1998Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1998 election for South Carolina House District 78
South Carolina House of Representatives · South Carolina
Joel Lourie (D) won with 56.5% of the vote, defeating Joe McMaster (R) by 13.0 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Joel LourieDemocrat · winner
56.5%6,079
Joe McMasterRepublican · incumbent
43.5%4,676
10,755 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 1998
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET