United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 2010
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 |
This article uses bare URLs for citations. (August 2012) |
| Elections in South Carolina | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
||||||||||
|
||||||||||
|
||||||||||
The 2010 South Carolina House of Representatives elections were held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010. The primary elections were held on June 8. The current composition of the state delegation is five Republicans and one Democrat.
All seats are rated safe for their incumbent parties except for district 5.
Contents |
Match-up summary [edit]
| District | Incumbent | 2010 Status | Democratic | Republican | Green | Libertarian | Constitution | Working Families | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Henry E. Brown, Jr. | Retiring | Ben Frasier | Tim Scott | Robert Dobbs | Keith Blandford | Rob Groce | Milton Elmer "Mac" McCullough, Jr. (UC), Jimmy Wood (I) | |
| 2 | Joe Wilson | Re-election | Rob Miller | Joe Wilson | Eddie McCain | Marc Beaman | |||
| 3 | J. Gresham Barrett | Retiring | Jane Ballard Dyer | Jeff Duncan | John Dalen | Jane Ballard Dyer | |||
| 4 | Bob Inglis | Lost primary | Paul Corden | Trey Gowdy | C. Faye Walters | Richard Mahler | Dave Edwards | ||
| 5 | John M. Spratt, Jr. | Re-election | John M. Spratt, Jr. | Mick Mulvaney | |||||
| 6 | Jim Clyburn | Re-election | Jim Clyburn | Jim Pratt | Nammu Muhammad |
Overview [edit]
| United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 2010[1] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats Before | Seats After | +/– | |
| Republican | 753,932 | 56.21% | 4 | 5 | +1 | |
| Democratic | 543,921 | 40.55% | 2 | 1 | -1 | |
| Constitution | 16,597 | 1.23% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Libertarian | 9,988 | 0.74% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Green | 7,322 | 0.65% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Other | 9,376 | 0.74% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1,341,136 | 100.00% | 6 | 6 | — | |
District 1 [edit]
Incumbent Republican Congressman Henry E. Brown, Jr. has been in office since 2002 and is retiring. The open seat was contested by Democrat Ben Frasier, Republican Tim Scott, Green Robert Dobbs, Libertarian Keith Blandford, Working Families Rob Groce, United Citizens Milton Elmer "Mac" McCullough, Jr. and Independence Party Jimmy Wood. Scott defeated Paul Thurmond in the primary runoff election.[2]
| South Carolina's 1st congressional district election, 2010[3] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Republican | Tim Scott | 152,755 | 65.37% | |
| Democratic | Ben Frasier | 67,008 | 28.67% | |
| Working Families | Rob Groce | 4,148 | 1.77% | |
| Green | Robert Dobbs | 3,369 | 1.44% | |
| Libertarian | Keith Blandford | 2,750 | 1.18% | |
| Independence | Jimmy Wood | 2,489 | 1.07% | |
| United Citizens | Milton Elmer "Mac" McCullough, Jr. | 1,013 | 0.43% | |
| Write-ins | 163 | 0.07% | ||
| Totals | 233,695 | 100.00% | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
- South Carolina District 1 race from OurCampaigns.com
- Campaign contributions from OpenSecrets.org
- 2010 South Carolina - 1st District from CQ Politics
- Race profile at The New York Times
District 2 [edit]
Incumbent Republican Congressman Joe Wilson has been in office since 2001. Wilson defeated Democratic nominee Iraq War Veteran Rob Miller, Libertarian Eddie McCain, and the Constitution Party's Marc Beaman.[4]
| South Carolina's 2nd congressional district election, 2010[3] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Republican | Joe Wilson (inc.) | 138,861 | 53.48% | |
| Democratic | Rob Miller | 113,625 | 43.76% | |
| Libertarian | Eddie McCain | 4,228 | 1.63% | |
| Constitution | Marc Beaman | 2,856 | 1.10% | |
| Write-ins | 102 | 0.04% | ||
| Totals | 259,672 | 100.00% | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
- South Carolina District 2 race from OurCampaigns.com
- Campaign contributions from OpenSecrets.org
- 2010 South Carolina - 2nd District from CQ Politics
- Race profile at The New York Times
District 3 [edit]
Incumbent Republican Congressman J. Gresham Barrett had been in office since 2003, but decided to retire to run for Governor. The open seat was contested by Republican nominee Jeff Duncan, Democratic / Working Families nominee Jane Ballard Dyer, and Constitution Party nominee John Dalen.
