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(Top) 1 Republican primary 1.1 Candidates 1.1.1 Declared 1.1.2 Declined 1.2 Endorsements 1.3 First round 1.3.1 Polling 1.3.2 Results 1.4 Runoff 1.4.1 Polling 1.4.2 Results 2 Democratic primary 2.1 Candidates 2.1.1 Declared 2.1.2 Declined 2.2 Results 3 Libertarian Party 3.1 Candidates 3.1.1 Nominated 3.1.2 Eliminated at convention 4 Green Party 4.1 Candidates 4.1.1 Nominated 5 General election 5.1 Candidates 5.2 Endorsements 5.3 Polling 5.4 Results 5.5 County results 6 See also 7 References 8 External links

2017 South Carolina's 5th congressional district special election

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South Carolina's 5th congressional district

Turnout

18.34%


Nominee	Ralph Norman	Archie Parnell
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	45,076	42,341
Percentage	51.0%	47.9%

County results

Precinct results

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

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Aspecial 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]

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[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Declared[edit]

Chad Connelly, former chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party^[3]
Ray Craig, international ministry aid worker
Sheri Few, education activist, candidate for Superintendent of Educationin2014 and state house candidate in 2006, 2008 and 2010^[4]
Tom Mullikin, attorney and commander of the South Carolina State Guard^[5]
Ralph Norman, state representative^[6]
Tommy Pope, state representative^[7]
Kris Wampler, attorney^[8]

Declined[edit]

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

Endorsements[edit]

Tommy Pope

Trey Gowdy, U.S. Representative^[11]

Ralph Norman

Nikki Haley, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations^[12]

Jim DeMint, former Senator from South Carolina^[13]

Ted Cruz, Senator from Texas^[14]

Joe Wilson, U.S. Representative^[15]

Scott Walker, Governor of Wisconsin^[16]

Club for Growth Action, conservative super PAC^[17]

Chad Connelly

Jeff Duncan, U.S. Representative^[18]

Tom Mullikin

Al Simpson, chief of staff to former U.S. Representative Mick Mulvaney^[19]

First round[edit]

Polling[edit]

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*	February 25, 2017	239	± 6.2%	1%	9%	8%	11%	19%	0%	—	51%
Remington Research Group	January 7–8, 2017	778	± 3.4%	9%	—	—	9%	25%	—	6%^[20]	52%

*Internal survey for the Sheri Few campaign

Results[edit]

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^[21]
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[edit]

Polling[edit]

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

Results[edit]

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^[22]
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[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Declared[edit]

Alexis Frank, recent college graduate and army veteran^[23]
Les Murphy, United States Marine Corps veteran^[24]
Archie Parnell, Goldman Sachs senior adviser^[25]

Declined[edit]

Thomas McElveen, state senator^[26]
John King, state representative^[26]
Mandy Powers Norrell, state representative^[26]
Fran Person, nominee for this seat in 2016^[26]
Vincent Sheheen, state senator and nominee for governor in 2010 and 2014^[27]

Results[edit]

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[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominated[edit]

Victor Kocher^[28]

Eliminated at convention[edit]

The Libertarian Party nominating convention was held April 1, 2017.^[29]

Bill Bledsoe
Nathaniel Cooper

Green Party[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominated[edit]

David Kulma, professor at Winthrop University and musician^[30]

General election[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Ralph Norman (Republican)
Archie Parnell (Democratic)
Victor Kocher (Libertarian)
David Kulma (Green)
Josh Thornton (American)

Endorsements[edit]

Polling[edit]

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Ralph Norman (R)	Archie Parnell (D)	Other	Undecided
Change Research^[31]	June 14–18, 2017	872	± 3%	53%	44%	3%	–
Gravis Marketing^[32]	May 19–22, 2017	746	± 3.6%	47%	34%	3%	16%
Victory Enterprises/Rampart PAC (R)^[33]	May 17–18, 2017	629	± 3.9%	53%	36%	–	11%

Results[edit]

South Carolina's 5th congressional district special election, 2017^[34]
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[edit]

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

References[edit]

^ "Senate Narrowly Confirms Mulvaney As Trump's OMB Director". NPR. Retrieved February 16, 2017.

^ "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.

^ Marchant, Bristow (February 13, 2017). "Former SC GOP chairman running for Congress". The State. Retrieved February 16, 2017.

^ Marchant, Bristow (January 25, 2017). "Common Core opponent enters SC race for Congress". The State. Retrieved February 16, 2017.

^ Marchant, Bristow (February 1, 2017). "SC State Guard commander enters Fifth District race". The State. Retrieved February 16, 2017.

^ 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.

^ Marchant, Bristow; Self, Jamie (February 6, 2017). "Former prosecutor, SC GOP legislator to run for Congress". The State. Retrieved February 16, 2017.

^ Marchant, Bristow (January 26, 2017). "Indian Land attorney running in SC congressional race". The State. Retrieved February 16, 2017.

^ Marchant, Bristow (February 27, 2017). "Camden woman jumps into crowded 5th District race". The State. Retrieved March 4, 2017.

^ "Rock Hill's Republican Simrill says no to run for Congress". The Herald. Retrieved February 16, 2017.

^ "SC-5: Trey Gowdy Endorses Tommy Pope". May 4, 2017. Retrieved May 12, 2017.

^ 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.

^ "SC-5: Jim DeMint Endorses Ralph Norman". May 11, 2017. Retrieved May 12, 2017.

^ "Join Ted Cruz in Supporting Ralph Norman". Facebook. May 11, 2017. Retrieved May 12, 2017.

^ "DeMint, Wilson endorse Norman in 5th District race". May 11, 2017. Retrieved May 12, 2017.

^ "Norman gets endorsement from Scott Walker in Congress race". The Buzz. April 10, 2017. Retrieved May 12, 2017.

^ Pathé, Simone (May 10, 2017). "Club for Growth Steps Into South Carolina GOP Primary". Roll Call. Retrieved May 19, 2017.

^ 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.

^ 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.

^ Gary Simrill 6%

^ "South Carolina Election Results: Two Republicans Advance, Democrat Wins in U.S. House Primaries". May 2, 2017. Retrieved May 2, 2017.

^ "RECOUNT 2017 U.S. House District 5 Republican Primary Runoff". South Carolina State Election Commission. Retrieved November 19, 2017.

^ "In SC Congress race, Goldman Sachs executive faces student". thestate. Retrieved March 17, 2017.

^ "New candidate in SC Congress race; another drops out". thestate. Retrieved March 17, 2017.

^ "Sumter Democrat to enter 5th District race". thestate. Retrieved March 12, 2017.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Mick Mulvaney's White House Appointment Is Official". FITS News. December 18, 2016. Retrieved February 16, 2017.

^ "SC Sen. Sheheen says he won't run for Congress". The State. Retrieved February 16, 2017.

^ "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.

^ "Convention Recalled". sclibertarians.net. South Carolina Libertarian Party. March 1, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

^ "Goldman Sachs vs Adjunct Professor". greenpartywatch.org. Green Party Watch. March 16, 2017. Retrieved June 3, 2017.

^ "South Carolina 5th District Election Survey Data - Change Research (changeresearch.org)". Retrieved September 27, 2017.

^ {{ authors[i].name }}. "Gravis Marketing". Ru.scribd.com. Retrieved September 27, 2017.

^ {{ authors[i].name }}. "Victory Enterprises/Rampart PAC". Scribd.com. Retrieved September 27, 2017.

^ "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.

External links[edit]

Official campaign websites

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