1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1978 election for South Carolina House District 77
South Carolina House of Representatives · South Carolina
Archie Hardy (R) won with 52.1% of the vote, defeating Tom Baldwin (D) by 4.2 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Archie HardyRepublican · winner
52.1%2,158
Tom BaldwinDemocrat
47.9%1,985
4,144 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