2013 South Carolina's 1st congressional district special election

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2013 South Carolina's 1st congressional district special election
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South Carolina's 1st congressional district
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Nominee Mark Sanford Elizabeth Busch
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote77,60064,961
Percentage54.0%45.2%
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County results
Sanford:     50–60%     60-70%
U.S. Representative before election

Tim Scott
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Mark Sanford
Republican

A special election for South Carolina's 1st congressional district was held on May 7, 2013, to fill the seat following the resignation of U.S. Representative Tim Scott, who was appointed to the United States Senate by Governor Nikki Haley to fill the seat previously held by Jim DeMint. [1] [2] DeMint resigned from the Senate on January 2, 2013, to accept a position as president of The Heritage Foundation.

Contents

The filing period for candidates lasted between January 18 and January 28, 2013. The special primary elections took place on March 19, 2013. [1] [3] Businesswoman Elizabeth Colbert Busch won the Democratic Party primary and Mark Sanford, the former governor of South Carolina who held the seat from 1995 to 2001, advanced to a runoff with former Charleston County Councilman Curtis Bostic for the Republican Party nomination. Prior to the runoff, 14 Republicans and one Democrat signed the "Reject the Debt" pledge put out by the nonpartisan Coalition to Reduce Spending. In the runoff election on April 2, Sanford defeated Bostic. Eugene Platt, a James Island Public Service Commissioner, was nominated by the South Carolina Green Party. In the general election on May 7, Sanford received 54% of the vote, beating Colbert Busch (45%) and Platt (1%). [4]

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Declined

Primary

Results

2013 Republican Primary – South Carolina's 1st Congressional District Special Election [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mark Sanford19,85436.91%
Republican Curtis Bostic7,16813.33%
Republican Larry Grooms6,67312.40%
Republican Teddy Turner4,2527.90%
Republican Andy Patrick3,7837.03%
Republican John Kuhn3,4796.47%
Republican Chip Limehouse3,2796.10%
Republican Ray Nash2,5084.66%
Republican Peter McCoy8671.61%
Republican Elizabeth Moffly5300.99%
Republican Tim Larkin3930.73%
Republican Jonathan Hoffman3600.67%
Republican Jeff King2110.39%
Republican Keith Blandford1950.36%
Republican Shawn Pinkston1540.29%
Republican Ric Bryant870.16%
Total votes53,793 100%

Runoff

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Curtis
Bostic		Mark
Sanford		OtherUndecided
Public Policy Polling March 22–24, 2013648± 3.9%40%53%—7%

Results

2013 Republican Primary Runoff – South Carolina's 1st Congressional District Special Election [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mark Sanford26,12756.59%
Republican Curtis Bostic20,04443.41%
Total votes46,171 100%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Withdrawn

  • Bobbie Rose, former teacher and nominee for the 1st district in 2012 [33]
  • Martin Skelly, businessperson [34]

Declined

Primary

Results

2013 Democratic Primary – South Carolina's 1st Congressional District Special Election [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Elizabeth Colbert Busch15,80295.86%N/A
Democratic Ben Frasier6824.14%N/A

Green Party

On the Ballot

Declared

General election

On May 7, 2013, Mark Sanford won the election and took the seat vacated by U.S. Representative Tim Scott. [40] [41]

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Mark
Sanford (R)		Elizabeth
Colbert Busch (D)		Eugene
Platt (G)		Undecided
Public Policy Polling May 4–5, 20131,239± 2.8%47%46%4%4%
RRH/PMI Polling April 29 – May 1, 2013650± 5%46%46%—8%
Public Policy Polling April 19–21, 2013796± 3.5%41%50%3%5%
Lake Research Partners (D–Colbert–Busch) March 25–27, 2013500± 4.4%44%47%—7%
Public Policy Polling March 22–24, 20131,175± 2.9%45%47%—8%
Hypothetical polling
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Curtis
Bostic (R)		Elizabeth
Colbert Busch (D)		Eugene
Platt (G)		OtherUndecided
Lake Research Partners^ March 25–27, 2013500± 4.4%39%48%——10%
Public Policy Polling March 22–24, 20131,175± 2.9%43%43%——14%

Results

South Carolina's 1st congressional district, 2013 (special) [40]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Mark Sanford 77,600 54.03% -8.00%
Democratic Elizabeth Colbert Busch 64,96145.22%+9.51%
Green Eugene Platt6900.48%N/A
Write-in 3840.27%+0.20%
Total votes143,635 100.00% N/A
Republican hold

County results

Vote breakdown by county
Mark Sanford
Republican 		Elizabeth Colbert Busch
Democrat 		Total
CountyVotes %Votes %Votes
Beaufort 17,89652.60%14,87143.71%34,020
Berkeley 15,13760.90%8,67034.88%24,856
Charleston 32,01950.18%29,05645.54%63,809
Colleton 27269.21%10927.74%393
Dorchester 12,27659.72%7,44036.19%20,557

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