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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.
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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]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Mark Sanford | 19,854 | 36.91% | |
Republican | Curtis Bostic | 7,168 | 13.33% | |
Republican | Larry Grooms | 6,673 | 12.40% | |
Republican | Teddy Turner | 4,252 | 7.90% | |
Republican | Andy Patrick | 3,783 | 7.03% | |
Republican | John Kuhn | 3,479 | 6.47% | |
Republican | Chip Limehouse | 3,279 | 6.10% | |
Republican | Ray Nash | 2,508 | 4.66% | |
Republican | Peter McCoy | 867 | 1.61% | |
Republican | Elizabeth Moffly | 530 | 0.99% | |
Republican | Tim Larkin | 393 | 0.73% | |
Republican | Jonathan Hoffman | 360 | 0.67% | |
Republican | Jeff King | 211 | 0.39% | |
Republican | Keith Blandford | 195 | 0.36% | |
Republican | Shawn Pinkston | 154 | 0.29% | |
Republican | Ric Bryant | 87 | 0.16% | |
Total votes | 53,793 | 100% |
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Curtis Bostic |
Mark Sanford |
Other | Undecided |
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Public Policy Polling[29] | March 22–24, 2013 | 648 | ± 3.9% | 40% | 53% | — | 7% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Mark Sanford | 26,127 | 56.59% | |
Republican | Curtis Bostic | 20,044 | 43.41% | |
Total votes | 46,171 | 100% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Elizabeth Colbert Busch | 15,802 | 95.86% | N/A | |
Democratic | Ben Frasier | 682 | 4.14% | N/A |
On May 7, 2013, Mark Sanford won the election and took the seat vacated by U.S. Representative Tim Scott.[41][42]
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Mark Sanford (R) |
Elizabeth Colbert Busch (D) |
Eugene Platt (G) |
Undecided |
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Public Policy Polling[43] | May 4–5, 2013 | 1,239 | ± 2.8% | 47% | 46% | 4% | 4% |
RRH/PMI Polling[44] | April 29 – May 1, 2013 | 650 | ± 5% | 46% | 46% | — | 8% |
Public Policy Polling[45] | April 19–21, 2013 | 796 | ± 3.5% | 41% | 50% | 3% | 5% |
Lake Research Partners (D–Colbert–Busch)[46] | March 25–27, 2013 | 500 | ± 4.4% | 44% | 47% | — | 7% |
Public Policy Polling[29] | March 22–24, 2013 | 1,175 | ± 2.9% | 45% | 47% | — | 8% |
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Curtis Bostic (R) |
Elizabeth Colbert Busch (D) |
Eugene Platt (G) |
Other | Undecided |
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Lake Research Partners^[47] | March 25–27, 2013 | 500 | ± 4.4% | 39% | 48% | — | — | 10% |
Public Policy Polling[29] | March 22–24, 2013 | 1,175 | ± 2.9% | 43% | 43% | — | — | 14% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Mark Sanford | 77,600 | 54.03% | −8.00% | |
Democratic | Elizabeth Colbert Busch | 64,961 | 45.22% | +9.51% | |
Green | Eugene Platt | 690 | 0.48% | N/A | |
Write-in | 384 | 0.27% | +0.20% | ||
Total votes | 143,635 | 100.00% | N/A | ||
Republican hold |
Mark Sanford Republican |
Elizabeth Colbert Busch Democrat |
Total | ||||
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County | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | |
Beaufort | 17,896 | 52.60% | 14,871 | 43.71% | 34,020 | |
Berkeley | 15,137 | 60.90% | 8,670 | 34.88% | 24,856 | |
Charleston | 32,019 | 50.18% | 29,056 | 45.54% | 63,809 | |
Colleton | 272 | 69.21% | 109 | 27.74% | 393 | |
Dorchester | 12,276 | 59.72% | 7,440 | 36.19% | 20,557 |
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