1976Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1976 election for South Carolina House District 78
South Carolina House of Representatives · South Carolina
T. Moffat Burriss (R) won with 56.5% of the vote, defeating Robert E. Kneece (D) by 13.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
T. Moffat BurrissRepublican · winner
56.5%3,480
Robert E. KneeceDemocrat · incumbent
43.5%2,677
6,157 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1976
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET