United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 2006

The 2006 South Carolina United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 7, 2006 to select six Representatives for two-year terms from the state of South Carolina. The primary elections for the Democrats and the Republicans were held on June 13 and the runoff elections were held two weeks later on June 27. All six incumbents were re-elected and the composition of the state delegation remained four Republicans and two Democrats.

1st Congressional District

Incumbent Republican Congressman Henry E. Brown, Jr. of the 1st congressional district, in office since 2001, defeated Democratic challenger Randy Maatta.

Democratic Primary

General election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Joe Wilson (incumbent)
votes = 127,811
percentage = 62.6
change = -2.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Michael Ray Ellisor
votes = 76,090
percentage = 37.3
change = +4.0Election box candidate
party = "No party"
candidate = Write-Ins
votes = 151
percentage = 0.1
change = 0.0Election box majority
votes = 51,721
percentage = 25.3
change = -6.4Election box turnout
votes = 204,052
percentage =
change =
colspan=5 |Republican hold
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3rd Congressional District

Incumbent Republican Congressman J. Gresham Barrett of the 3rd congressional district, in office since 2003, defeated Democratic challenger Lee Ballenger.

Democratic Primary

General election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = J. Gresham Barrett (incumbent)
votes = 111,882
percentage = 62.9
change = -36.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Lee Ballenger*
votes = 66,039
percentage = 37.1
change = +37.1Election box candidate
party = "No party"
candidate = Write-Ins
votes = 67
percentage = 0.0
change = -0.5Election box majority
votes = 45,843
percentage = 25.8
change = -73.2Election box turnout
votes = 177,988
percentage =
change =
colspan=5 |Republican hold
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colspan=6|*Ballenger also ran under the Working Families Party; his totals are combined.
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4th Congressional District

Incumbent Republican Congressman Bob Inglis of the 4th congressional district, in office since 2005, defeated Democratic challenger William Griffith.

General election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Bob Inglis (incumbent)
votes = 115,553
percentage = 64.2
change = -5.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = William Griffith
votes = 57,490
percentage = 32.0
change = +3.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Libertarian Party (United States)
candidate = John Cobin
votes = 4,467
percentage = 2.5
change = +2.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party (United States)
candidate = C. Faye Walters
votes = 2,336
percentage = 1.3
change = +0.1Election box candidate
party = "No party"
candidate = Write-Ins
votes = 85
percentage = 0.0
change = 0.0Election box majority
votes = 58,063
percentage = 32.3
change = -8.5Election box turnout
votes = 179,931
percentage =
change =
colspan=5 |Republican hold
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5th Congressional District

Incumbent Democratic Congressman John M. Spratt, Jr. of the 5th congressional district, in office since 1983, defeated Republican challenger Ralph Norman.

General election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = John M. Spratt, Jr. (incumbent)
votes = 99,669
percentage = 56.9
change = -6.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Ralph Norman
votes = 75,422
percentage = 43.1
change = +6.2Election box candidate
party = "No party"
candidate = Write-Ins
votes = 63
percentage = 0.0
change = -0.1Election box majority
votes = 24,247
percentage = 13.8
change = -12.3Election box turnout
votes = 175,154
percentage =
change =
colspan=5 |Democratic hold
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6th Congressional District

Incumbent Democratic Congressman Jim Clyburn of the 6th congressional district, in office since 1993, defeated Republican challenger Gary McLeod.

General election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Jim Clyburn (incumbent)
votes = 100,213
percentage = 64.4
change = -2.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Gary McLeod
votes = 53,181
percentage = 34.1
change = +1.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party (United States)
candidate = Antonio Williams
votes = 2,224
percentage = 1.4
change = +1.4Election box candidate
party = "No party"
candidate = Write-Ins
votes = 88
percentage = 0.1
change = 0.0Election box majority
votes = 47,032
percentage = 30.3
change = -3.8Election box turnout
votes = 155,706
percentage =
change =
colspan=5 |Democratic hold
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ee also

*United States House of Representatives elections, 2006
*South Carolina gubernatorial election, 2006
*South Carolina state elections, 2006

External links

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