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2013 South Carolina's 1st congressional district special election

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.

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 • 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 • James H. Merrill, state representative • Duffie Stone, Judicial Circuit Solicitor Primary Results {{Election box begin no change Runoff Polling Results {{Election box begin no change ==Democratic primary==
Democratic primary
Candidates DeclaredElizabeth 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South Carolina Working Families Party) • Ben Frasier, perennial candidate, former aide to Congressman L. Mendel Rivers Withdrawn • Bobbie Rose, former teacher and nominee for the 1st district in 2012 • Martin Skelly, businessperson Declined • Robert Burton, pilot and retired Air Force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 Primary Results {{Election box begin ==Green Party==
Green Party
On the BallotEugene 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==
General election
On May 7, 2013, Mark Sanford won the election and took the seat vacated by U.S. Representative Tim Scott. Polling Results County results ==References==
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