| Election Name: | 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina |
| Country: | South Carolina |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina |
| Previous Year: | 2016 |
| Next Election: | 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina |
| Next Year: | 2020 |
| Seats For Election: | All 7 South Carolina seats to the United States House of Representatives |
| Turnout: | 55.03% |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Last Election1: | 6 |
| Seats1: | 5 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| Popular Vote1: | 927,494 |
| Percentage1: | 54.29% |
| Swing1: | 6.24% |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Last Election2: | 1 |
| Seats2: | 2 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Popular Vote2: | 758,340 |
| Percentage2: | 44.37% |
| Swing2: | 4.90% |
The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina were held on November 6, 2018, to elect the seven U.S. representatives from the state of South Carolina, one from each of the state's seven congressional districts. The elections coincided with a gubernatorial election, as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.
This was the first time that the Democrats picked up a seat in South Carolina since 1986. The state congressional delegation changed from 6–1 for Republicans to 5–2 for Republicans. This is the only time since 2008 that Democrats won more than one U.S. House seat in South Carolina.
| Party | Candi- dates | Votes | Seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | No. | +/– ! | % | ||||
| 7 | 927,494 | 54.29% | 5 | 1 | 71.43% | |||
| 7 | 758,340 | 44.37% | 2 | 1 | 28.57% | |||
| 3 | 15,011 | 0.88% | 0 | 0.00% | ||||
| 1 | 3,443 | 0.20% | 0 | 0.00% | ||||
| 1 | 3,214 | 0.19% | 0 | 0.00% | ||||
| 7 | 1,790 | 0.10% | 0 | 0.00% | ||||
| Total | 26 | 1,709,292 | 100.00% | 7 | 100.00% | |||
Results of the 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina by district:[1]
| scope=col rowspan=3 | District | scope=col colspan=2 | Republican | scope=col colspan=2 | Democratic | scope=col colspan=2 | Others | scope=col colspan=2 | Total | scope=col rowspan=3 | Result | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope=col colspan=2 style="background:" | ! | scope=col colspan=2 style="background:" | ! | scope=col colspan=2 | ! | scope=col colspan=2 | |||||||||
| scope=col data-sort-type="number" | Votes ! | scope=col data-sort-type="number" | % ! | scope=col data-sort-type="number" | Votes ! | scope=col data-sort-type="number" | % ! | scope=col data-sort-type="number" | Votes ! | scope=col data-sort-type="number" | % ! | scope=col data-sort-type="number" | Votes ! | scope=col data-sort-type="number" | % |
| District 1 | 141,473 | 49.22% | 145,455 | 50.60% | 505 | 0.18% | 287,433 | 100.00% | Democratic gain | ||||||
| 144,642 | 56.25% | 109,199 | 42.47% | 3,298 | 1.28% | 257,139 | 100.00% | Republican hold | |||||||
| 153,338 | 67.79% | 70,046 | 30.97% | 2,820 | 1.25% | 226,204 | 100.00% | Republican hold | |||||||
| 145,321 | 59.57% | 89,182 | 36.56% | 9,447 | 3.87% | 243,950 | 100.00% | Republican hold | |||||||
| 141,757 | 57.03% | 103,129 | 41.49% | 3,693 | 1.49% | 248,579 | 100.00% | Republican hold | |||||||
| 58,282 | 28.23% | 144,765 | 70.13% | 3,386 | 1.64% | 206,433 | 100.00% | Democratic hold | |||||||
| 142,681 | 59.56% | 96,564 | 40.31% | 309 | 0.13% | 239,554 | 100.00% | Republican hold | |||||||
| Total | 927,494 | 54.26% | 758,340 | 44.37% | 23,458 | 1.37% | 1,709,292 | 100.00% | . |
| Election Name: | 2018 South Carolina's 1st congressional district election |
| Country: | South Carolina |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina#District 1 |
| Previous Year: | 2016 |
| Election Date: | November 6, 2018 |
| Next Election: | 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina#District 1 |
| Next Year: | 2020 |
| Image1: | File:Joe Cunningham, Official Porrtait, 116th Congress (cropped).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Joe Cunningham |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 145,455 |
| Percentage1: | 50.6% |
| Nominee2: | Katie Arrington |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 141,473 |
| Percentage2: | 49.2% |
| Map Size: | 250px |
| U.S. Representative | |
| Before Election: | Mark Sanford |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Joe Cunningham |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
See also: South Carolina's 1st congressional district. The 1st district is located in the Low Country, on the Atlantic coastal plain from Hilton Head to the border of Georgetown County, it includes most of the Charleston area. The incumbent was Republican Mark Sanford, who had represented the district since 2013. Sanford was defeated by Republican Katie Arrington in the primary. Arrington went on to lose the general election to Democrat Joe Cunningham.
