2000 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina

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2000 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina
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  1998 November 7, 2000 (2000-11-07) 2002  

All 6 South Carolina seats to the United States House of Representatives
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Last election42
Seats won42
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svg
Popular vote729,803523,141
Percentage55.23%39.59%
SwingDecrease2.svg 4.38Increase2.svg 1.59

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The 2000 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina were held on November 7, 2000, to select six Representatives for two-year terms from the state of South Carolina. The primary elections for the Democrats and the Republicans were held on June 13 and the runoff elections were held two weeks later on June 27. All five incumbents who ran were re-elected and the open seat in the 1st congressional district was retained by the Republicans. The composition of the state delegation remained four Republicans and two Democrats.

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Overview

United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 2000 [1]
PartyVotesPercentageSeats+/–
Republican 729,80355.23%4
Democratic 523,14139.59%2
Libertarian 31,1042.35%0
Others37,2642.82%0
Totals1,321,312100.00%6

District 1

Incumbent Republican Congressman Mark Sanford of the 1st congressional district, in office since 1995, honored his campaign pledge that he would only serve three terms and retired. Henry E. Brown, Jr. won the Republican primary and defeated Democrat Andy Brack in the general election. Sanford later held this seat again from 2013 to 2019.

Republican primary

Republican primary
CandidateVotes%
Henry E. Brown, Jr. 22,072 43.6
Harry B. "Buck" Limehouse 17,171 33.9
Van Jenerette 4,269 8.4
Wheeler Tillman 2,627 5.2
Mike Seekings 2,470 4.9
Charlie Thompson 1,998 4.0
Republican primary runoff
CandidateVotes%±%
Henry E. Brown, Jr. 21,63154.6+11.0
Harry B. "Buck" Limehouse17,99045.4+11.5

General election results

South Carolina's 1st congressional district election results, 2000
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Henry E. Brown, Jr. 139,59760.3−30.7
Democratic Andy Brack82,62235.7+35.7
Libertarian Bill Woolsey6,0102.6+2.6
Reform Bob Batchelder2,0670.9+0.9
Natural Law Joseph F. Innella1,1100.5−8.4
No party Write-Ins 400.0−0.1
Majority 56,97524.6−57.5
Turnout 231,446
Republican hold

District 2

Incumbent Republican Congressman Floyd Spence of the 2nd congressional district, in office since 1971, defeated Democratic challenger Jane Frederick.

General election results

South Carolina's 2nd congressional district election results, 2000
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Floyd Spence (incumbent)153,87057.0−0.8
Democratic Jane Frederick110,16140.8−0.3
Libertarian Timothy Moultrie3,5841.3+1.3
Natural Law George C. Taylor2,2590.9−0.2
No party Write-Ins 710.00.0
Majority 43,70916.2−0.5
Turnout 269,945
Republican hold

District 3

Incumbent Republican Congressman Lindsey Graham of the 3rd congressional district, in office since 1995, defeated Democratic challenger George L. Brightharp.

General election results

South Carolina's 3rd congressional district election results, 2000
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Lindsey Graham (incumbent)150,17667.8−31.9
Democratic George L. Brightharp*67,17430.3+30.3
Libertarian Adrian Banks3,1161.4+1.4
Natural Law Leroy J. Klein1,1220.5+0.5
No party Write-Ins 330.0−0.3
Majority 83,00237.5−61.9
Turnout 221,621
Republican hold
*Brightharp also ran under the United Citizens Party; his totals are combined.

District 4

Incumbent Republican Congressman Jim DeMint of the 4th congressional district, in office since 1999, defeated Franklin D. Raddish in the Republican primary and won the general election against several minor party candidates.

Republican primary

Republican primary
CandidateVotes%
Jim DeMint 41,851 77.3
Franklin D. Raddish 12,279 22.7

General election results

South Carolina's 4th congressional district election results, 2000
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Jim DeMint (incumbent)150,43679.6+21.9
Constitution Ted Adams16,5328.7+8.7
Libertarian April Bishop12,7576.7+6.7
Reform Peter J. Ashy*6,2103.3+2.4
Natural Law C. Faye Walters2,6401.4+0.3
No party Write-Ins 4760.3+0.2
Majority 133,90470.9+53.4
Turnout 189,051
Republican hold
*Ashy also ran under the United Citizens Party; his totals are combined.

District 5

Incumbent Democratic Congressman John M. Spratt, Jr. of the 5th congressional district, in office since 1983, defeated Republican challenger Carl L. Gullick.

General election results

South Carolina's 5th congressional district election results, 2000
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic John M. Spratt, Jr. (incumbent)126,87758.8+0.9
Republican Carl L. Gullick85,24739.5−0.8
Libertarian Tom Campbell3,6651.7+1.7
No party Write-Ins 490.0−0.1
Majority 41,63019.3+1.7
Turnout 215,838
Democratic hold

District 6

Incumbent Democratic Congressman Jim Clyburn of the 6th congressional district, in office since 1993, defeated Republican challenger Vince Ellison.

General election results

South Carolina's 6th congressional district election results, 2000
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Jim Clyburn (incumbent)138,05371.8−0.8
Republican Vince Ellison50,00526.0+0.2
Natural Law Dianne L. Nevins2,3391.2−0.3
Libertarian Lynwood E. Hines1,9341.0+1.0
No party Write-Ins 490.0−0.1
Majority 88,04845.8−1.0
Turnout 192,380
Democratic hold

See also

References

  1. "Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives".