United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1978

frame|300px|right|South Carolina Congressional Districts, 1972 to 1980

The 1978 South Carolina United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 7, 1978 to select six Representatives for two-year terms from the state of South Carolina. The primary elections for the Democrats and the Republicans were held on June 13. All five incumbents who ran were re-elected, but the open seat in the 4th congressional district was taken by the Republicans from the Democrats. The composition of the state delegation after the elections was four Democrats and two Republicans.

1st Congressional District

Incumbent Democratic Congressman Mendel Jackson Davis of the 1st congressional district, in office since 1971, defeated Benjamin Frasier in the Democratic primary and Republican C.C. Wannamaker in the general election.

Democratic primary

Republican primary

General election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = John Jenrette (incumbent)
votes = 69,372
percentage = 99.7
change = +44.2Election box candidate
party = "No party"
candidate = Write-Ins
votes = 222
percentage = 0.3
change = +0.3Election box majority
votes = 69,150
percentage = 99.4
change = +87.9Election box turnout
votes = 69,594
percentage =
change =
colspan=5 |Democratic hold
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ee also

*United States House elections, 1978
*United States Senate election in South Carolina, 1978
*South Carolina gubernatorial election, 1978
*South Carolina's congressional districts

References

*cite book | last = State Election Commission | title = Report of the South Carolina State Election Commission | year = 1979 | publisher = State Election Commission | location = Columbia, SC | pages = pp. 55-57