Sanford defeated State Representative Jenny Horne in the 2016 primary by only a 56-44 percent margin.[2] The closer than expected result led to speculation that Sanford could be vulnerable to another primary challenge in 2018.[3] Former director of the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control Catherine Templeton was reportedly being recruited to challenge Sanford, but decided instead to run for governor.[4] [5]
| Source | Ranking | As of | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 538[7] | November 6, 2018 | ||
| Daily Kos[8] | November 5, 2018 | ||
| RCP[9] | November 5, 2018 | ||
| Sabato's Crystal Ball[10] | November 5, 2018 | ||
| Inside Elections[11] | November 5, 2018 | ||
| The Cook Political Report[12] | November 5, 2018 |
| Election Name: | 2018 South Carolina's 2nd congressional district election |
| Country: | South Carolina |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina#District 2 |
| Previous Year: | 2016 |
| Next Election: | 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina#District 2 |
| Next Year: | 2020 |
| Image1: | File:Joe Wilson official congressional photo (cropped).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Joe Wilson |
| Party1: | Republican Party (US) |
| Popular Vote1: | 144,642 |
| Percentage1: | 56.2% |
| Nominee2: | Sean Carrigan |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (US) |
| Popular Vote2: | 109,199 |
| Percentage2: | 42.5% |
| Map Size: | 250px |
| U.S. Representative | |
| Before Election: | Joe Wilson |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (US) |
| After Election: | Joe Wilson |
| After Party: | Republican Party (US) |
See also: South Carolina's 2nd congressional district. The 2nd district is located in central South Carolina and spans from Columbia to the South Carolina side of the Augusta, Georgia metropolitan area. The incumbent was Republican Joe Wilson, who had represented the district since 2001. Wilson was re-elected with 60% of the vote in 2016 and ran unopposed in the Republican primary.
| Election Name: | 2018 South Carolina's 3rd congressional district election |
| Country: | South Carolina |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina#District 3 |
| Previous Year: | 2016 |
| Next Election: | 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina#District 3 |
| Next Year: | 2020 |
| Image1: | File:Jeff Duncan, Official Portrait, 112th Congress (cropped).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Jeff Duncan |
| Party1: | Republican Party (US) |
| Popular Vote1: | 153,338 |
| Percentage1: | 67.8% |
| Nominee2: | Mary Geren |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (US) |
| Popular Vote2: | 70,046 |
| Percentage2: | 31.0% |
| Map Size: | 250px |
| U.S. Representative | |
| Before Election: | Jeff Duncan |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (US) |
| After Election: | Jeff Duncan |
| After Party: | Republican Party (US) |
See also: South Carolina's 3rd congressional district. The 3rd district is located in northwestern South Carolina. The incumbent was Republican Jeff Duncan, who had represented the district since 2011. Duncan was re-elected with 73% of the vote in 2016.
