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Dimitri Cherny
Dimitri Cherny (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent South Carolina's 1st Congressional District. He lost in the Republican primary on June 12, 2018.
Elections
2018
General election
General election for U.S. House South Carolina District 1
Joe Cunningham defeated Katie Arrington in the general election for U.S. House South Carolina District 1 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Joe Cunningham (D) | 50.6 | 145,455 |
 | Katie Arrington (R) | 49.2 | 141,473 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 505 | ||
| Total votes: 287,433 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House South Carolina District 1
Joe Cunningham defeated Toby Smith in the Democratic primary for U.S. House South Carolina District 1 on June 12, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Joe Cunningham | 71.5 | 23,493 |
 | Toby Smith | 28.5 | 9,366 | |
| Total votes: 32,859 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House South Carolina District 1
Katie Arrington defeated incumbent Mark Sanford and Dimitri Cherny in the Republican primary for U.S. House South Carolina District 1 on June 12, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Katie Arrington | 50.6 | 33,153 |
 | Mark Sanford | 46.5 | 30,496 | |
 | Dimitri Cherny | 2.9 | 1,932 | |
| Total votes: 65,581 | |||
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2016
Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Mark Sanford (R) defeated Dimitri Cherny (D), Michael Grier Jr. (Libertarian), and Albert Travison (American) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Sanford defeated Jenny Horne in the Republican primary on June 14, 2016.[1][2]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican |  Mark Sanford Incumbent |
58.6% | 190,410 | |
| Democratic | Dimitri Cherny | 36.8% | 119,799 | |
| Libertarian | Michael Grier Jr. | 3.6% | 11,614 | |
| American | Albert Travison | 0.9% | 2,774 | |
| N/A | Write-in | 0.2% | 593 | |
| Total Votes | 325,190 | |||
| Source: South Carolina Secretary of State | ||||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Mark Sanford Incumbent |
55.6% | 21,299 | ||
| Jenny Horne | 44.4% | 17,001 | ||
| Total Votes | 38,300 | |||
| Source: South Carolina Secretary of State |
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2014
Cherny ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent South Carolina's 1st District. He ran as a write-in candidate.[3] Dimitri Cherny lost the general election on November 4, 2014.
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Mark Sanford Incumbent |
93.4% | 119,392 | |
| N/A | Write-in | 6.6% | 8,423 | |
| Total Votes | 127,815 | |||
| Source: South Carolina State Election Commission | ||||
Campaign themes
2016
The following issues were listed on Cherny's campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, click here.
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| —Dimitri Cherny's campaign website, http://www.chernyforcongress.us/issuesandactions/ | ||
See also
- United States House of Representatives
- South Carolina's 1st Congressional District elections, 2014
- South Carolina's 1st Congressional District election, 2016
- South Carolina's 1st Congressional District election, 2018
- South Carolina's 1st Congressional District
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ South Carolina Election Commission, "Candidate Listing for the 11/8/2016 Statewide General Election," accessed March 31, 2016
- ↑ The New York Times, "South Carolina Primary Results," June 14, 2016
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