Det Bowers
Det Bowers was a 2014 Republican candidate who sought election to the U.S. Senate from South Carolina.[1] He was defeated by incumbent Lindsey Graham in the Republican primary on June 10, 2014.[2]
Elections
2014
Bowers ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. Senate, to represent South Carolina. He was defeated by incumbent Lindsey Graham in the Republican primary on June 10, 2014.[2]
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Lindsey Graham Incumbent |
56.4% | 178,093 | ||
| Lee Bright | 15.4% | 48,704 | ||
| Richard Cash | 8.3% | 26,246 | ||
| Det Bowers | 7.3% | 23,071 | ||
| Nancy Mace | 6.2% | 19,560 | ||
| Bill Connor | 5.3% | 16,847 | ||
| Benjamin Dunn | 1% | 3,195 | ||
| Total Votes | 315,716 | |||
| Source: Results via Associated Press |
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Controversial sermon
Bowers argued in one of his sermons delivered at Christ Church of the Carolinas that in many cases of divorce, husbands leave their wives because their wives love their children more than their husbands. In the sermon he stated, “Do you hear me ladies? It is an abominable idolatry to love your children more than you love your husband, and it will ruin your marriage. And yet you blame it on him because he ran off with some other woman! He did run off with some other woman, and you packed his bags. All of his emotional bags, you packed for him. Is that true in every case? No, but it’s true in the vast preponderance of them."[3] Bowers' full sermon can be found here.
Polls
2014
| Republican primary | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Poll | Lindsey Graham | Richard Cash | Lee Bright | Nancy Mace | Det Bowers | Bill Connor | Benjamin Dunn | Other/Someone else | Won't vote | Margin of error | Sample size | ||||||||
| Target Point (May 16-22, 2014) (dead link) | 56% | 7% | 6% | 5% | 4% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% | +/-2.8 | 600 | ||||||||
| Note: The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org. | |||||||||||||||||||
Campaign finance summary
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Recent news
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