United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 2000

The 2000 South Carolina United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 7, 2000 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 five incumbents who ran were re-elected and the open seat in the 1st congressional district was retained by the Republicans. The composition of the state delegation remained four Republicans and two Democrats.

1st Congressional District

Incumbent Republican Congressman Mark Sanford of the 1st congressional district, in office since 1995, honored his campaign pledge that he would only serve three terms and retired. Henry E. Brown, Jr. won the Republican primary and defeated Democrat Andy Brack in the general election.

Republican primary

General election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Jim DeMint (incumbent)
votes = 150,436
percentage = 79.6
change = +21.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Constitution Party (United States)
candidate = Ted Adams
votes = 16,532
percentage = 8.7
change = +8.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Libertarian Party (United States)
candidate = April Bishop
votes = 12,757
percentage = 6.7
change = +6.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Reform Party (United States)
candidate = Peter J. Ashy*
votes = 6,210
percentage = 3.3
change = +2.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Natural Law Party (United States)
candidate = C. Faye Walters
votes = 2,640
percentage = 1.4
change = +0.3Election box candidate
party = "No party"
candidate = Write-Ins
votes = 476
percentage = 0.3
change = +0.2Election box majority
votes = 133,904
percentage = 70.9
change = +53.4Election box turnout
votes = 189,051
percentage =
change =
colspan=5 |Republican hold
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colspan=6|*Ashy also ran under the United Citizens Party; his totals are combined.
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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 Carl L. Gullick.

General election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = John M. Spratt, Jr. (incumbent)
votes = 126,877
percentage = 58.8
change = +0.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Carl L. Gullick
votes = 85,247
percentage = 39.5
change = -0.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Libertarian Party (United States)
candidate = Tom Campbell
votes = 3,665
percentage = 1.7
change = +1.7Election box candidate
party = "No party"
candidate = Write-Ins
votes = 49
percentage = 0.0
change = -0.1Election box majority
votes = 41,630
percentage = 19.3
change = +1.7Election box turnout
votes = 215,838
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 Vince Ellison.

General election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Jim Clyburn (incumbent)
votes = 138,053
percentage = 71.8
change = -0.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Vince Ellison
votes = 50,005
percentage = 26.0
change = +0.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Natural Law Party (United States)
candidate = Dianne L. Nevins
votes = 2,339
percentage = 1.2
change = -0.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Libertarian Party (United States)
candidate = Lynwood E. Hines
votes = 1,934
percentage = 1.0
change = +1.0Election box candidate
party = "No party"
candidate = Write-Ins
votes = 49
percentage = 0.0
change = -0.1Election box majority
votes = 88,048
percentage = 45.8
change = -1.0Election box turnout
votes = 192,380
percentage =
change =
colspan=5 |Democratic hold
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ee also

*United States House elections, 2000
*South Carolina's congressional districts

External links

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