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United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 2014
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The 2014 U.S. House of Representatives elections in South Carolina took place on November 4, 2014. Voters elected seven candidates to serve in the U.S. House, one from each of the state's seven congressional districts.
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Primary: A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. South Carolina utilizes an open primary system, in which registered voters do not have to be members of a party to vote in that party's primary. Voters must take an oath affirming that they have not voted in another party's primary.[1][2]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
Voter registration: To vote in the primary, voters had to register by May 10, 2014. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 4, 2014.[3]
- See also: South Carolina elections, 2014
Partisan breakdown
Heading into the November 4 election, the Republican Party held six of the seven congressional seats from South Carolina.
| Members of the U.S. House from South Carolina -- Partisan Breakdown | |||
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| Party | As of November 2014 | After the 2014 Election | |
| Democratic Party | 1 | 1 | |
| Republican Party | 6 | 6 | |
| Total | 7 | 7 | |
Incumbents
Heading into the 2014 election, the incumbents for the seven congressional districts were:
| Name | Party | District |
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| Mark Sanford |  Republican |
1 |
| Joe Wilson | Republican |
2 |
| Jeff Duncan | Republican |
3 |
| Trey Gowdy | Republican |
4 |
| Mick Mulvaney | Republican |
5 |
| James Clyburn |  Democratic |
6 |
| Tom Rice | Republican |
7 |
Margin of victory for winners
There were a total of 7 seats up for election in 2014 in South Carolina. The following table shows the margin of victory for each district winner, which is calculated by examining the percentage difference between the two candidates who received the most votes. If the race was uncontested, the margin of victory is listed as 100 percent.
| District | Winner | Margin of Victory | Total Vote | Top Opponent |
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| South Carolina District 1 |  Mark Sanford |
86.8% | 127,815 | Write-in |
| South Carolina District 2 | Joe Wilson |
27.2% | 194,808 | Phil Black |
| South Carolina District 3 | Jeff Duncan |
42.4% | 164,009 | Barbara Jo Mullis |
| South Carolina District 4 | Trey Gowdy |
70.1% | 149,049 | Curtis McLaughlin |
| South Carolina District 5 | Mick Mulvaney |
21.3% | 169,962 | Tom Adams |
| South Carolina District 6 |  James Clyburn |
47% | 173,432 | Anthony Culler |
| South Carolina District 7 | Tom Rice |
20% | 171,524 | Gloria Bromell Tinubu |
Candidates
1st Congressional District
General election candidates
- Mark Sanford - Incumbent
Dimitri Cherny - Write-in candidate[4]
Failed to file
2nd Congressional District
General election candidates
June 10, 2014, primary results
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Third Party candidates
- Harold Geddings III Labor Party[9]
3rd Congressional District
General election candidates
June 10, 2014, primary results
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4th Congressional District
General election candidates
- Trey Gowdy - Incumbent
Curtis McLaughlin[11]
5th Congressional District
General election candidates
- Mick Mulvaney - Incumbent
- Tom Adams[12]
- Robert McGee - Write-in
6th Congressional District
General election candidates
June 10, 2014, primary results
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Third Party Candidates
7th Congressional District
General election candidates
- Tom Rice - Incumbent
- Gloria Bromell Tinubu[15]
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2014
- United States Senate elections in South Carolina, 2014
- United States Senate special election in South Carolina, 2014
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ NCSL,"State Primary Election Types," accessed September 24, 2024
- ↑ South Carolina Legislature,"South Carolina Code of Laws Unannotated § 7-9-10," accessed September 24, 2024
- ↑ South Carolina State Election Commission, "South Carolina Voter Registration Information," accessed January 3, 2014
- ↑ SCWay.net, "2014 SC Candidates – US House of Representatives," accessed May 29, 2014
- ↑ SC Votes, "Candidate List," accessed March 31, 2014
- ↑ Campaign website, "Home", accessed January 14, 2014
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Associated Press, "South Carolina - Summary Vote Results," accessed June 10, 2014
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 SC Votes, "Candidate Search," accessed March 31, 2014 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "list" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ SC Votes, "General Election Candidate List," accessed April 1, 2014
- ↑ Associated Press, "South Carolina - Summary Vote Results," accessed June 10, 2014
- ↑ SC Votes, "Candidate Search," accessed April 1, 2014
- ↑ SC Votes, "Candidate Search," accessed April 1, 2014
- ↑ The Times and Democrat, "Clyburn announces run for 12th term next year", accessed August 28, 2013
- ↑ Campaign website, "Leon Winn", accessed December 2, 2013
- ↑ SC Votes, "Candidate Search," accessed April 1, 2014
