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Bill Young (South Carolina)
Bill Young (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 11, 2024.
Young completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Bill Young was born in South Carolina. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 2006 to 2010. He earned a bachelor's degree from North Carolina State University in 2024. His career experience includes working as a nonprofit director.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: South Carolina's 1st Congressional District election, 2024
South Carolina's 1st Congressional District election, 2024 (June 11 Republican primary)
South Carolina's 1st Congressional District election, 2024 (June 11 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House South Carolina District 1
Incumbent Nancy Mace defeated Michael B. Moore in the general election for U.S. House South Carolina District 1 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Nancy Mace (R) | 58.2 | 227,502 |
 | Michael B. Moore (D)  | 41.6 | 162,582 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 693 | ||
| Total votes: 390,777 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House South Carolina District 1
Michael B. Moore defeated Mac Deford in the Democratic primary for U.S. House South Carolina District 1 on June 11, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Michael B. Moore | 51.6 | 10,893 |
 | Mac Deford | 48.4 | 10,209 | |
| Total votes: 21,102 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Benjamin Frasier (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House South Carolina District 1
Incumbent Nancy Mace defeated Catherine Templeton and Bill Young in the Republican primary for U.S. House South Carolina District 1 on June 11, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Nancy Mace | 56.8 | 28,300 |
 | Catherine Templeton | 29.8 | 14,849 | |
 | Bill Young | 13.4 | 6,691 | |
| Total votes: 49,840 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Austin Anderson (R)
- Daniel Hanlon (R)
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Young in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Bill Young completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Young's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I was born in South Carolina and graduated from Marine Corps boot camp in Parris Island in 2006. Deployed to Iraq in 2008 and received my Honorable Discharge in 2010. Following the Marine Corps, I went to N.C. State. There I earned my Bachelors of Science in Economics an graduated in 2015.
While in college I volunteered a lot of my time in assisting veterans and helping create programs to assist veterans. After graduating, I became a financial advisor until 2018. At that time seven of my Marine colleagues had taken their own life, and I was going through survivors guilt. I decided to slow life down and focus on mental health, and other veterans.
It was suggested to find a hobby as a distraction, that's when I found golf as a great distraction and therapeutic endeavor. Then I found other organizations/non profits were created to foster this environment and activity. I came down to Charleston for PGA HOPE and I was hooked. I decided to move here because of the golf communities support for veterans.
I'm now the South Carolina Director for the Veteran Golfers Association. We enrich veterans lives through the camaraderie and sportsmanship of golf. I look forward to not only serving Veterans, but also all of the constituents in South Carolina's 1st District.
- Shut the border down for illegal crossings and empower our Immigration Judges to enforce the existing laws and staff them appropriately.
- Take care of our Veterans. Equip and support our Military. Work with our militaries, to improve the quality of life across all branches of service. Having our Militaries back, by messaging out coherent long term foreign policy.
- Advocate for economic prosperity and fiscal responsibility. Being a friend to our local industries such as our wild caught shrimping community which is hurting. Advocate for tech, cyber security, and more stem resources in K-12 for our district.
Those words have stuck with me for all of my life. If I support something I do it with my actions not just my words, and I hope to leave a legacy that I cared about others. I do things out of the love in my heart for humanity and that I served my community. Even though I may be a Marine, and have a fighting spirit. That I always sought peace out first.
Also domestically we have to look at how is the government going to balance the introduction of Artificial Intelligence, in its work flow, but still keeping a balance with a human supervisory component and not eliminating the human element of responsibility and accountability. Technology is a resource, an aid, a compliment, but not a substitute.
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See also
2024 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on February 20, 2024
