2001 South Carolina's 2nd congressional district special election
March 17, 2024
The 2001 South Carolina 2nd congressional district special election was held on December 18, 2001 to select a Representative for the 2nd congressional district to serve out the remainder of the term for the 107th Congress. The special election resulted from the death of 16-term Republican incumbent Floyd Spence on August 16, 2001. Joe Wilson, a state senator from Lexington County and a former aide to Spence, won the Republican primary and went on to win the general election against Democratic challenger Brent Weaver.
2001 South Carolina's 2nd congressional district special election
The Republican Party was on the rise in South Carolina and there was a great deal of enthusiasm among its voters. Additionally, the 2nd had long been a Republican stronghold; it had been in GOP hands without interruption since a 1965 special election. Meanwhile, the Democratic Party was clearly on the decline and was expected to fare poorly in the upcoming 2002 elections. Therefore, it was generally understood that Wilson had clinched a seat in Congress with his primary victory.
As expected, Wilson scored a decisive victory in the general election and he was sworn into Congress the very next day.
Election resultsedit
South Carolina's 2nd Congressional District Special Election Results, 2001
2001, south, carolina, congressional, district, special, election, 2001, south, carolina, congressional, district, special, election, held, december, 2001, select, representative, congressional, district, serve, remainder, term, 107th, congress, special, elect. The 2001 South Carolina 2nd congressional district special election was held on December 18 2001 to select a Representative for the 2nd congressional district to serve out the remainder of the term for the 107th Congress The special election resulted from the death of 16 term Republican incumbent Floyd Spence on August 16 2001 Joe Wilson a state senator from Lexington County and a former aide to Spence won the Republican primary and went on to win the general election against Democratic challenger Brent Weaver 2001 South Carolina s 2nd congressional district special election 2000 December 18 2001 2002 Nominee Joe Wilson Brent WeaverParty Republican DemocraticPopular vote 40 355 14 034Percentage 73 1 25 4 U S Representative before electionFloyd SpenceRepublican Elected U S Representative Joe WilsonRepublican Contents 1 Republican primary 2 General election campaign 3 Election results 4 See also 5 External linksRepublican primary editThe South Carolina Republican Party held their primary on October 30 2001 Wilson won 75 percent of the vote avoiding a runoff election Republican PrimaryCandidate Votes Joe Wilson 34 646 75 5Joe Grimaud 6 784 14 8Stew Butler 1 881 4 1Richard Chalk 1 455 3 2Clyde T Cobb 1 115 2 4General election campaign editThe Republican Party was on the rise in South Carolina and there was a great deal of enthusiasm among its voters Additionally the 2nd had long been a Republican stronghold it had been in GOP hands without interruption since a 1965 special election Meanwhile the Democratic Party was clearly on the decline and was expected to fare poorly in the upcoming 2002 elections Therefore it was generally understood that Wilson had clinched a seat in Congress with his primary victory As expected Wilson scored a decisive victory in the general election and he was sworn into Congress the very next day Election results editSouth Carolina s 2nd Congressional District Special Election Results 2001 Party Candidate Votes Republican Joe Wilson 40 355 73 1 16 1Democratic Brent Weaver 14 034 25 4 15 4Libertarian Warren Eilertson 420 0 8 0 5Constitution Steve LeFemine 404 0 7 0 7No party Write Ins 1 0 0 0 0Majority 26 321 47 7 31 5Turnout 55 214Republican holdSee also editSouth Carolina s 2nd congressional districtExternal links editSouth Carolina Election Returns nbsp This South Carolina related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2001 South Carolina 27s 2nd congressional district special election amp oldid 1176986955, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,