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.
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]
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]
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
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]
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]
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]
^Kiely, Kathy. Tim Scott wins nomination to become first black Republican congressman since 2003, USA Today, June 22, 2010.
^ abcdef"Election Results : 2012 General Election : South Carolina State Election Commission". Scvotes.org. Archived from the original on October 20, 2014. Retrieved March 11, 2014.
^"Official candidate list" (PDF). SC Secretary of State. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 18, 2014. Retrieved March 11, 2014.