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2014 U.S. House Elections in South Carolina

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Primary Date
June 10, 2014

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Partisan breakdown • Candidates

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## Contents

* 1 Partisan breakdown
* 1.1 Incumbents
* 2 Margin of victory for winners
* 3 Candidates
* 3.1 1st Congressional District
* 3.2 Failed to file
* 3.3 2nd Congressional District
* 3.4 3rd Congressional District
* 3.5 4th Congressional District
* 3.6 5th Congressional District
* 3.7 6th Congressional District
* 3.8 7th Congressional District
* 4 See also
* 5 External links
* 6 Footnotes

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.

Candidate Filing Deadline  | Primary Election  | General Election

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March 30, 2014 | June 10, 2014 | November 4, 2014

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][3][4]

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.[5]

See also: South Carolina elections, 2014

## Partisan breakdown[edit]

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

Party  | As of November 2014  | After the 2014 Election
| Democratic Party | 1  | 1
| Republican Party | 6  | 6
Total |  7 |  7

### Incumbents[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

### 1st Congressional District[edit]

General election candidates

* Mark Sanford \- Incumbenta
* Dimitri Cherny \- Write-in candidate[6]

### Failed to file[edit]

* Ajay Bruno[7][8]

### 2nd Congressional District[edit]

General election candidates

* Joe Wilsona[9]
* Phil Black[9]
* Harold Geddings III

June 10, 2014, primary results

Republican Primary

* Joe Wilson \- Incumbenta
* Eddie McCain[10]

Democratic Primary

* Phil Blacka[10]
* Ed Greenleaf[10]

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Third Party candidates

* Harold Geddings III Labor Party[11]

### 3rd Congressional District[edit]

General election candidates

* Jeff Duncana
* Barbara Jo Mullis[12]

June 10, 2014, primary results

Republican Primary

* Jeff Duncan \- Incumbenta

Democratic Primary

* Hosea Cleveland[10]
* Barbara Jo Mullisa[10]

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### 4th Congressional District[edit]

General election candidates

* Trey Gowdy \- Incumbenta
* Curtis McLaughlin[13]

### 5th Congressional District[edit]

General election candidates

* Mick Mulvaney \- Incumbenta
* Tom Adams[14]
* Robert McGee \- Write-in

### 6th Congressional District[edit]

General election candidates

* James Clyburna[9]
* Anthony Culler[9]
* Kevin Umbaugh

June 10, 2014, primary results

Democratic Primary

* James Clyburn \- Incumbenta[15]
* Karen Smith[10]

Republican Primary

* Anthony Cullera[10]
* Leon Winn[16]

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Third Party Candidates

* Kevin Umbaugh[10]

### 7th Congressional District[edit]

General election candidates

* Tom Rice \- Incumbenta
* Gloria Bromell Tinubu[17]

## See also[edit]

* 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[edit]

* South Carolina Candidate Search

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ NCSL,"State Primary Election Types," accessed October 25, 2019
2. ↑ FairVote,"Primaries," accessed October 25, 2019
3. ↑ Ballotpedia research conducted December 26, 2013, through January 3, 2014, researching and analyzing various state websites and codes.
4. ↑ South Carolina Election Commission',"Nomination by Political Party," accessed October 25, 2019
5. ↑ South Carolina State Election Commission, "South Carolina Voter Registration Information," accessed January 3, 2014
6. ↑ SCWay.net, "2014 SC Candidates – US House of Representatives," accessed May 29, 2014
7. ↑ SC Votes, "Candidate List," accessed March 31, 2014
8. ↑ Campaign website, "Home", accessed January 14, 2014
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Associated Press, "South Carolina - Summary Vote Results," accessed June 10, 2014
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 10.7 SC Votes, "Candidate Search," accessed March 31, 2014 Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; name "list" defined multiple times with different content
11. ↑ SC Votes, "General Election Candidate List," accessed April 1, 2014
12. ↑ Associated Press, "South Carolina - Summary Vote Results," accessed June 10, 2014
13. ↑ SC Votes, "Candidate Search," accessed April 1, 2014
14. ↑ SC Votes, "Candidate Search," accessed April 1, 2014
15. ↑ The Times and Democrat, "Clyburn announces run for 12th term next year", accessed August 28, 2013
16. ↑ Campaign website, "Leon Winn", accessed December 2, 2013
17. ↑ SC Votes, "Candidate Search," accessed April 1, 2014

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South Carolina's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Lindsey Graham (R)

Tim Scott (R)

Representatives

District 1

Nancy Mace (R)

District 2

Joe Wilson (R)

District 3

Jeff Duncan (R)

District 4

William Timmons (R)

District 5

Ralph Norman (R)

District 6

James Clyburn (D)

District 7

Tom Rice (R)

Republican Party (8)

Democratic Party (1)