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1978 general · November 7, 1978

1978 South Carolina House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every South Carolina House of Representatives district in the 1978 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Democrats controlled the chamber · 124 seats

After the electionD 108 · R 16
Races124
Changed party8
Unopposed69%86 races
Incumbents defeated3

Every district

D 108 · R 16

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HD-1Cecil Sandifer (D)Unopposed
HD-2Robert N. McLellan (D)Unopposed
HD-3Edward W. Simpson (R)26.2
HD-4Larry Martin (D)Unopposed
HD-5B. L. Hendricks Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-6Chris Pracht (D)Unopposed
HD-7Fred T. Moore (D)Unopposed
HD-8Cebron Daniel Chamblee (D)Unopposed
HD-9Patrick B. Harris (D)Unopposed
HD-10M. J. Cooper (D)Unopposed
HD-11Michael S. Gulledge (D)Unopposed
HD-12Jennings G. McAbee Sr. (D)Unopposed
HD-13Thomas Houghston (D)Unopposed
HD-14Marion P. Carnell (D)Unopposed
HD-15Virginia L. Crocker (D)Unopposed
HD-16Eugene Stoddard (D)Unopposed
HD-17John T. Wood (D)26.7
HD-18Lewis Phillips (D)Unopposed
HD-19Beattie E. Huff (D)Unopposed
HD-20Thomas M. Marchant (R)14.2
HD-21Philip Bradley (R)6.3Flipped
HD-22Richard Rigdon (R)7.8FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-23Theo W. Mitchell (D)Unopposed
HD-24Rex L. Carter (D)Unopposed
HD-25Ron L. Cobb (D)Unopposed
HD-26Herbert Granger (D)Unopposed
HD-27S. Hunter Howard Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-28J. Leon Rampey (D)43.2
HD-29Olin R. Phillips (D)Unopposed
HD-30Michael R. Daniel (D)Unopposed
HD-31Hudson L. Barksdale Sr. (D)Unopposed
HD-32Sam P. Manning (D)Unopposed
HD-33T. Edwards Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-34W. Sterling Anderson (D)Unopposed
HD-35David O. Hawkins (D)Unopposed
HD-36J. C. Duncan (D)Unopposed
HD-37Toney J. Lister (D)Unopposed
HD-38Danny Bruce (D)Unopposed
HD-39Larry Gentry (D)Unopposed
HD-40John M. Rucker (D)Unopposed
HD-41Ben Hornsby (D)61.6
HD-42James M. Arthur (D)Unopposed
HD-43James Ashe (D)Unopposed
HD-44Melvin Ernest Nunnery (D)Unopposed
HD-45Tom Mangum (D)Unopposed
HD-46Caldwell T. Hinson (D)Unopposed
HD-47Herbert Kirsh (D)Unopposed
HD-48Palmer Freeman (D)Unopposed
HD-49Juanita W. Goggins (D)Unopposed
HD-50Robert L. McFadden (D)Unopposed
HD-51William Green Deschamps (D)Unopposed
HD-52Robert J. Sheheen (D)Unopposed
HD-53Derial L. Ogburn (D)Unopposed
HD-54Jean Harris (D)Unopposed
HD-55Wade R. Crow (D)Unopposed
HD-56David Beasley (D)29.8
HD-57Warren Arthur (D)Unopposed
HD-58John Gardner (D)Unopposed
HD-59Archie Buchan (D)Unopposed
HD-60Marion H. Kinon (D)79.6
HD-61K. Wayne Shelley (D)Unopposed
HD-62Hicks Harwell (D)Unopposed
HD-63D. Malloy McEachin (D)Unopposed
HD-64Ralph K. Anderson Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-65W. Odell Venters (D)67.7
HD-66C. Alex Harvin III (D)Unopposed
HD-67Charles L. Griffin (D)Unopposed
HD-68Ramon Schwartz (D)Unopposed
HD-69David F. McInis (D)Unopposed
HD-70Larry Blanding (D)Unopposed
HD-71H. Parker Evatt (R)36.2
HD-72Bill Campbell (D)42.9
HD-73Kay Patterson (D)Unopposed
HD-74I. S. Leevy Johnson (D)Unopposed
HD-75Jean Toal (D)24.8
HD-76Joyce Hearn (R)Unopposed
HD-77Archie Hardy (R)4.2Flipped
HD-78T. Moffat Burriss (R)40.1
HD-79Lloyd Hendricks (D)32.2
HD-80Jim Kinard (D)21.9
HD-81Julius Murray (D)Unopposed
HD-82William A. Reel (D)Unopposed
HD-83Thomas E. Huff (D)3.3FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-84Thomas L. Moore (D)45.7
HD-85C. Marshall Cain (R)0.4FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-86M. Judson Busbee (D)Unopposed
HD-87Larry Koon (R)40.6
HD-88Marc H. Westbrook (D)17.0Flipped
HD-89Jarvis Klapman (R)31.8
HD-90Norma C. Russell (R)1.8
HD-91Solomon Blatt (D)73.7
HD-92James B. Brandt (D)Unopposed
HD-93John Felder (D)Unopposed
HD-94John W. Matthews Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-95Earl Middleton (D)Unopposed
HD-96L. Edward Bennett (D)Unopposed
HD-97Gene Dukes (D)Unopposed
HD-98John Hamilton Smith (D)63.2
HD-99William C. Stanley (D)15.3
HD-100Robert L. Helmly (D)Unopposed
HD-101B. J. Gordon Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-102John J. Snow Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-103Jean Meyers (D)Unopposed
HD-104Charles Hodges (D)Unopposed
HD-105Lois Eargle (D)Unopposed
HD-106Julian A. Reynolds (D)63.9
HD-107R. Linwood Altman (D)5.9
HD-108Clyde M. Dangerfield (D)22.9
HD-109Robert Woods (D)Unopposed
HD-110Paul Cantrell (D)17.3
HD-111Joseph Murray (D)Unopposed
HD-112D. N. Holt Jr. (D)27.1
HD-113Robert A. Kohn (R)46.3
HD-114John D. Bradley (R)29.0
HD-115Paul Gelegotis (D)21.1
HD-116McKinley Washington Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-117Daniel E. Winstead (R)28.4Flipped
HD-118W. Robert Kinard (D)Unopposed
HD-119Larry Brinker (R)2.4Flipped
HD-120Douglas E. McTeer (D)Unopposed
HD-121Peden McLeod (D)Unopposed
HD-122L. Martin Sauls III (D)Unopposed
HD-123J. Wilton Graves (D)4.4
HD-124Harriet Keyserling (D)Unopposed

South Carolina House of Representatives

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner