2018 South Carolina District 2 Us House of Representatives Election

2018 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina

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All 7 South Carolina seats to the Us Firm of Representatives
Turnout	55.03%
Majority party Minority party Political party Republican Democratic Last ballot half dozen 1 Seats before 6 1 Seats won 5 2 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 927,494 758,340 Percentage 54.29% 44.37% Swing 6.24% 4.90%
Republican  50–59%  sixty–69% Democratic  l–59%  lxx–79%

The 2018 U.s.a. House of Representatives elections in South Carolina were held on November half dozen, 2018, to elect the seven U.Southward. Representatives from the country of Due south Carolina, one from each of the state'due south vii congressional districts. The elections coincided with a gubernatorial ballot, likewise as other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate and diverse state and local elections. This was the first fourth dimension that the Democrats picked up a seat in South Carolina since 1986. The state congressional delegation inverse from 6–1 for Republicans to v–two for Republicans. Prior to this, the last fourth dimension the Democrats had held 2 seats in the state had been in 2010.

Results summary [edit]

Statewide [edit]

Political party		Candi- dates	Votes		Seats
			No.	%	No.	+/–	%
	Republican Party	seven	927,494	54.29%	5	i	71.43%
	Democratic Party	7	758,340	44.37%	2	one	28.57%
	American Party	3	15,011	0.88%	0		0.00%
	Constitution Party	1	three,443	0.20%	0		0.00%
	Green Party	i	3,214	0.19%	0		0.00%
	Write-in	seven	1,790	0.10%	0		0.00%
Total		26	1,709,292	100.00%	7		100.00%

Popular vote
Republican			54.29%
Autonomous			44.37%
Other			1.37%

House seats
Republican			71.43%
Autonomous			28.57%

District [edit]

Results of the 2022 Usa Business firm of Representatives elections in South Carolina by district:^[1]

Commune 1 [edit]

2018 South Carolina's 1st congressional district election

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Nominee Joe Cunningham Katie Arrington Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 145,455 141,473 Percentage l.vi% 49.2%

County Results Cunningham:  50-60% Arrington:  50-lx%  70-80%

U.S. Representative before election Mark Sanford Republican Elected U.S. Representative Joe Cunningham Democratic

The 1st district is located in the Depression Country, on the Atlantic coastal plain from Hilton Head to the edge of Georgetown Canton, information technology includes almost of the Charleston area. The incumbent was Republican Mark Sanford, who had represented the district since 2013. Sanford was defeated by Republican Katie Arrington in the primary. Arrington went on to lose the general election to Democrat Joe Cunningham.

Democratic primary [edit]

Results [edit]

Republican primary [edit]

Sanford defeated State Representative Jenny Horne in the 2022 primary by but a 56-44 percent margin.^[2] The closer than expected issue led to speculation that Sanford could be vulnerable to another chief challenge in 2018.^[3] Onetime Director of the Due south Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control Catherine Templeton was reportedly being recruited to challenge Sanford, just decided instead to run for governor.^{[4] [5]}

Polling [edit]

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

Results [edit]

Endorsements [edit]

General election [edit]

Predictions [edit]

Source	Ranking	As of
538[13]	Likely R	November 6, 2018
Daily Kos[14]	Lean R	November five, 2018
RCP[15]	Lean R	November 5, 2018
Sabato'south Crystal Ball[sixteen]	Lean R	Nov 5, 2018
Inside Elections[17]	Likely R	November v, 2018
The Melt Political Report[eighteen]	Lean R	November 5, 2018

Debates [edit]

• Complete video of debate, October sixteen, 2018

Polling [edit]

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

Results [edit]

District 2 [edit]

The 2nd commune is located in central South Carolina and spans from Columbia to the Southward Carolina side of the Augusta, Georgia metropolitan area. The incumbent was Republican Joe Wilson, who had represented the district since 2001. Wilson was re-elected with 60% of the vote in 2022 and ran unopposed in the Republican Chief.

Autonomous primary [edit]

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General election [edit]

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District 3 [edit]

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

Democratic master [edit]

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General ballot [edit]

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District 4 [edit]

The 4th district is located in Upstate Southward Carolina. The incumbent was Republican Trey Gowdy, who had represented the district since 2011. Gowdy was re-elected with 67% of the vote in 2016. Gowdy announced in Jan 2022 that he would not run for re-election in 2018.^[nineteen]

Democratic master [edit]

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Runoff results [edit]

Republican primary [edit]

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Runoff results [edit]

General election [edit]

Results [edit]

Commune five [edit]

The 5th district is located in northern South Carolina. The incumbent was Republican Ralph Norman, who had represented the district since 2017. Norman was elected with 51% of the vote in a 2022 special ballot to replace Mick Mulvaney. Norman'south challenger in the special election, Archie Parnell, announced on the 9th of October that he would seek the Autonomous nomination for the 2022 election for District v. The primaries were held on June 12, 2018. Incumbent Ralph Norman was unopposed for the Republican nomination.

