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1978 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina

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election_name	1978 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina
country	South Carolina
type	legislative
ongoing	no
previous_election	1976 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina
previous_year	1976
next_election	1980 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina
next_year	1980
seats_for_election	All 6 South Carolina seats to the United States House of Representatives
election_date
party1	Democratic Party (United States)
last_election1	5
seats1	4
seat_change1	1
party2	Republican Party (United States)
last_election2	1
seats2	2
seat_change2	1
map_image	File:1978 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina.svg
map_caption	District results

Democratic Republican The 1978 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina 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

Democratic primary	Candidate	Votes	%
Mendel Jackson Davis	48,541	86.4
Benjamin Frasier	7,631	13.6

General election results

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2nd congressional district

Incumbent Republican Congressman Floyd Spence of the 2nd congressional district, in office since 1971, defeated Democratic challenger Jack Bass.

Democratic primary

Democratic primary	Candidate	Votes	%
Jack Bass	34,630	57.6
B.E. Hadley	25,520	42.4

General election results

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3rd congressional district

Incumbent Democratic Congressman Butler Derrick of the 3rd congressional district, in office since 1975, defeated Republican challenger Anthony J. Panuccio.

General election results

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4th congressional district

Incumbent Democratic Congressman James R. Mann of the 4th congressional district, in office since 1969, opted to retire. Carroll A. Campbell Jr., a Republican state senator from Greenville, defeated Robert Watkins in the Republican primary and Democrat Max M. Heller in the general election.

Democratic primary

Democratic primary	Candidate	Votes	%
Max M. Heller	25,295	53.1
Nick Theodore	22,319	46.9

Republican primary

Republican primary	Candidate	Votes	%
Carroll A. Campbell Jr.	6,808	88.3
Robert Watkins	899	11.7

General election results

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5th congressional district

Incumbent Democratic Congressman Kenneth Lamar Holland of the 5th congressional district, in office since 1975, defeated Colleen H. Yates in the Democratic primary and Independent Harold Hough in the general election.

Democratic primary

Democratic primary	Candidate	Votes	%
Ken Holland	46,247	65.0
Colleen H. Yates	24,853	35.0

General election results

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6th congressional district

Incumbent Democratic Congressman John Jenrette of the 6th congressional district, in office since 1975, defeated Jeryl Best in the Democratic primary and was unopposed in the general election.

Democratic primary

Democratic primary	Candidate	Votes	%
John Jenrette	58,320	76.9
Jeryl Best	17,541	23.1

General election results

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References

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