United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 2002

The 2002 South Carolina United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 5, 2002 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 11 and the runoff elections were held two weeks later on June 25. All five incumbents who ran were re-elected and the open seat in the 3rd 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 Henry E. Brown, Jr. of the 1st congressional district, in office since 2001, defeated Bob Batchelder in the Republican primary and two minor party candidates in the general election.

Republican primary

General election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = J. Gresham Barrett
votes = 119,644
percentage = 67.1
change = -0.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = George L. Brightharp
votes = 55,743
percentage = 31.3
change = +1.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Libertarian Party (United States)
candidate = Mike Boerste
votes = 2,785
percentage = 1.6
change = +0.2Election box candidate
party = "No party"
candidate = Write-Ins
votes = 23
percentage = 0.0
change = 0.0Election box majority
votes = 63,901
percentage = 35.8
change = -1.7Election box turnout
votes = 178,195
percentage =
change =
colspan=5 |Republican hold
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4th Congressional District

Incumbent Republican Congressman Jim DeMint of the 4th congressional district, in office since 1999, defeated Phil Bradley in the Republican primary and Democrat Peter J. Ashy 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 = 122,422
percentage = 69.0
change = -10.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Peter J. Ashy*
votes = 52,635
percentage = 29.7
change = +29.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Natural Law Party (United States)
candidate = C. Faye Walters
votes = 2,176
percentage = 1.2
change = -0.2Election box candidate
party = "No party"
candidate = Write-Ins
votes = 184
percentage = 0.1
change = -0.2Election box majority
votes = 69,787
percentage = 39.3
change = -31.6Election box turnout
votes = 177,417
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 two minor party candidates in the general election.

General election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = John M. Spratt, Jr. (incumbent)
votes = 121,912
percentage = 85.9
change = +27.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Libertarian Party (United States)
candidate = Doug Kendall
votes = 11,013
percentage = 7.7
change = +6.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Constitution Party (United States)
candidate = Steve LeFemine
votes = 8,930
percentage = 6.3
change = +6.3Election box candidate
party = "No party"
candidate = Write-Ins
votes = 117
percentage = 0.1
change = +0.1Election box majority
votes = 110,899
percentage = 78.2
change = +58.9Election box turnout
votes = 141,972
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 Ben Frasier in the Democratic primary and Republican Gary McLeod in the general election.

Democratic primary

General election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Jim Clyburn (incumbent)
votes = 116,586
percentage = 67.0
change = -4.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Gary McLeod
votes = 55,760
percentage = 32.0
change = +6.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Libertarian Party (United States)
candidate = R. Craig Augenstein
votes = 1,680
percentage = 1.0
change = 0.0Election box candidate
party = "No party"
candidate = Write-Ins
votes = 40
percentage = 0.0
change = 0.0Election box majority
votes = 60,826
percentage = 35.0
change = -10.8Election box turnout
votes = 174,066
percentage =
change =
colspan=5 |Democratic hold
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External links

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

ee also

*South Carolina's congressional districts