Democratic master [edit]

Special election candidate and sometime Goldman Sachs employee Parnell had the most fundraising of the four Democratic candidates as of June 9.^[xx] He was opposed past former York Canton Councilwoman Sidney Moore,^[21] professional person clown Steven Lough,^[22] and Mark Ali, a former undocumented immigrant.^[23] Parnell's campaign was overshadowed by the resignation of many of his entrada staff after the discovery of allegations of domestic violence committed by him in 1973.^[24] Nevertheless, he refused to drop out of the race, and won the primary with 60% of the vote.

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General election [edit]

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District half dozen [edit]

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

General ballot [edit]

Results [edit]

District 7 [edit]

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

Democratic primary [edit]

Results [edit]

Runoff results [edit]

Republican primary [edit]

Results [edit]

Full general election [edit]

Results [edit]

References [edit]

1. ^ Johnson, Cheryl L. (Feb 28, 2019). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November half dozen, 2018". Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
2. ^ Dumain, Emma (June 14, 2016). "Sanford beats Horne in tight main race". The Post and Courier . Retrieved July 2, 2016.
3. ^ Vocalizer, Jeff (June 15, 2016). "Noted hiker Mark Sanford wins a surprisingly tough GOP congressional primary in Due south Carolina". Daily Kos Elections . Retrieved Dec ii, 2016.
4. ^ "Mark Sanford Is More Vulnerable Than Ever". FITS News. June 15, 2016. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
5. ^ Dumain, Emma; Kropf, Schuyler (November 19, 2016). "Catherine Templeton running for governor". The Post and Courier . Retrieved Nov 28, 2016.
6. ^ Donald Trump. "Marker Sanford has been very unhelpful to me in my campaign to MAGA. He is MIA and nothing merely problem. He is meliorate 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.
7. ^ Kropf, Schuyler (February 28, 2018). "North Charleston Mayor Keith Summey endorses Katie Arrington for Congress over Mark Sanford". The Postal service and Courier.
8. ^ Justin Amash. ".@MarkSanford'southward job is to back up and defend the Constitution. He's ane of the nearly principled, consistent, and conservative members of Congress I've ever known. And unlike yous, Mark has shown humility in his part and a want to be a better man than he was the day before". Twitter.
9. ^ Joe Walsh. "What a shitty thing for Trump to do. He goes after one of our height Conservatives, @MarkSanford, and takes a shot at Sanford'southward personal life. This coming from a President yous'd never allow your daughter near. Disgusting. Let'southward promise Sanford wins big time today". Twitter.
10. ^ "Citizens Fund Endorses Mark Sanford in SC-01". TPPCF. May 30, 2018.
11. ^ "Small Business organisation Endorses Sanford for Re-ballot". NFIB. May 24, 2018.
12. ^ "FreedomWorks for America Endorses Rep. Mark Sanford in S Carolina'southward First Congressional Commune". FreedomWorks. May 29, 2018.
13. ^ Silver, Nate (August sixteen, 2018). "2018 House Forecast". FiveThirtyEight . Retrieved Nov 6, 2018.
14. ^ "Daily Kos Elections 2022 race ratings". Daily Kos . Retrieved Nov five, 2018. ^{[ permanent expressionless link ]}
15. ^ "Battle for the House 2018". RCP. Retrieved November 5, 2018.
16. ^ "2018 House". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved November 5, 2018.
17. ^ "2018 House Ratings". The Rothenberg Political Report. Retrieved Nov 5, 2018.
18. ^ "2018 Business firm Race Ratings". Melt Political Report . Retrieved October thirty, 2018.
19. ^ Pathe, Simone (January 31, 2018). "South Carolina'south Trey Gowdy Won't Seek Re-Ballot". Ringlet Phone call. Washington, DC. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
20. ^ FEC.gov. (2018). PARNELL, ARCHIE - Candidate overview - FEC.gov. [online] Available at: https://www.fec.gov/information/candidate/H8SC05174/ [Accessed ix Jun. 2018].
21. ^ Greenvilleonline.com. (2018). Sidney Moore, Democrat candidate for U.Due south. Senate. [online] Available at: https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/politics/2014/05/30/sidney-moore/9782759/ [Accessed 9 Jun. 2018].
22. ^ Stracqualursi, Five. (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 nine Jun. 2018].
23. ^ 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].
24. ^ Lovegrove, Jamie. "Peak S Carolina candidate refuses to quit congressional race after abuse discovery". Post and Courier . Retrieved June 9, 2018.

External links [edit]

• Candidates at Vote Smart
• Candidates at Ballotpedia
• Campaign finance at FEC
• Campaign finance at Centre for Responsive Politics

Official campaign websites of first commune candidates

• Katie Arrington (R) for Congress
• Joe Cunningham (D) for Congress

Official campaign websites of second district candidates

• Sean Carrigan (D) for Congress
• Joe Wilson (R) for Congress

Official campaign websites of third commune candidates

• Jeff Duncan (R) for Congress
• Mary Geren (D) for Congress

Official campaign websites of quaternary district candidates

• Brandon Brownish (D) for Congress
• William Timmons (R) for Congress

Official campaign websites of fifth district candidates

• Ralph Norman (R) for Congress
• Archie Parnell (D) for Congress

Official campaign websites of 6th district candidates

• Jim Clyburn (D) for Congress
• Gerhard Gressmann (R) for Congress

Official campaign websites of seventh district candidates

• Tom Rice (R) for Congress

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