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South Carolina's 1st Congressional District elections, 2012
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The 1st Congressional District of South Carolina held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Timothy Scott was re-elected on November 6, 2012.[1]
| Candidate Filing Deadline | Primary Election | General Election |
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Primary: South Carolina has an open primary system, in which any registered voter can choose which party's primary to vote in, without having to be a member of that party. In South Carolina's June 26, 2012 primary runoffs, however, voters had to vote in the same party whose primary they voted in.
Voter registration: Voters had to register to vote in the primary by May 12, 2012. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 6, 2012.[2]
- See also: South Carolina elections, 2012
Incumbent: Heading into the election the incumbent was Rep. Timothy Scott (R), who had served since 2011.
This was the first election using district maps based on data from the 2010 Census. South Carolina's 1st Congressional District is located in the southeastern portion of the state The first district stretches along the eastern coast of South Carolina, from Seabrook Island to the North Carolina border. It includes most of Charleston and Myrtle Beach. It also includes portions of Berkeley, Chestleston, Dorchester, and Beaufort counties.[3]
Candidates
Note: Election results were added on election night as races were called. Vote totals were added after official election results had been certified. Click here for more information about Ballotpedia's election coverage plan. Please contact us about errors in this list.
General election candidates
June 12, 2012, primary results
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Election results
General Election
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic | Bobbie Rose | 35.7% | 103,557 | |
| Republican |  Timothy Scott Incumbent |
62% | 179,908 | |
| Libertarian | Keith Blandford | 2.2% | 6,334 | |
| N/A | Write-In | 0.1% | 214 | |
| Total Votes | 290,013 | |||
| Source: South Carolina State Election Commission "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" | ||||
Impact of Redistricting
- See also Redistricting in South Carolina
After redistricting, the 1st Congressional District of South Carolina was extended and included parts of Hilton Head Island.
The 1st District was re-drawn after the 2010 Census. The new district was composed of the following percentages of voters of the old congressional districts.[4][5]
- 74 percent from the 1st Congressional District
- 23 percent from the 2nd Congressional District
- 3 percent from the 6th Congressional District
District partisanship
FairVote's Monopoly Politics 2012 study
- See also: FairVote's Monopoly Politics 2012
In 2012, FairVote did a study on partisanship in the congressional districts, giving each a percentage ranking (D/R) based on the new 2012 maps and comparing that to the old 2010 maps. South Carolina's 1st District became less Republican because of redistricting.[6]
- 2012: 40D / 60R
- 2010: 39D / 61R
Cook Political Report's PVI
In 2012, Cook Political Report released its updated figures on the Partisan Voter Index, which measured each congressional district's partisanship relative to the rest of the country. South Carolina's 1st Congressional District had a PVI of R+11, which was the 97th most Republican district in the country. In 2008, this district was won by John McCain (R), 57-43 percent over Barack Obama (D). In 2004, George W. Bush (R) won the district 62-38 percent over John Kerry (D).[7]
Media
The following is a selection of audio and video for some of the District 1 candidates. Some were released by candidates, others by local media.
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Timothy Scott
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Bobbie Rose
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Campaign contributions
Candidates for Congress were required to file up to seven main reports with the Federal Election Commission during the 2012 elections season. Below are candidate reports.
Timothy Scott
| Timothy Scott (2012) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[10] | March 31, 2012 | $511,901.52 | $155,678.15 | $(161,163.27) | $506,416.4 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $155,678.15 | $(161,163.27) | ||||||||
Bobbie Rose
| Bobbie Rose (2012) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[11] | March 31, 2012 | $0.00 | $31,000.00 | $(5,880.00) | $25,120.00 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $31,000 | $(5,880) | ||||||||
District history
2010
On November 2, 2010, Scott won election to the United States House of Representatives. He defeated Ben Frasier, Robert Dobbs, Rob Groce, Keith Blandford, and Jimmy Wood in the general election.[12]
| U.S. House of Representatives, South Carolina Congressional District 1 Election, 2010 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Tim Scott |
65.7% | 152,755 | |
| Democratic | Ben Frasier | 28.8% | 67,008 | |
| Working Families | Rob Groce | 1.8% | 4,148 | |
| Green | Robert Dobbs | 1.4% | 3,369 | |
| Libertarian | Keith Blandford | 1.2% | 2,750 | |
| Independence | Jimmy Wood | 1.1% | 2,489 | |
| Total Votes | 232,519 | |||
2008
On November 4, 2008, Henry E. Brown Jr won election to the United States House of Representatives. He defeated Linda Ketner in the general election.[13]
| U.S. House of Representatives, South Carolina Congressional District 1 Election, 2008 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Henry E. Brown, Jr. Incumbent |
52% | 177,540 | |
| Democratic | Linda Ketner | 48% | 163,724 | |
| Total Votes | 341,264 | |||
2006
On November 7, 2006, Henry E. Brown Jr won re-election to the United States House of Representatives. He defeated Randy Maatta and James E. Dunn in the general election.[14]
| U.S. House of Representatives, South Carolina Congressional District 1 Election, 2006 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Henry E. Brown, Jr. Incumbent |
59.9% | 115,766 | |
| Democratic | Randy Maatta | 37.9% | 73,218 | |
| Green | James E. Dunn | 2.2% | 4,287 | |
| Total Votes | 193,271 | |||
2004
On November 2, 2004, Henry E. Brown Jr won re-election to the United States House of Representatives. He defeated Randy Maatta and James E. Dunn in the general election.[15]
| U.S. House of Representatives, South Carolina Congressional District 1 Election, 2004 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Henry E. Brown, Jr. Incumbent |
87.9% | 186,448 | |
| Green | James E. Dunn | 12.1% | 25,674 | |
| Total Votes | 212,122 | |||
2002
On November 5, 2002, Henry E. Brown Jr won re-election to the United States House of Representatives. He defeated Randy Maatta and James E. Dunn in the general election.[16]
| U.S. House of Representatives, South Carolina Congressional District 1 Election, 2002 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Henry E. Brown, Jr. Incumbent |
89.6% | 127,562 | |
| United Citizens | James E. Dunn | 6.9% | 9,841 | |
| Natural Law | Joe Innella | 3.5% | 4,965 | |
| Total Votes | 142,368 | |||
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 2012
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2012
Footnotes
- ↑ Carolina ABC News, "2012 General Election Results," accessed November 6, 2012
- ↑ South Carolina Votes, "2012 Election Calendar," accessed July 27, 2012
- ↑ South Carolina Redistricting Map, "Map" accessed July 30, 2012
- ↑ Moonshadow Mobile's CensusViewer, "South Carolina's congressional districts 2001-2011 comparison"
- ↑ Labels & Lists, "VoterMapping software voter counts"
- ↑ "2011 Redistricting and 2012 Elections in South Carolina," September 2012
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "Partisan Voting Index Districts of the 113th Congress: 2004 & 2008" accessed October 2012
- ↑ YouTube channel
- ↑ YouTube channel
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Tim Scott April Quarterly," accessed July 11, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Bobbie Rose April Quarterly," accessed July 11, 2012
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 2008," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2006," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2004"
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 2002"
