2010 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina

2010 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina
All 6 South Carolina seats to the United States House of Representatives
	2010 election results by district; Democratic hold Republican hold Republican gain

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.

All seats were rated safe for their incumbent parties except for district 5.

Overview[]

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	—

By district[]

Results of the 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina by district:^[2]

District	Republican		Democratic		Others		Total		Result

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

South Carolina's 6 congressional districts

District 1[]

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.^[3]

South Carolina's 1st congressional district election, 2010^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tim Scott	152,755	65.37
	Democratic	Ben Frasier	67,008	28.67
	Working Families		4,148	1.77
	Green		3,369	1.44
	Libertarian		2,750	1.18
	Independence	Jimmy Wood	2,489	1.07
	United Citizens		1,013	0.43
	Write-ins		163	0.07
Total votes			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[]

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.^[5]

South Carolina's 2nd congressional district election, 2010^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joe Wilson (inc.)	138,861	53.48
	Democratic	Rob Miller	113,625	43.76
	Libertarian		4,228	1.63
	Constitution		2,856	1.10
	Write-ins		102	0.04
Total votes			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[]

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%.^[6]

South Carolina's 3rd congressional district election, 2010^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeff Duncan	126,235	62.46
	Democratic	Jane Ballard Dyer	73,095	36.16
	Constitution		2,682	1.33
	Write-ins		96	0.05
Total votes			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[]

This was an open seat. Incumbent Republican Congressman Bob Inglis had 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^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Trey Gowdy	137,586	63.45
	Democratic		62,438	28.79
	Constitution		11,059	5.10
	Libertarian		3,010	1.39
	Green		2,564	1.18
	Write-ins		181	0.08
Total votes			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^{[permanent dead link]} at WYFF, October 12, 2010

District 5[]

Democratic incumbent John M. Spratt Jr. was defeated by Republican Mick Mulvaney.

South Carolina's 5th congressional district election, 2010^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mick Mulvaney	125,834	55.12
	Democratic	John M. Spratt Jr. (inc.)	102,296	44.81
	Write-ins		156	0.07
Total votes			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[]

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^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Clyburn (inc.)	125,459	62.86
	Republican		72,661	36.41
	Green		1,389	0.70
	Write-ins		81	0.04
Total votes			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

References[]

^ "Statewide Results : 2010 General Election : Results by County". Enr-scvotes.org. Retrieved 2014-03-11.
^ Haas, Karen L. (June 3, 2011). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010". Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
^ 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 "Election Results : 2012 General Election : South Carolina State Election Commission". Scvotes.org. Archived from the original on 2014-10-20. Retrieved 2014-03-11.
^ "Official candidate list" (PDF). SC Secretary of State. Retrieved 2014-03-11.
^ Barone, Michael (2011). The Almanac of American Politics 2012. Washington, D.C.: National Journal Group. pp. 1453–1455. ISBN 978-0-226-03808-7. LCCN 2011929193.

External links[]

South Carolina State Election Commission
- Official Candidate List
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

[1] "Statewide Results : 2010 General Election : Results by County". Enr-scvotes.org. Retrieved 2014-03-11.

[clerk2010-2] Haas, Karen L. (June 3, 2011). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010". Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved November 12, 2019.

[3] Kiely, Kathy. Tim Scott wins nomination to become first black Republican congressman since 2003, USA Today, June 22, 2010.

[scvotes1-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Election Results : 2012 General Election : South Carolina State Election Commission". Scvotes.org. Archived from the original on 2014-10-20. Retrieved 2014-03-11.

[5] "Official candidate list" (PDF). SC Secretary of State. Retrieved 2014-03-11.

[6] Barone, Michael (2011). The Almanac of American Politics 2012. Washington, D.C.: National Journal Group. pp. 1453–1455. ISBN 978-0-226-03808-7. LCCN 2011929193.

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