United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 2018

United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 2018
November 6, 2018 (2018-11-06)
South Carolina's seven seats in the United States House of Representatives

 
Party Republican Democratic
Last election 6 1

The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina will be held on November 6, 2018, to elect the seven U.S. Representatives from the state of South Carolina, one from each of the state's seven congressional districts. The elections will coincide with a gubernatorial election, as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.

District 1

The 1st district is located on the Atlantic coastal plain, from Seabrook Island to the border with North Carolina and includes most of Charleston and Myrtle Beach. The incumbent is Republican Mark Sanford, who has represented the district since 2013, and previously from 1995 to 2001. Sanford was re-elected with 59% of the vote in 2016.

Democratic primary

Results

Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joe Cunningham 23,443 71.5
Democratic Toby Smith 9,342 28.5
Total votes 32,785 100.0

Republican primary

Sanford defeated State Representative Jenny Horne in the 2016 primary by only a 56-44 percent margin.[1] The closer than expected result has led to speculation that Sanford could be vulnerable to another primary challenge in 2018.[2] Former Director of the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control Catherine Templeton was reportedly being recruited to challenge Sanford, but decided instead to run for governor.[3][4]

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin
of error		 Katie
Arrington (R)		 Mark
Sanford (R)		 Undecided
Palmetto Politics May 13–14, 2018 315 ± 4.5% 39% 40% 21%

Results

Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Katie Arrington 33,089 50.6
Republican Mark Sanford (incumbent) 30,428 46.5
Republican Dimitri Cherny 1,930 2.9
Total votes 65,447 100.0

Endorsements

Katie Arrington (R)
Executive branch officials
State figures
Mark Sanford (R)
U.S. Representatives
Organizations

General election

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin
of error		 Katie
Arrington (R)		 Joe
Cunningham (D)		 Undecided
Public Policy Polling (D) August 30–31, 2018 628 ± 3.9% 49% 42% 9%

Results

South Carolina's 1st congressional district, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joe Cunningham
Republican Katie Arrington
Total votes

District 2

The 2nd district is located in central South Carolina and spans from Columbia to the South Carolina side of the Augusta, Georgia metropolitan area. The incumbent is Republican Joe Wilson, who has represented the district since 2001. Wilson was re-elected with 60% of the vote in 2016 and is running unopposed in the Republican Primary.

Democratic primary

Results

Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Annabelle Robertson 14,109 41.8
Democratic Sean Carrigan 13,469 39.9
Democratic Phil Black 6,200 18.4
Total votes 33,778 100.0

Runoff results

Democratic primary runoff results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Sean Carrigan 5,726 53.36
Democratic Annabelle Robertson 5,004 46.64
Total votes 10,730 100.0

Republican primary

Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Joe Wilson (incumbent) — Uncontested
Total votes — —

General election

Results

South Carolina's 2nd congressional district, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Sean Carrigan
Republican Joe Wilson (incumbent)
American Sonny Narang
Total votes

District 3

The 3rd district is located in northwestern South Carolina. The incumbent is Republican Jeff Duncan, who has represented the district since 2011. Duncan was re-elected with 73% of the vote in 2016.

Democratic primary

Results

Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mary Geren 12,929 69.7
Democratic Hosea Cleveland 5,615 30.3
Total votes 18,544 100.0

Republican primary

Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jeff Duncan (incumbent) — Uncontested
Total votes — —

General election

Results

South Carolina's 3rd congressional district, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mary Geren
Republican Jeff Duncan (incumbent)
American Dave Moore
Total votes

District 4

The 4th district is located in Upstate South Carolina. The incumbent is Republican Trey Gowdy, who has represented the district since 2011. Gowdy was re-elected with 67% of the vote in 2016. Gowdy announced in January 2018 that he would not run for re-election in 2018.[12]

Democratic primary

Results

Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Doris Lee Turner 7,021 29.5
Democratic Brandon P Brown 6,787 28.5
Democratic Eric Graben 6,126 25.7
Democratic Will Morin 2,172 9.1
Democratic J.T. Davis 1,715 7.2
Total votes 23,821 100.0

Runoff results

Democratic primary runoff results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Brandon P Brown 7,085 62.11
Democratic Doris Lee Turner 4,323 37.89
Total votes 11,408 100.0

Republican primary

Results

Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Lee Bright 16,641 24.9
Republican William Timmons 12,818 19.2
Republican Dan Hamilton 12,445 18.6
Republican Josh Kimbrell 7,422 11.1
Republican James Epley 5,365 8.0
Republican Stephen Brown 5,057 7.6
Republican Shannon Pierce 2,436 3.6
Republican Mark Burns 1,650 2.5
Republican Claude Schmid 1,405 2.1
Republican Dan Albert 510 0.8
Republican John Marshall Mosser 454 0.7
Republican Justin David Sanders 352 0.5
Republican Barry Bell 199 0.3
Total votes 66,754 100.0

Runoff results

Republican primary runoff results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican William Timmons 37,014 54.29
Republican Lee Bright 31,170 45.71
Total votes 68,184 100.0

General election

Results

South Carolina's 4th congressional district, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Brandon Brown
Republican William Timmons
American Guy Furay
Total votes

District 5

The 5th district is located in northern South Carolina. The incumbent is Republican Ralph Norman, who has represented the district since 2017. Norman was elected with 51% of the vote in a 2017 special election to replace Mick Mulvaney. Norman's challenger in the special election, Archie Parnell, announced on the 9th of October that he would seek the Democratic nomination for the 2018 election for District 5. The primaries will be held on June 12th, 2018. Incumbent Ralph Norman is unopposed for the Republican nomination.

