South Carolina's 2nd congressional district special election, 2001

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 longtime Representative Floyd Spence on August 16, 2001. Joe Wilson, a state senator from Lexington County, won the Republican primary and went on to win the general election against Democratic challenger Brent Weaver.

Republican primary

The South Carolina Republican Party held their primary on October 30, 2001 and state senator Joe Wilson garnered over fifty percent of the vote to avoid a runoff election.

General election campaign

The Republican Party was on the rise in South Carolina and there was a great deal of enthusiasm among its voters. The Democratic Party was clearly on the decline and was expected to fair poorly in the upcoming 2002 elections. Therefore it was no surprise that Wilson scored a decisive victory in the general election and he was sworn in to Congress the very next day.

Election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Joe Wilson
votes = 40,355
percentage = 73.1
change = +16.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Brent Weaver
votes = 14,034
percentage = 25.4
change = -15.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Libertarian Party (United States)
candidate = Warren Eilertson
votes = 420
percentage = 0.8
change = -0.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Constitution Party (United States)
candidate = Steve LeFemine
votes = 404
percentage = 0.7
change = +0.7Election box candidate
party = "No party"
candidate = Write-Ins
votes = 1
percentage = 0.0
change = 0.0Election box majority
votes = 26,321
percentage = 47.7
change = +31.5Election box turnout
votes = 55,214
percentage =
change =
colspan=5 |Republican hold
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ee also

*South Carolina's 2nd congressional district

External links

* [http://www.scvotes.org/statistics/election_returns South Carolina Election Returns]