2013 Special Election
Tim Scott, a Republican from North Charleston, was the 1st district's representative until his appointment to the United States Senate after Jim DeMint resigned on January 1, 2013. A special election was held on May 7, 2013 held to determine Scott's replacement in the United States House of Representatives. In a Primary Election held on March 19, 2013, Elizabeth Colbert-Busch, the sister of comedian Stephen Colbert, won the Democratic nomination. Former Governor and former Charleston County Councilman Curtis Eilliott Bostic faced each other in a runoff Primary for the Republican nomination on April 2, 2013. Sanford won the nomination, and defeated Colbert-Busch and South Carolina Green Party candidate Eugene Platt on May 7.
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