for preserving the natural beauty of their historic state, and the pronounced difference between the records of Senator Hollings and Representative Inglis clearly hit home. Thanks in part to LCV's presence, the conservation message was highlighted on the airwaves leading up to election day, allowing voters to make an informed, intelligent choice about who they want representing them in Washington.

Dirty Dozen Campaign Activities: 

In this coordinated race, LCV Action Fund worked directly with Senator Fritz Hollings's campaign to publicize that challenger Bob Inglis was named to the Dirty Dozen.

LCV President Deb Callahan held a press conference in Columbia on October 21 to announce that Rep. Inglis was named to the Dirty Dozen and to highlight his anti-environment voting record:

• Inglis voted for the "Dirty Water Act" in 1995, a bill to gut the Clean Water Act's public health provisions, allowing increased discharges of toxic pollution and sewage into the state's lakes, rivers, streams, and coastal waters.
  
• Inglis voted to weaken the public's right to know about toxic chemical releases in their communities into the air, land, and water.

• Inglis cosponsored a bill to block updated clean air standards, despite significant research linking existing levels of smog and particulate pollution to respiratory illness, hospitalization and premature death.