1976Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1976 election for South Carolina House District 79
South Carolina House of Representatives · South Carolina
Lloyd Hendricks (D) won with 51.7% of the vote, defeating Jewel Baskin (R) by 3.3 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Lloyd HendricksDemocrat · winner
51.7%4,587
Jewel BaskinRepublican · incumbent
48.3%4,290
8,877 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