Current Elected Officials
The South Carolina Republican Party controls eight of the nine statewide offices and holds majorities in the South Carolina Senate and the South Carolina House of Representatives. Republicans also hold both of the state's U.S. Senate seats and six of the state's seven U.S. House of Representatives seats.
In 2010, Republican Mick Mulvaney became the representative of South Carolina's 5th congressional district, the first Republican to represent that district since Robert Smalls, the party's co-founder, held the seat in 1883.
In 2012, Republican Tom Rice became the representative of South Carolina's 7th congressional district, the first person to represent that district since it was eliminated in 1933.
In a 2013 special election, former Republican Governor Mark Sanford became the representative of South Carolina's 1st congressional district, returning to the seat he previously held from 1995-2001.
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