| South Carolina's 3rd congressional district election, 2010[3] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Republican | Jeff Duncan | 126,235 | 62.46% | |
| Democratic | Jane Ballard Dyer | 73,095 | 36.16% | |
| Constitution | John Dalen | 2,682 | 1.33% | |
| Write-ins | 96 | 0.05% | ||
| Totals | 202,108 | 100.00% | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
- South Carolina District 3 race from OurCampaigns.com
- Campaign contributions from OpenSecrets.org
- 2010 South Carolina - 3rd District from CQ Politics
- Race profile at The New York Times
District 4 [edit]
This is an open seat. Incumbent Republican Congressman Bob Inglis has been in office since 2005, but lost to Trey Gowdy in the primary election. Trey Gowdy would go on to defeat the Democratic nominee Paul Corden, Green Party's Faye Walters, Libertarian Rick Mahler, and the Constitution Party's Dave Edwards.
| South Carolina's 4th congressional district election, 2010[3] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Republican | Trey Gowdy | 137,586 | 63.45% | |
| Democratic | Paul Corden | 62,438 | 28.79% | |
| Constitution | Dave Edwards | 11,059 | 5.10% | |
| Libertarian | Rick Mahler | 3,010 | 1.39% | |
| Green | Faye Walters | 2,564 | 1.18% | |
| Write-ins | 181 | 0.08% | ||
| Totals | 216,838 | 100.00% | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
- South Carolina District 4 race from OurCampaigns.com
- Campaign contributions from OpenSecrets.org
- 2010 South Carolina - 4th District from CQ Politics
- Candidates For Congress Debate Live At WYFF4 at WYFF, October 12, 2010
District 5 [edit]
Democratic incumbent John M. Spratt, Jr. was defeated by Republican Mick Mulvaney.
| South Carolina's 5th congressional district election, 2010[3] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |||
| Republican | Mick Mulvaney | 125,834 | 55.12% | |||
| Democratic | John M. Spratt, Jr. (inc.) | 102,296 | 44.81% | |||
| Write-ins | 156 | 0.07% | ||||
| Totals | 228,286 | 100.00% | ||||
| Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
- South Carolina District 5 race from OurCampaigns.com
- Campaign contributions from OpenSecrets.org
- 2010 South Carolina - 5th District from CQ Politics
- Race profile at The New York Times
District 6 [edit]
Incumbent Democratic Congressman Jim Clyburn has been in office since 1993. Clyburn won re-election against Republican Jim Pratt and Nammu Y Muhammad of the Green Party.
| South Carolina's 6th congressional district election, 2010[3] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Jim Clyburn (inc.) | 125,459 | 62.86% | |
| Republican | Jim Pratt | 72,661 | 36.41% | |
| Green | Nammu Y. Muhammad | 1,389 | 0.70% | |
| Write-ins | 81 | 0.04% | ||
| Totals | 199,590 | 100.00% | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
- South Carolina District 6 race from OurCampaigns.com
- Campaign contributions from OpenSecrets.org
- 2010 South Carolina - 6th District from CQ Politics
- South Carolina 2010 Official Election Results from South Carolina State Election Commission
- Race profile at The New York Times
See also [edit]
References [edit]
- ^ http://www.enr-scvotes.org/SC/19077/40477/en/summary.html
- ^ Kiely, Kathy. Tim Scott wins nomination to become first black Republican congressman since 2003, USA Today, June 22, 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f http://www.scvotes.org/2010/09/08/election_results
- ^ Official candidate list SC Secretary of State
External links [edit]
- South Carolina State Election Commission
- U.S. Congress candidates for South Carolina at Project Vote Smart
- South Carolina U.S. House from OurCampaigns.com
- Campaign contributions for U.S. Congressional races in South Carolina from OpenSecrets.org
- 2010 South Carolina General Election graph of multiple polls from Pollster.com
- House - South Carolina from the Cook Political Report
- Race Ratings Chart: House from CQ Politics
| Preceded by 2008 elections |
United States House elections in South Carolina 2010 |
Succeeded by 2012 elections |
|
|||||||||||||||||
