2010 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina

The 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina were held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010. The primary elections were held on June 8. The composition of the state delegation before the election was four Republicans and two Democrats.

After the general election, the composition of the state delegation entering the 112th Congress was five Republicans and just one Democrat.

Overview United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 2010PartyVotesPercentageSeats beforeSeats 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 —

By district Results of the 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina by district:

DistrictRepublicanDemocraticOthersTotalResult Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %District 1 152,755 65.37% 67,008 28.67% 13,932 5.96% 233,695 100.00% Republican holdDistrict 2 138,861 53.47% 113,625 43.76% 7,186 2.77% 259,672 100.00% Republican holdDistrict 3 126,235 62.46% 66,497 32.90% 9,376 4.64% 202,108 100.00% Republican holdDistrict 4 137,586 63.45% 62,438 28.80% 16,814 7.75% 216,838 100.00% Republican holdDistrict 5 125,834 55.12% 102,296 44.81% 156 0.07% 228,286 100.00% Republican gainDistrict 6 72,661 36.40% 125,459 62.86% 1,470 0.74% 199,590 100.00% Democratic holdTotal 753,932 56.26% 537,323 40.09% 48,934 3.65% 1,340,189 100.00% .

District 1

Incumbent Republican Congressman Henry E. Brown Jr. had been in office since 2001 and was 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.Kiely, Kathy. Tim Scott wins nomination to become first black Republican congressman since 2003, USA Today, June 22, 2010.

Predictions SourceRankingAs of The Cook Political Report November 1, 2010 Rothenberg November 1, 2010 Sabato's Crystal BallCrystal Ball, November 1, 2010RCPRealClearPolitics, November 1, 2010CQ PoliticsOctober 28, 2010New York Times November 1, 2010FiveThirtyEight November 1, 2010

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District 2

Incumbent Republican Congressman Joe Wilson had been in office since 2001. Wilson defeated Democratic nominee Iraq War Veteran Rob Miller, Libertarian Eddie McCain, and the Constitution Party's Marc Beaman.

Predictions SourceRankingAs of The Cook Political Report November 1, 2010 Rothenberg November 1, 2010 Sabato's Crystal Ball November 1, 2010RCP November 1, 2010CQ PoliticsOctober 28, 2010New York Times November 1, 2010FiveThirtyEight November 1, 2010

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District 3

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. Duncan had come in second in the Republican Primary at 25%, but beat Richard Cash in the runoff 51% to 49%.

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District 4

This was an open seat. Incumbent Republican Congressman Bob Inglis had been in office since 2005, but he 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. Republican primary Nominee Trey Gowdy, 7th Circuit Solicitor

Eliminated in primary Bob Inglis, incumbent U.S. representative Jim Lee, businessman David L. Thomas, state senator Christina Jeffrey, college professor and former Historian of the U.S. House

Results

Primary runoff results

South Carolina District 4 race from OurCampaigns.com Campaign contributions from OpenSecrets 2010 South Carolina - 4th District from CQ Politics Candidates For Congress Debate Live At WYFF4 at WYFF, October 12, 2010

District 5

Democratic incumbent John Spratt was defeated by Republican Mick Mulvaney.

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District 6

Incumbent Democratic Congressman Jim Clyburn had been in office since 1993. He won re-election against Republican Jim Pratt and Nammu Y. Muhammad of the Green Party.

South Carolina District 6 race from OurCampaigns.com Campaign contributions from OpenSecrets from CQ Politics South Carolina 2010 Official Election Results from South Carolina State Election Commission Race profile at The New York Times

2010 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina

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