Democratic primary

Special election candidate and former Goldman Sachs employee Parnell has the most fundraising of the four democratic candidates as of June 9th.[13] He was opposed by former York County Councilwoman Sidney Moore,[14] professional clown Steven Lough,[15] and Mark Ali, a former undocumented immigrant.[16] Parnell's campaign has been overshadowed by the resignation of many of his campaign staff after the discovery of allegations of domestic violence committed by him in 1973.[17] However, he has refused to drop out of the race, and won the primary with 60% of the vote.

Results

Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Archie Parnell 16,610 60.0
Democratic Sidney Moore 4,753 17.2
Democratic Mark Ali 3,710 13.4
Democratic Steve Lough 2,620 9.5
Total votes 27,693 100.0

Republican primary

Results

Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ralph Norman (incumbent) — Uncontested
Total votes — —

General election

Results

South Carolina's 5th congressional district, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Archie Parnell
Republican Ralph Norman (incumbent)
Constitution Michael Chandler
Total votes

District 6

The 6th district is located in central and southern South Carolina. The incumbent is Democrat Jim Clyburn, who has represented the district since 1993. Clyburn was re-elected with 70% of the vote in 2016.

Democratic primary

Results

Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jim Clyburn (incumbent) — Uncontested
Total votes — —

Republican primary

Results

Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Gerhard Gressmann — Uncontested
Total votes — —

General election

Results

South Carolina's 6th congressional district, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jim Clyburn (incumbent)
Republican Gerhard Gressmann
Green Bryan Pugh
Total votes

District 7

The 7th district is located in northeastern South Carolina. The incumbent is Republican Tom Rice, who has represented this district since 2013. Rice was re-elected with 61% of the vote in 2016.

Democratic primary

Results

Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Robert Williams 14,087 41.3
Democratic Mal Hyman 10,122 29.7
Democratic Bill Hopkins 6,066 17.8
Democratic Bruce Fischer 3,811 11.2
Total votes 34,086 100.0

Runoff results

Democratic primary runoff results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Robert Williams 7,702 51.40
Democratic Mal Hyman 7,282 48.60
Total votes 14,984 100.0

Republican primary

Results

Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom Rice (incumbent) 37,926 83.6
Republican Larry Guy Hammond 7,438 16.4
Total votes 45,364 100.0

General election

Results

South Carolina's 7th congressional district, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Robert Williams
Republican Tom Rice (incumbent)
Total votes

References

  1. ↑ Dumain, Emma (June 14, 2016). "Sanford beats Horne in tight primary race". The Post and Courier. Retrieved July 2, 2016.
  2. ↑ Singer, Jeff (June 15, 2016). "Noted hiker Mark Sanford wins a surprisingly tough GOP congressional primary in South Carolina". Daily Kos Elections. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Mark Sanford Is More Vulnerable Than Ever". FITS News. June 15, 2016. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
  4. ↑ Dumain, Emma; Kropf, Schuyler (November 19, 2016). "Catherine Templeton running for governor". The Post and Courier. Retrieved November 28, 2016.
  5. ↑ Donald Trump. "Mark Sanford has been very unhelpful to me in my campaign to MAGA. He is MIA and nothing but trouble. He is better off in Argentina. I fully endorse Katie Arrington for Congress in SC, a state I love. She is tough on crime and will continue our fight to lower taxes. VOTE Katie!". Twitter.
  6. ↑ Kropf, Schuyler (February 28, 2018). "North Charleston Mayor Keith Summey endorses Katie Arrington for Congress over Mark Sanford". The Post and Courier.
  7. ↑ Justin Amash. ".@MarkSanford's job is to support and defend the Constitution. He's one of the most principled, consistent, and conservative members of Congress I've ever known. And unlike you, Mark has shown humility in his role and a desire to be a better man than he was the day before". Twitter.
  8. ↑ Joe Walsh. "What a shitty thing for Trump to do. He goes after one of our top Conservatives, @MarkSanford, and takes a shot at Sanford's personal life. This coming from a President you'd never let your daughter near. Disgusting. Let's hope Sanford wins big time today". Twitter.
  9. ↑ "Citizens Fund Endorses Mark Sanford in SC-01". TPPCF. May 30, 2018.
  10. ↑ "Small Business Endorses Sanford for Re-election". NFIB. May 24, 2018.
  11. ↑ "FreedomWorks for America Endorses Rep. Mark Sanford in South Carolina's First Congressional District". FreedomWorks. May 29, 2018.
  12. ↑ Pathe, Simone (January 31, 2018). "South Carolina's Trey Gowdy Won't Seek Re-Election". Roll Call. Washington, DC. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
  13. ↑ FEC.gov. (2018). PARNELL, ARCHIE - Candidate overview - FEC.gov. [online] Available at: https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H8SC05174/ [Accessed 9 Jun. 2018].
  14. ↑ Greenvilleonline.com. (2018). Sidney Moore, Democrat candidate for U.S. Senate. [online] Available at: https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/politics/2014/05/30/sidney-moore/9782759/ [Accessed 9 Jun. 2018].
  15. ↑ Stracqualursi, V. (2018). A clown is running for Congress in South Carolina. [online] CNN. Available at: https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/27/politics/congress-south-carolina-clown-candidate/index.html [Accessed 9 Jun. 2018].
  16. ↑ Andrews, B. (2018). This South Carolina primary will test whether Democrats are willing to overlook domestic violence. [online] Mother Jones. Available at: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/06/south-carolina-archie-parnell-domestic-violence/ [Accessed 9 Jun. 2018].
  17. ↑ Lovegrove, Jamie. "Top South Carolina candidate refuses to quit congressional race after abuse discovery". Post and Courier. Retrieved 2018-06-09.
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