1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for South Carolina House District 22
South Carolina House of Representatives · South Carolina
Richard Rigdon (R) won with 53.8% of the vote, defeating Sylvia K. Dreyfus (D) by 7.8 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Richard RigdonRepublican · winner
53.8%2,951
Sylvia K. DreyfusDemocrat · incumbent
46.0%2,524
5,483 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 1978
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET