Rouzy Vafaie
Rouzy Vafaie (Republican Party) ran for election to the South Carolina House of Representatives to represent District 110. He lost in the Republican primary on June 9, 2020.
Vafaie was a 2017 Republican special election candidate for District 113 of the South Carolina House of Representatives.
Elections
2020
See also: South Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 110
Incumbent William S. Cogswell Jr. defeated Rebecca Niess Cingolani in the general election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 110 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | William S. Cogswell Jr. (R) | 60.7 | 13,280 |
 | Rebecca Niess Cingolani (D)  | 39.2 | 8,590 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 18 | ||
| Total votes: 21,888 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Rebecca Niess Cingolani advanced from the Democratic primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 110.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Lelia Slater (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 110
Incumbent William S. Cogswell Jr. defeated Rouzy Vafaie in the Republican primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 110 on June 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | William S. Cogswell Jr. | 80.1 | 3,511 |
 | Rouzy Vafaie | 19.9 | 873 | |
| Total votes: 4,384 | |||
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2017
A special election for the position of South Carolina House of Representatives District 113 was held on November 7, 2017. The primary election took place on September 5, 2017. The filing deadline for political parties to nominate their candidates to run in this election was July 15, 2017.[1]
The seat was vacant after Jackson Whipper (D) resigned to become a magistrate judge in Charleston County.[2]
Marvin Pendarvis (D) defeated Theron Sandy II (R) in the November 7 special election.[3]
Pendarvis defeated Chris Collins and Angela Hanyak in the Democratic primary.[4] Sandy defeated Rouzy Vafaie in the Republican primary.[5]
| South Carolina House of Representatives, District 113, Special Election, 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Marvin Pendarvis |
80.9% | 1,463 | |
| Republican | Theron Sandy II | 19% | 343 | |
| Other | Write-ins | 0.1% | 2 | |
| Total Votes | 1,808 | |||
| Source: South Carolina Election Commission | ||||
| South Carolina House of Representatives, District 113 Democratic Primary, 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|
Marvin Pendarvis |
79.9% | 804 | ||
| Angela Hanyak | 11.9% | 120 | ||
| Chris Collins | 8.2% | 82 | ||
| Total Votes | 1,006 | |||
| Source: South Carolina Election Commission |
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| South Carolina House of Representatives, District 113 Republican Primary, 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|
Theron Sandy II |
72.7% | 178 | ||
| Rouzy Vafaie | 27.3% | 67 | ||
| Total Votes | 245 | |||
| Source: South Carolina Election Commission |
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Rouzy Vafaie did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ South Carolina Election Commission, "House of Representatives District 113 Special Election," accessed August 25, 2017
- ↑ The Post and Courier, "North Charleston state Rep. Seth Whipper retiring from House to serve as magistrate judge," June 6, 2017
- ↑ South Carolina Election Commission, "State House of Representatives District 113 Special Election," accessed November 7, 2017
- ↑ South Carolina Election Commission, "State House of Representatives District 113 Democratic Primary," accessed September 6, 2017
- ↑ South Carolina Election Commission, "State House of Representatives District 113 Republican Primary," accessed September 6, 2017
