2010 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina

The 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina were held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010. The primary elections were held on June 8. The composition of the state delegation before the election was four Republicans and two Democrats.

2010 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina

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All 6 South Carolina seats to the United States House of Representatives
Majority party Minority party   Party Republican Democratic Last election 4 2 Seats won 5 1 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 753,932 543,921 Percentage 56.21% 40.55% Swing 6.06% 8.52%
Winners Vote share Republican   50–60%   60–70% Democratic   60–70% Winners   Republican hold   Republican gain   Democratic hold

After the general election, the composition of the state delegation entering the 112th Congress was five Republicans and just one Democrat.

All seats were rated safe for their incumbent parties except for district 5.

Overview

United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 2010[1]
Party		Votes	Percentage	Seats before	Seats after	+/–
	Republican	753,932	56.21%	4	5	+1
	Democratic	543,921	40.55%	2	1	-1
	Constitution	16,597	1.23%	0	0	0
	Libertarian	9,988	0.74%	0	0	0
	Green	7,322	0.65%	0	0	0
	Other	9,376	0.74%	0	0	0
Totals		1,341,136	100.00%	6	6	—

By district

Results of the 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina by district:^[2]

District	Republican		Democratic		Others		Total		Result
	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
District 1	152,755	65.37%	67,008	28.67%	13,932	5.96%	233,695	100.00%	Republican hold
District 2	138,861	53.47%	113,625	43.76%	7,186	2.77%	259,672	100.00%	Republican hold
District 3	126,235	62.46%	66,497	32.90%	9,376	4.64%	202,108	100.00%	Republican hold
District 4	137,586	63.45%	62,438	28.80%	16,814	7.75%	216,838	100.00%	Republican hold
District 5	125,834	55.12%	102,296	44.81%	156	0.07%	228,286	100.00%	Republican gain
District 6	72,661	36.40%	125,459	62.86%	1,470	0.74%	199,590	100.00%	Democratic hold
Total	753,932	56.26%	537,323	40.09%	48,934	3.65%	1,340,189	100.00%	.

South Carolina's 6 congressional districts

District 1

See also: South Carolina's 1st congressional district

Incumbent Republican Congressman Henry E. Brown Jr. had been in office since 2001 and was retiring. The open seat was contested by Democrat Ben Frasier, Republican Tim Scott, Green Robert Dobbs, Libertarian Keith Blandford, Working Families Rob Groce, United Citizens Milton Elmer "Mac" McCullough Jr. and Independence Party Jimmy Wood. Scott defeated Paul Thurmond in the primary runoff election.^[3]

South Carolina's 1st congressional district election, 2010^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tim Scott	152,755	65.37
	Democratic	Ben Frasier	67,008	28.67
	Working Families	Rob Groce	4,148	1.77
	Green	Robert Dobbs	3,369	1.44
	Libertarian	Keith Blandford	2,750	1.18
	Independence	Jimmy Wood	2,489	1.07
	United Citizens	Milton Elmer "Mac" McCullough Jr.	1,013	0.43
	Write-ins		163	0.07
Total votes			233,695	100.00
	Republican hold

• South Carolina District 1 race from OurCampaigns.com
• Campaign contributions from OpenSecrets
• 2010 South Carolina - 1st District from CQ Politics
• Race profile at The New York Times

District 2

See also: South Carolina's 2nd congressional district

Incumbent Republican Congressman Joe Wilson had been in office since 2001. Wilson defeated Democratic nominee Iraq War Veteran Rob Miller, Libertarian Eddie McCain, and the Constitution Party's Marc Beaman.^[5]

South Carolina's 2nd congressional district election, 2010^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joe Wilson (incumbent)	138,861	53.48
	Democratic	Rob Miller	113,625	43.76
	Libertarian	Eddie McCain	4,228	1.63
	Constitution	Marc Beaman	2,856	1.10
	Write-ins		102	0.04
Total votes			259,672	100.00
	Republican hold

• South Carolina District 2 race from OurCampaigns.com
• Campaign contributions from OpenSecrets
• 2010 South Carolina - 2nd District from CQ Politics
• Race profile at The New York Times

District 3

See also: South Carolina's 3rd congressional district

Incumbent Republican Congressman J. Gresham Barrett had been in office since 2003, but decided to retire to run for governor. The open seat was contested by Republican nominee Jeff Duncan, Democratic / Working Families nominee Jane Ballard Dyer, and Constitution Party nominee John Dalen. Duncan had come in second in the Republican Primary at 25%, but beat Richard Cash in the runoff 51% to 49%.^[6]

