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A special election was held on June 20, 2017, to determine the member of the United States House of Representatives for South Carolina's 5th congressional district. Representative Mick Mulvaney was nominated by President Donald Trump as director of the Office of Management and Budget and confirmed by the United States Senate on February 16, 2017, necessitating his resignation from the House of Representatives.[1][2]
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South Carolina's 5th congressional district | |||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 18.34% ![]() | ||||||||||||||||
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Norman: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% Parnell: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% Tie: 40–50% 50% No votes | |||||||||||||||||
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State Representative Ralph Norman narrowly defeated Archie Parnell, a senior advisor for Goldman Sachs, 51.0% to 47.9%, in a low-turnout election.
Poll source |
Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Chad Connelly |
Sheri Few |
Tom Mullikin |
Ralph Norman |
Tommy Pope |
Kris Wampler |
Other | Undecided |
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Atlantic Research and Media of North Carolina[20]* | February 25, 2017 | 239 | ± 6.2% | 1% | 9% | 8% | 11% | 19% | 0% | — | 51% |
Remington Research Group[21] | January 7–8, 2017 | 778 | ± 3.4% | 9% | — | — | 9% | 25% | — | 6%[22] | 52% |
*Internal survey for the Sheri Few campaign
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Tommy Pope | 11,943 | 30.4% | |
Republican | Ralph Norman | 11,808 | 30.1% | |
Republican | Tom Mullikin | 7,759 | 19.8% | |
Republican | Chad Connelly | 5,546 | 14.1% | |
Republican | Sheri Few | 1,930 | 4.9% | |
Republican | Kris Wampler | 197 | 0.5% | |
Republican | Ray Craig | 87 | 0.2% | |
Total votes | 39,270 | 100.00% |
Poll source |
Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Ralph Norman |
Tommy Pope |
Undecided |
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Trafalgar Group[24] | May 8–10, 2017 | 1000+ | ± 3.1% | 46% | 45% | 9% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ralph Norman | 17,823 | 50.31% | |
Republican | Tommy Pope | 17,602 | 49.69% | |
Total votes | 35,425 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Archie Parnell | 13,333 | 71.3% | |
Democratic | Alexis Frank | 4,030 | 21.5% | |
Democratic | Les Murphy | 1,346 | 7.2% | |
Total votes | 18,709 | 100.00% |
The Libertarian Party nominating convention was held April 1, 2017.[32]
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Ralph Norman (R) |
Archie Parnell (D) |
Other | Undecided |
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Change Research[34] | June 14–18, 2017 | 872 | ± 3% | 53% | 44% | 3% | – |
Gravis Marketing[35] | May 19–22, 2017 | 746 | ± 3.6% | 47% | 34% | 3% | 16% |
Victory Enterprises/Rampart PAC (R)[36] | May 17–18, 2017 | 629 | ± 3.9% | 53% | 36% | – | 11% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Ralph Norman | 45,076 | 51.04% | −8.03% | |
Democratic | Archie Parnell | 42,341 | 47.94% | +9.17% | |
American | Josh Thornton | 319 | 0.36% | −1.74% | |
Libertarian | Victor Kocher | 273 | 0.31% | N/A | |
Green | David Kulma | 242 | 0.27% | N/A | |
Write-In | Write-in | 65 | 0.07% | +0.31% | |
Total votes | 88,316 | 100.0% | |||
Republican hold |
Ralph Norman Republican |
Archie Parnell Democrat |
Total | ||||
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County | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | |
Cherokee | 3,367 | 61.86% | 2,031 | 37.31% | 5,443 | |
Chester | 1,940 | 45.20% | 2,301 | 53.61% | 4,292 | |
Fairfield | 1,125 | 32.33% | 2,314 | 66.49% | 3,480 | |
Kershaw | 3,720 | 52.53% | 3,299 | 46.59% | 7,081 | |
Lancaster | 6,237 | 55.07% | 4,985 | 44.02% | 11,325 | |
Lee | 632 | 25.54% | 1,825 | 73.74% | 2,475 | |
Newberry | 1,627 | 51.07% | 1,519 | 47.68% | 3,186 | |
Spartanburg | 763 | 70.98% | 302 | 28.09% | 1,075 | |
Sumter | 3,757 | 39.64% | 5,671 | 59.84% | 9,477 | |
Union | 1,436 | 50.35% | 1,397 | 48.98% | 2,852 | |
York | 20,472 | 54.44% | 16,697 | 44.33% | 37,630 |