A special election was held on June 20, 2017, to determine the member of the United States House of Representatives for South Carolina's 5th congressional district. Representative Mick Mulvaney was nominated by President Donald Trump as director of the Office of Management and Budget and confirmed by the United States Senate on February 16, 2017, necessitating his resignation from the House of Representatives.
State Representative Ralph Norman narrowly defeated Archie Parnell, a senior advisor for Goldman Sachs, 51.0% to 47.9%, in a low-turnout election.
Republican primary Candidates Declared Chad Connelly, former chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party Ray Craig, international ministry aid worker Sheri Few, education activist, candidate for Superintendent of Education in 2014 and state house candidate in 2006, 2008 and 2010 Tom Mullikin, attorney and commander of the South Carolina State Guard Ralph Norman, state representative and nominee for this district in 2006 Tommy Pope, state representative Kris Wampler, attorney
Declined Penry Gustafson, former businesswoman and community advocate of Camden, SC Gary Simrill, state representative
Endorsements
First round Polling Pollsource Date(s)administered Samplesize Margin oferror ChadConnelly SheriFew TomMullikin RalphNorman TommyPope KrisWampler Other UndecidedAtlantic Research and Media of North CarolinaAtlantic Research and Media of North Carolina* February 25, 2017 239 ± 6.2% 1% 9% 8% 11% 19% 0% — 51%Remington Research GroupRemington Research Group January 7–8, 2017 778 ± 3.4% 9% — — 9% 25% — 6%Gary Simrill 6% 52% *Internal survey for the Sheri Few campaign
Results
Runoff Polling Pollsource Date(s)administered Samplesize Margin oferror RalphNorman TommyPope UndecidedTrafalgar GroupTrafalgar Group May 8–10, 2017 1000+ ± 3.1% 46% 45% 9%
Results
Democratic primary Candidates Declared Alexis Frank, recent college graduate and Army veteran Les Murphy, United States Marine Corps veteran Archie Parnell, Goldman Sachs senior adviser
Declined John King, state representative Thomas McElveen, state senator Mandy Powers Norrell, state representative Fran Person, nominee for this seat in 2016 Vincent Sheheen, state senator and nominee for governor in 2010 and 2014
Results
Libertarian Party Candidates Nominated Victor Kocher
Eliminated at convention The Libertarian Party nominating convention was held on April 1, 2017. Bill Bledsoe Nathaniel Cooper
Green Party Candidates Nominated David Kulma, professor at Winthrop University and musician
General election Candidates
Victor Kocher (Libertarian) David Kulma (Green) Ralph Norman (Republican) Archie Parnell (Democratic) Josh Thornton (American)
Endorsements
Polling Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Margin oferror RalphNorman (R) ArchieParnell (D) Other Undecided Change Research June 14–18, 2017 872 ± 3% 53% 44% 3% – Gravis Marketing |url=https://ru.scribd.com/document/349433821/SC-POLL |title=Gravis Marketing |publisher=Ru.scribd.com |access-date=2017-09-27}} May 19–22, 2017 746 ± 3.6% 47% 34% 3% 16% Victory Enterprises/Rampart PAC (R) |url=https://scribd.com/document/349245592/SC-05-Victory-Enterprises-for-Rampart-PAC |title=Victory Enterprises/Rampart PAC |publisher=Scribd.com |access-date=2017-09-27}} May 17–18, 2017 629 ± 3.9% 53% 36% – 11%
Results
County results +Vote breakdown by county Ralph NormanRepublican Archie ParnellDemocratTotal County Votes % Votes % VotesCherokee3,36761.86%2,03137.31%5,443Chester1,94045.20%2,30153.61%4,292Fairfield1,12532.33%2,31466.49%3,480Kershaw3,72052.53%3,29946.59%7,081Lancaster6,23755.07%4,98544.02%11,325Lee63225.54%1,82573.74%2,475Newberry1,62751.07%1,51947.68%3,186Spartanburg76370.98%30228.09%1,075Sumter3,75739.64%5,67159.84%9,477Union1,43650.35%1,39748.98%2,852York20,47254.44%16,69744.33%37,630
See also List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives
References
External links Official campaign websites David Kulma (G) for Congress Ralph Norman (R) for Congress Archie Parnell (D) for Congress