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2013 South Carolina's 1st congressional district special election

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election_name2013 South Carolina's 1st congressional district special election
countrySouth Carolina
typeby-election
seats_for_electionSouth Carolina's 1st congressional district
ongoingno
previous_electionUnited States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 2012#District 1
previous_year2012
next_electionUnited States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 2014#District 1
next_year2014
election_dateMay 7, 2013
image1[[File:Mark Sanford, Official Portrait, 113th Congress (3x4).jpgx150px]]
nominee1**Mark Sanford**
party1Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote1**77,600**
percentage1**54.0%**
image2[[File:No image.svgx100px]]
nominee2Elizabeth Busch
party2Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote264,961
percentage245.2%
map_image2013SC01Special.svg
map_captionCounty results
**Sanford:**
titleU.S. Representative
before_electionTim Scott
before_partyRepublican Party (United States)
after_electionMark Sanford
after_partyRepublican Party (United States)

Sanford:
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. DeMint resigned from the Senate on January 2, 2013, to accept a position as president of The Heritage Foundation.

The filing period for candidates lasted between January 18 and January 28, 2013. The special primary elections took place on March 19, 2013. 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%).

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

  • Keith Blandford, businessman and Libertarian nominee for this district in 2012
  • Curtis Bostic, former Charleston County Councilman (defeated in runoff)
  • Ric Bryant, engineer
  • Larry Grooms, state senator
  • Jonathan Rath Hoffman, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security, former director of border security at the White House
  • Jeff King, engineer for a military contractor
  • John R. Kuhn, former state senator
  • Tim Larkin, defense engineer and member of the South Carolina Army National Guard
  • Chip Limehouse, state representative
  • Peter M. McCoy Jr., state representative
  • Elizabeth Moffly, member of the Charleston County School Board
  • Ray Nash, former Dorchester County Sheriff
  • Andy Patrick, state representative
  • Shawn Pinkston, attorney
  • Mark Sanford, former Governor of South Carolina and former U.S. Representative (won primary)
  • Teddy Turner, high school teacher and son of Ted Turner

Declined

  • Carroll Campbell III, businessperson and son of former governor Carroll A. Campbell, Jr.
  • George E. Campsen III, state senator
  • Tom Davis, state senator
  • Larry Kobrovsky, former Charleston County School Board member
  • Joe McKeown, chief of staff for Tim Scott and former Charleston County Councilman
  • James H. Merrill, state representative
  • Thomas Ravenel, former state treasurer
  • Jenny Sanford, former First Lady of South Carolina
  • Duffie Stone, Judicial Circuit Solicitor
  • Elliott Summey, Charleston County Councilman
  • Paul Thurmond, state senator

Primary

Results

Runoff

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administeredSample
sizeMargin of
errorCurtis
BosticMark
SanfordOtherUndecided
Public Policy PollingMarch 22–24, 2013648± 3.9%40%**53%**—7%

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

  • Elizabeth Colbert Busch, director of business development at Clemson University’s Restoration Institute, (won primary; also nominated by the South Carolina Working Families Party)
  • Ben Frasier, perennial candidate, former aide to Congressman L. Mendel Rivers

Withdrawn

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

Declined

  • Robert Burton, pilot and retired Air Force Colonel
  • Wendell Gilliard, state representative
  • Blaine Lotz, Chairman of the Beaufort County Democratic Party
  • Leon Stavrinakis, state representative

Primary

Results

Green Party

On the Ballot

  • Eugene Platt, James Island Public Service Commissioner and 1990 Democratic Party candidate for the 1st district (won primary)

Declared

  • Larry Carter Center, political activist

General election

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

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administeredSample
sizeMargin of
errorMark
Sanford (R)Elizabeth
Colbert Busch (D)Eugene
Platt (G)Undecided
Public Policy PollingMay 4–5, 20131,239± 2.8%**47%**46%4%4%
RRH/PMI PollingApril 29 – May 1, 2013650± 5%**46%****46%**—8%
Public Policy PollingApril 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 PollingMarch 22–24, 20131,175± 2.9%45%**47%**—8%
Poll sourceDate(s)
administeredSample
sizeMargin of
errorCurtis
Bostic (R)Elizabeth
Colbert Busch (D)Eugene
Platt (G)OtherUndecided
Lake Research Partners^March 25–27, 2013500± 4.4%39%**48%**——10%
Public Policy PollingMarch 22–24, 20131,175± 2.9%**43%****43%**——14%

Results

County results

Mark Sanford
RepublicanElizabeth Colbert Busch
DemocratTotalCountyVotes%Votes%Votes
Beaufort17,89652.60%14,87143.71%34,020
Berkeley15,13760.90%8,67034.88%24,856
Charleston32,01950.18%29,05645.54%63,809
Colleton27269.21%10927.74%393
Dorchester12,27659.72%7,44036.19%20,557

References

References

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  2. (December 17, 2012). "Gov. Haley (R-SC) Announces Rep. Scott to Replace Sen. DeMint". C-SPAN.
  3. (August 16, 2012). "Primary Runoffs".
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  5. (December 19, 2012). "1st District field widens with three additions". [[The Post and Courier]].
  6. Sullivan, Shaun. (March 22, 2013). "Bostic still tops Grooms after S.C. recount, will face Sanford". The Washington Post.
  7. Behre, Robert. (February 9, 2013). "1st Congressional District candidate Ric Bryant says nation's debt first issue". [[The Post and Courier]].
  8. (January 4, 2013). "Summey won't run for Congress, but Grooms will". [[The Post and Courier]].
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  16. (January 15, 2013). "Former Dorchester Co. Sheriff Ray Nash to run for congress". [[WIS TV]].
  17. Smith, Gina. (January 9, 2013). "Hilton Head lawmaker running for Congress". [[The Island Packet]].
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  26. (January 14, 2013). "Jenny Sanford not running for Congress".
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  32. Groce, Rob. (22 March 2013). "Colbert Busch Lands Working Families Party Endorsement". North Charleston Patch.
  33. Drury, Shawn. (January 28, 2013). "Perennial Candidate Returns to SC1 Democratic Primary". [[Patch Media.
  34. (January 28, 2013). "Rose drops out of District 1 race on last day to file". [[ABC News 4]].
  35. Miller, Joshua. (February 11, 2013). "South Carolina: Skelly Exits Special Election; Colbert's Sister Now Top Democratic Contender". [[Roll Call]].
  36. Crisp, Adam. (January 4, 2013). "Robert Burton Studying Congressional Run". [[Patch Media.
  37. Easley, Cameron. (December 19, 2012). "Rep. Stavrinakis will not run for Tim Scott's seat". [[WCSC-TV]].
  38. (January 28, 2013). "Eugene Platt To Run In Special Congressional Election". [[South Carolina Green Party]].
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  40. Bowers, Paul. (January 29, 2013). "Abortion protester accuses liberal activist of hitting him with a car". [[Charleston City Paper]].
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  47. [https://www.scribd.com/doc/133465427/SC-01-Lake-Research-for-Elizabeth-Colbert-Busch-March-2013 Lake Research Partners^]
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