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1980Final results

1980 election for South Carolina House District 79

South Carolina House of Representatives · South Carolina

Lloyd Hendricks (D) won with 66.4% of the vote, defeating C. Eben Young (R) by 32.8 points.

Lloyd HendricksDemocrat · winner · incumbent
66.4%7,079
C. Eben YoungRepublican
33.6%3,585
10,665 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 1980

Races before and after

EvenD+32.21978D+32.81980D+18.11982R+6.01986R+27.11988R+44.61992

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET