South Carolina's congressional elections, 2006

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The South Carolina Congressional elections of 2006 were held on Tuesday, November 7, 2006. The terms of all six Representatives to the United States House of Representatives expired on January 3, 2007, and therefore all were put up for contest. The winning candidates will serve a two-year term from January 4, 2007, to January 3, 2009. The primary elections were held on Tuesday, June 13, and the runoff elections were held two weeks later on June 27.

Contents 1 1st Congressional District 1.1 General election results 1.2 Democratic Primary 2 2nd Congressional District 2.1 General election results 2.2 Democratic Primary 3 3rd Congressional District 3.1 General election results 3.2 Democratic Primary 4 4th Congressional District 4.1 General election results 5 5th Congressional District 5.1 General election results 6 6th Congressional District 6.1 General election results 7 See also 8 External links

[edit] 1st Congressional District

Incumbent Republican Congressman Henry E. Brown, Jr. has been in office since 2001. He defeated Democratic challenger Randy Maatta in the general election.

[edit] General election results

South Carolina's 1st Congressional District Election Results, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Henry E. Brown, Jr. (incumbent)	115,766	59.9	-27.9
	Democratic	Randy Maatta*	73,218	37.9	+37.9
	Green	James E. Dunn	4,287	2.2	-9.9
	No party	Write-Ins	104	0.0	-0.1
Majority			42,548	22.0	-53.7
Turnout			193,375
	Republican hold
*Maatta also ran under the Working Families Party; his totals are combined.

[edit] Democratic Primary

Democratic Primary
Candidate	Votes	%
Ben Frasier	5,100	47.5
Randy Maatta	3,393	31.6
Ralph Ledford	2,236	20.9

Democratic Primary Runoff
Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Randy Maatta	1,704	56.1	+24.5
Ben Frasier	1,335	43.9	-3.6

[edit] 2nd Congressional District

Incumbent Republican Congressman Joe Wilson has been in office since 2001. He defeated Democratic challenger Michael Ray Ellisor in the general election.

[edit] General election results

South Carolina's 2nd Congressional District Election Results, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Joe Wilson (incumbent)	127,811	62.6	-2.4
	Democratic	Michael Ray Ellisor	76,090	37.3	+4.0
	No party	Write-Ins	151	0.1	0.0
Majority			51,721	25.3	-6.4
Turnout			204,052
	Republican hold

[edit] Democratic Primary

Democratic Primary
Candidate	Votes	%
Michael Ray Ellisor	11,468	58.7
David F. White III	8,054	41.3

[edit] 3rd Congressional District

Incumbent Republican Congressman J. Gresham Barrett has been in office since 2003. He defeated Democratic challenger Lee Ballenger in the general election.

[edit] General election results

South Carolina's 3rd Congressional District Election Results, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	J. Gresham Barrett (incumbent)	111,882	62.9	-36.6
	Democratic	Lee Ballenger*	66,039	37.1	+37.1
	No party	Write-Ins	67	0.0	-0.5
Majority			45,843	25.8	-73.2
Turnout			177,988
	Republican hold
*Ballenger also ran under the Working Families Party; his totals are combined.

[edit] Democratic Primary

Democratic Primary
Candidate	Votes	%
Lee Ballenger	9,738	67.2
Philip M. Cheney	4,747	32.8

[edit] 4th Congressional District

Incumbent Republican Congressman Bob Inglis has been in office since 2005. He defeated Democratic challenger William Griff Griffith in the general election.

[edit] General election results

South Carolina's 4th Congressional District Election Results, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Bob Inglis (incumbent)	115,553	64.2	-5.6
	Democratic	William Griff Griffith	57,490	32.0	+3.0
	Libertarian	John Cobin	4,467	2.5	+2.5
	Green	C. Faye Walters	2,336	1.3	+0.1
	No party	Write-Ins	85	0.0	0.0
Majority			58,063	32.3	-8.5
Turnout			179,931
	Republican hold

[edit] 5th Congressional District

Incumbent Democratic Congressman John M. Spratt, Jr. has been in office since 1983. He defeated Republican challenger Ralph Norman in the general election.

[edit] General election results

South Carolina's 5th Congressional District Election Results, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	John M. Spratt, Jr. (incumbent)	99,669	56.9	-6.1
	Republican	Ralph Norman	75,422	43.1	+6.2
	No party	Write-Ins	63	0.0	-0.1
Majority			24,247	13.8	-12.3
Turnout			175,154
	Democratic hold

[edit] 6th Congressional District

Incumbent Democratic Congressman Jim Clyburn has been in office since 1983. He defeated Republican challenger Gary McLeod in the general election.

[edit] General election results

South Carolina's 6th Congressional District Election Results, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Jim Clyburn (incumbent)	100,213	64.4	-2.6
	Republican	Gary McLeod	53,181	34.1	+1.2
	Green	Antonio Williams	2,224	1.4	+1.4
	No party	Write-Ins	88	0.1	0.0
Majority			47,032	30.3	-3.8
Turnout			155,706
	Democratic hold

[edit] See also

• United States House elections, 2006
• South Carolina gubernatorial election, 2006
• South Carolina state elections, 2006

[edit] External links

• Official election results from the South Carolina State Election Commission

South Carolina's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators: Lindsey Graham (R), Jim DeMint (R) Representative(s): Henry E. Brown, Jr. (R), Joe Wilson (R), J. Gresham Barrett (R), Bob Inglis (R), John M. Spratt, Jr. (D), Jim Clyburn (D) All delegations: Alabama • Alaska • Arizona • Arkansas • California • Colorado • Connecticut • Delaware • Florida • Georgia • Hawaii • Idaho • Illinois • Indiana • Iowa • Kansas • Kentucky • Louisiana • Maine • Maryland • Massachusetts • Michigan • Minnesota • Mississippi • Missouri • Montana • Nebraska • Nevada • New Hampshire • New Jersey • New Mexico • New York • North Carolina • North Dakota • Ohio • Oklahoma • Oregon • Pennsylvania • Rhode Island • South Carolina • South Dakota • Tennessee • Texas • Utah • Vermont • Virginia • Washington • West Virginia • Wisconsin • Wyoming — American Samoa • District of Columbia • Guam • Puerto Rico • U.S. Virgin Islands

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