S.C. House Speaker Pro Tem Harry Cato of Travelers Rest will not be on the ballot this fall, after 20 years representing Greenville County.

Businessman Tom Corbin took 59 percent of the vote in S.C. House District 17, the northern tier of Greenville County, including Gowensville and Lake Lanier.

Gowensville voters were nearly evenly split between Cato and Corbin, with Nathan Earle coming in a distant third.

Corbin had 3,379 votes to Catos 1,818, and avoided a run-off with 59 percent of the vote.