South Carolina's 3rd congressional district election, 2010^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeff Duncan	126,235	62.46
	Democratic	Jane Ballard Dyer	73,095	36.16
	Constitution	John Dalen	2,682	1.33
	Write-ins		96	0.05
Total votes			202,108	100.00
	Republican hold

• South Carolina District 3 race from OurCampaigns.com
• Campaign contributions from OpenSecrets
• 2010 South Carolina - 3rd District from CQ Politics
• Race profile at The New York Times

District 4

See also: South Carolina's 4th congressional district

This was an open seat. Incumbent Republican Congressman Bob Inglis had been in office since 2005, but he lost to Trey Gowdy in the primary election. Trey Gowdy would go on to defeat the Democratic nominee Paul Corden, Green Party's Faye Walters, Libertarian Rick Mahler, and the Constitution Party's Dave Edwards.

South Carolina's 4th congressional district election, 2010^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Trey Gowdy	137,586	63.45
	Democratic	Paul Corden	62,438	28.79
	Constitution	Dave Edwards	11,059	5.10
	Libertarian	Rick Mahler	3,010	1.39
	Green	Faye Walters	2,564	1.18
	Write-ins		181	0.08
Total votes			216,838	100.00
	Republican hold

• South Carolina District 4 race from OurCampaigns.com
• Campaign contributions from OpenSecrets
• 2010 South Carolina - 4th District from CQ Politics
• Candidates For Congress Debate Live At WYFF4^{[permanent dead link‍]} at WYFF, October 12, 2010

District 5

See also: South Carolina's 5th congressional district

Democratic incumbent John Spratt was defeated by Republican Mick Mulvaney.

South Carolina's 5th congressional district election, 2010^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mick Mulvaney	125,834	55.12
	Democratic	John Spratt (incumbent)	102,296	44.81
	Write-ins		156	0.07
Total votes			228,286	100.00
	Republican gain from Democratic

• South Carolina District 5 race from OurCampaigns.com
• Campaign contributions from OpenSecrets
• 2010 South Carolina - 5th District from CQ Politics
• Race profile at The New York Times

District 6

See also: South Carolina's 6th congressional district

Incumbent Democratic Congressman Jim Clyburn had been in office since 1993. He won re-election against Republican Jim Pratt and Nammu Y. Muhammad of the Green Party.

South Carolina's 6th congressional district election, 2010^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Clyburn (incumbent)	125,459	62.86
	Republican	Jim Pratt	72,661	36.41
	Green	Nammu Y. Muhammad	1,389	0.70
	Write-ins		81	0.04
Total votes			199,590	100.00
	Democratic hold

• South Carolina District 6 race from OurCampaigns.com
• Campaign contributions from OpenSecrets
• 2010 South Carolina - 6th District from CQ Politics
• South Carolina 2010 Official Election Results from South Carolina State Election Commission
• Race profile at The New York Times

See also

• Politics of South Carolina

References

1. "Statewide Results : 2010 General Election : Results by County". Enr-scvotes.org. Retrieved March 11, 2014.
2. Haas, Karen L. (June 3, 2011). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010". Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
3. Kiely, Kathy. Tim Scott wins nomination to become first black Republican congressman since 2003, USA Today, June 22, 2010.
4. "Election Results : 2012 General Election : South Carolina State Election Commission". Scvotes.org. Archived from the original on October 20, 2014. Retrieved March 11, 2014.
5. "Official candidate list" (PDF). SC Secretary of State. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 18, 2014. Retrieved March 11, 2014.
6. Barone, Michael (2011). The Almanac of American Politics 2012. Washington, D.C.: National Journal Group. pp. 1453–1455. ISBN 978-0-226-03808-7. LCCN 2011929193.

External links

• South Carolina State Election Commission Archived October 20, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  • Official Candidate List Archived 2010-11-03 at the Wayback Machine
• U.S. Congress candidates for South Carolina Archived September 30, 2010, at the Wayback Machine at Project Vote Smart
• South Carolina U.S. House from OurCampaigns.com
• Campaign contributions for U.S. Congressional races in South Carolina from OpenSecrets
• 2010 South Carolina General Election graph of multiple polls from Pollster.com
• House - South Carolina from the Cook Political Report
• Race Ratings Chart: House from CQ Politics

Preceded by 2008 elections

United States House elections in South Carolina 2010

Succeeded by 2012 elections