| Election Name: | 2018 South Carolina's 4th congressional district election |
| Country: | South Carolina |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina#District 4 |
| Previous Year: | 2016 |
| Next Election: | 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina#District 4 |
| Next Year: | 2020 |
| Image1: | File:William Timmons, official portrait, 116th Congress (cropped).jpg |
| Nominee1: | William Timmons |
| Party1: | Republican Party (US) |
| Popular Vote1: | 145,321 |
| Percentage1: | 59.6% |
| Nominee2: | Brandon Brown |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (US) |
| Popular Vote2: | 89,182 |
| Percentage2: | 36.6% |
| Map Size: | 250px |
| U.S. Representative | |
| Before Election: | Trey Gowdy |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (US) |
| After Election: | William Timmons |
| After Party: | Republican Party (US) |
See also: South Carolina's 4th congressional district. The 4th district is located in Upstate South Carolina. The incumbent was Republican Trey Gowdy, who had represented the district since 2011. Gowdy was re-elected with 67% of the vote in 2016. Gowdy announced in January 2018 that he would not run for re-election in 2018.[14]
| Election Name: | 2018 South Carolina's 5th congressional district election |
| Country: | South Carolina |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2017 South Carolina's 5th congressional district special election |
| Previous Year: | 2017 (special) |
| Next Election: | 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina#District 5 |
| Next Year: | 2020 |
| Image1: | File:Ralph Norman official photo cropped.jpg |
| Nominee1: | Ralph Norman |
| Party1: | Republican Party (US) |
| Popular Vote1: | 141,757 |
| Percentage1: | 57.0% |
| Nominee2: | Archie Parnell |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (US) |
| Popular Vote2: | 103,129 |
| Percentage2: | 41.5% |
| Map Size: | 250px |
| U.S. Representative | |
| Before Election: | Ralph Norman |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (US) |
| After Election: | Ralph Norman |
| After Party: | Republican Party (US) |
See also: South Carolina's 5th congressional district. The 5th district is located in northern South Carolina. The incumbent was Republican Ralph Norman, who had represented the district since 2017. Norman was elected with 51% of the vote in a 2017 special election to replace Mick Mulvaney. Norman's challenger in the special election, Archie Parnell, announced on the 9th of October that he would seek the Democratic nomination for the 2018 election for District 5. The primaries were held on June 12, 2018. Incumbent Ralph Norman was unopposed for the Republican nomination.
Special election candidate and former Goldman Sachs employee Parnell had the most fundraising of the four Democratic candidates as of June 9.[15] He was opposed by former York County Councilwoman Sidney Moore,[16] professional clown Steven Lough,[17] and Mark Ali, a former undocumented immigrant.[18] Parnell's campaign was overshadowed by the resignation of many of his campaign staff after the discovery of allegations of domestic violence committed by him in 1973.[19] However, he refused to drop out of the race, and won the primary with 60% of the vote.
| Election Name: | 2018 South Carolina's 6th congressional district election |
| Country: | South Carolina |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina#District 6 |
| Previous Year: | 2016 |
| Next Election: | 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina#District 6 |
| Next Year: | 2020 |
| Image1: | File:Jim Clyburn official portrait 116th Congress (cropped).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Jim Clyburn |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (US) |
| Popular Vote1: | 144,765 |
| Percentage1: | 70.1% |
| Nominee2: | Gerhard Gressmann |
| Party2: | Republican Party (US) |
| Popular Vote2: | 58,282 |
| Percentage2: | 28.2% |
| Map Size: | 250px |
| U.S. Representative | |
| Before Election: | Jim Clyburn |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (US) |
| After Election: | Jim Clyburn |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (US) |
See also: South Carolina's 6th congressional district. The 6th district is located in central and southern South Carolina. The incumbent was Democrat Jim Clyburn, who had represented the district since 1993. Clyburn was re-elected with 70% of the vote in 2016.
| Election Name: | 2018 South Carolina's 7th congressional district election |
| Country: | South Carolina |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina#District 7 |
| Previous Year: | 2016 |
| Next Election: | 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina#District 7 |
| Next Year: | 2020 |
| Image1: | File:Tom Rice, Official Portrait, 113th Congress - full (cropped).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Tom Rice |
| Party1: | Republican Party (US) |
| Popular Vote1: | 142,681 |
| Percentage1: | 59.6% |
| Nominee2: | Robert Q. Williams |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (US) |
| Popular Vote2: | 96,564 |
| Percentage2: | 40.3% |
| Map Size: | 250px |
| U.S. Representative | |
| Before Election: | Tom Rice |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (US) |
| After Election: | Tom Rice |
| After Party: | Republican Party (US) |
See also: South Carolina's 7th congressional district. The 7th district is located in northeastern South Carolina. The incumbent was Republican Tom Rice, who had represented the district since 2013. Rice was re-elected with 61% of the vote in 2016.
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