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 primaryCandidateVotes% Mendel Jackson Davis 48,541 86.4 Benjamin Frasier 7,631 13.6
General election results
| colspan=5 |Democratic hold
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 primaryCandidateVotes% Jack Bass 34,630 57.6 B.E. Hadley 25,520 42.4
General election results
| colspan=5 |Republican hold
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
| colspan=5 |Democratic hold
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 primaryCandidateVotes% Max M. Heller 25,295 53.1 Nick Theodore 22,319 46.9
Republican primary Republican primaryCandidateVotes% Carroll A. Campbell Jr. 6,808 88.3 Robert Watkins 899 11.7
General election results
| colspan=5 |Republican gain from Democratic
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 primaryCandidateVotes% Ken Holland 46,247 65.0 Colleen H. Yates 24,853 35.0
General election results
| colspan=5 |Democratic hold
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 primaryCandidateVotes% John Jenrette 58,320 76.9 Jeryl Best 17,541 23.1
General election results
| colspan=5 |Democratic hold
See also 1978 United States House of Representatives elections 1978 United States Senate election in South Carolina 1978 South Carolina gubernatorial election South Carolina's congressional districts
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