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  SC District 01 - Special Election
  RACE DETAILS
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Office
TypeSpecial Election
Filing Deadline January 28, 2013 - 12:00pm
Polls Open May 07, 2013 - 06:00am
Polls Close May 07, 2013 - 06:00pm
Term Start May 08, 2013 - 12:00pm
Term End January 03, 2015 - 12:00pm
Last ModifiedPaul August 11, 2015 11:56pm
Data Sources[Link]
DescriptionColbert Busch
DEM WFP
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
PartyRepublican Won11/06/2012
NameTim Scott Votes179,908 (62.03%)
Term01/03/2013 - 01/03/2013 Margin76,351 (+26.33%)
COUNTY-LEVEL RESULTS
KEY RACE? 0.0000000000 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Mark Sanford
Safe 2
Strong 3
Lean 2
Slight 9
Elizabeth Colbert Busch
Slight 9
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH

03/22/2013 05/05/2013
Graph MoE
Ignore Pollsters:
ccAdvertising (R)
Lake Research (D)
PMI, Inc
Public Policy Polling

CANDIDATES
Photo
Name Gov. Mark Sanford Elizabeth Colbert Busch Eugene Platt (W) Write-In
PartyRepublican Democratic Green Nonpartisan
Votes77,600 (54.03%) 64,961 (45.23%) 690 (0.48%) 384 (0.27%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -12,639 (-8.80%) -76,910 (-53.55%) -77,216 (-53.76%)
Predict Avg.44.50% 47.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
Public Policy Polling 
05/04-05/05
47.00% (+6.0) 46.00% (-4.0) 4.00% (+1.0) -0.00% (+0.0)
PMI, Inc 
04/29-05/01
46.00% (+0.0) 46.00% (+0.0) -0.00% (+0.0) -0.00% (+0.0)
ccAdvertising (R) 
04/30-04/30
39.53% (+0.0) 40.00% (+0.0) -0.00% (+0.0) -0.00% (+0.0)
Public Policy Polling 
04/19-04/21
41.00% (-4.0) 50.00% (+7.0) 3.00% (+0.0) -0.00% (+0.0)
Lake Research (D) 
03/25-03/27
44.00% (+0.0) 48.00% (+0.0) -0.00% (+0.0) -0.00% (+0.0)
Public Policy Polling 
03/22-03/24
45.00% (+0.0) 43.00% (+0.0) -0.00% (+0.0) -0.00% (+0.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
I Lab Shady Morsi
D Campari_007
LBR Old LW
IS Sesel
LBT Jed

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
May 06, 2013 01:00am Speculative Mark Sanford just might win South Carolina seat  Article Jason 
Apr 26, 2013 04:00pm News [Eugene] Platt hopes to garner at least 10% of votes in District 1 election  Article Jed 
Apr 26, 2013 12:00am News Write-in campaign launched for conservative alternative to Sanford in SC special election  Article Jed 
Apr 17, 2013 01:05pm News GOP Pulls Funds From Sanford Election Bid  Article Homegrown Democrat 
Apr 03, 2013 03:45am News GOP frets Mark Sanford could blow it  Article Monsieur 

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