2017 South Carolina's 5th congressional district special election

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]

2017 South Carolina's 5th congressional district special election

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South Carolina's 5th congressional district
Turnout18.34% Decrease
 
Nominee Ralph Norman Archie Parnell
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 45,076 42,341
Percentage 51.0% 47.9%

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

U.S. Representative before election

Mick Mulvaney
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Ralph Norman
Republican

State Representative Ralph Norman narrowly defeated Archie Parnell, a senior advisor for Goldman Sachs, 51.0% to 47.9%, in a low-turnout election.

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Declared

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Declined

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  • Penry Gustafson, former businesswoman and community advocate of Camden, SC[9]
  • Gary Simrill, state representative[10]

Endorsements

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Tommy Pope
Ralph Norman
Chad Connelly
Tom Mullikin

First round

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Polling

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Poll
source
Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Chad
Connelly
Sheri
Few
Tom
Mullikin
Ralph
Norman
Tommy
Pope
Kris
Wampler
Other Undecided
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

Results

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Results by county:
  Norman
  •   20–30%
  •   30–40%
  Pope
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  Mullikin
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  Connelly
  •   60–70%
South Carolina's 5th congressional district special election Republican primary, 2017[23]
Party Candidate Votes %
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%

Runoff

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Polling

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Poll
source
Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Ralph
Norman
Tommy
Pope
Undecided
Trafalgar Group[24] May 8–10, 2017 1000+ ± 3.1% 46% 45% 9%

Results

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Results by county:
  Norman
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  Pope
  •   50–60%
South Carolina's 5th congressional district special election Republican primary runoff, 2017[25]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ralph Norman 17,823 50.31%
Republican Tommy Pope 17,602 49.69%
Total votes 35,425 100.00%

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Declared

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Declined

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Results

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Results by county:
  Parnell
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
South Carolina's 5th congressional district special election Democratic primary, 2017
Party Candidate Votes %
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%

Libertarian Party

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Candidates

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Nominated

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Eliminated at convention

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The Libertarian Party nominating convention was held April 1, 2017.[32]

  • Bill Bledsoe
  • Nathaniel Cooper

Green Party

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Candidates

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Nominated

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General election

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Candidates

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Endorsements

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Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Ralph
Norman (R)
Archie
Parnell (D)
Other Undecided
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%

Results

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South Carolina's 5th congressional district special election, 2017[37]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

County results

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Vote breakdown by county
Ralph Norman
Republican
Archie Parnell
Democrat
Total
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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Senate Narrowly Confirms Mulvaney As Trump's OMB Director". NPR. Retrieved February 16, 2017.
  2. ^ "U.S. House of Representatives District 5". South Carolina Election Commission. February 16, 2017. Archived from the original on February 17, 2017. Retrieved February 16, 2017.
  3. ^ Marchant, Bristow (February 13, 2017). "Former SC GOP chairman running for Congress". The State. Retrieved February 16, 2017.
  4. ^ Marchant, Bristow (January 25, 2017). "Common Core opponent enters SC race for Congress". The State. Retrieved February 16, 2017.
  5. ^ Marchant, Bristow (February 1, 2017). "SC State Guard commander enters Fifth District race". The State. Retrieved February 16, 2017.
  6. ^ Dys, Andrew (December 22, 2016). "Ralph Norman to run for Congress – if Mick Mulvaney takes Trump's budget job". The State. Retrieved February 16, 2017.
  7. ^ Marchant, Bristow; Self, Jamie (February 6, 2017). "Former prosecutor, SC GOP legislator to run for Congress". The State. Retrieved February 16, 2017.
  8. ^ Marchant, Bristow (January 26, 2017). "Indian Land attorney running in SC congressional race". The State. Retrieved February 16, 2017.
  9. ^ Marchant, Bristow (February 27, 2017). "Camden woman jumps into crowded 5th District race". The State. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
  10. ^ "Rock Hill's Republican Simrill says no to run for Congress". The Herald. Retrieved February 16, 2017.
  11. ^ "SC-5: Trey Gowdy Endorses Tommy Pope". May 4, 2017. Retrieved May 12, 2017.
  12. ^ Shain, Andy (May 10, 2017). "Nikki Haley backs Ralph Norman in race for South Carolina congressional seat". The Post and Courier. Retrieved May 12, 2017.
  13. ^ "SC-5: Jim DeMint Endorses Ralph Norman". May 11, 2017. Retrieved May 12, 2017.
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  15. ^ "DeMint, Wilson endorse Norman in 5th District race". May 11, 2017. Retrieved May 12, 2017.
  16. ^ "Norman gets endorsement from Scott Walker in Congress race". The Buzz. April 10, 2017. Retrieved May 12, 2017.
  17. ^ Pathé, Simone (May 10, 2017). "Club for Growth Steps Into South Carolina GOP Primary". Roll Call. Retrieved May 19, 2017.
  18. ^ Dumain, Emma (March 6, 2017). "Jeff Duncan first member of S.C. Congressional delegation to endorse in special election". The Post and Courier. Retrieved March 6, 2017.
  19. ^ Mullikin, Tom (February 17, 2017). "We are honored to have the endorsement of former Rep. Mick Mulvaney's chief of staff, Al Simpson". Twitter. Retrieved March 6, 2017.
  20. ^ Atlantic Research and Media of North Carolina
  21. ^ Remington Research Group
  22. ^ Gary Simrill 6%
  23. ^ "South Carolina Election Results: Two Republicans Advance, Democrat Wins in U.S. House Primaries". May 2, 2017. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
  24. ^ Trafalgar Group
  25. ^ "RECOUNT 2017 U.S. House District 5 Republican Primary Runoff". South Carolina State Election Commission. Retrieved November 19, 2017.
  26. ^ "In SC Congress race, Goldman Sachs executive faces student". thestate. Retrieved March 17, 2017.
  27. ^ "New candidate in SC Congress race; another drops out". thestate. Retrieved March 17, 2017.
  28. ^ "Sumter Democrat to enter 5th District race". thestate. Retrieved March 12, 2017.
  29. ^ a b c d "Mick Mulvaney's White House Appointment Is Official". FITS News. December 18, 2016. Retrieved February 16, 2017.
  30. ^ "SC Sen. Sheheen says he won't run for Congress". The State. Retrieved February 16, 2017.
  31. ^ "Candidate Listing for the 6/20/2017 US House of Rep Dist 5 Special Election". sc.gov. South Carolina Election Commission. April 1, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  32. ^ "Convention Recalled". sclibertarians.net. South Carolina Libertarian Party. March 1, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  33. ^ "Goldman Sachs vs Adjunct Professor". greenpartywatch.org. Green Party Watch. March 16, 2017. Retrieved June 3, 2017.
  34. ^ "South Carolina 5th District Election Survey Data - Change Research (changeresearch.org)". Retrieved September 27, 2017.
  35. ^ {{ authors[i].name }}. "Gravis Marketing". Ru.scribd.com. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
  36. ^ {{ authors[i].name }}. "Victory Enterprises/Rampart PAC". Scribd.com. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
  37. ^ "Special Election – U.S. House District 5, State House Districts 48 and 70 – June 20, 2017". South Carolina State Election Commission. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
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