1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for South Carolina House District 85
South Carolina House of Representatives · South Carolina
C. Marshall Cain (R) won with 50.2% of the vote, defeating Irene Rudnick (D) by 0.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
C. Marshall CainRepublican · winner
50.2%3,741
Irene RudnickDemocrat · incumbent
49.8%3,712
7,454 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