Sixteen Republicans running for First District special
With filing closed, an unprecedented sixteen candidates have filed to run for the open First Congressional District seat's Republican primary.The First District has been held by the GOP since 1980, when Republican Tommy Hartnett from Charleston took the seat in an open-race. The Democrats generally have not run strong races for the seat, but in 2008, a strong challenger fell just a few thousand votes behind then-incumbent Henry Brown.
Candidates will meet in the March 19, 2013 Republican Primary. A runoff (if necessary) would be held on April 2, 2013 and the general election is May 7, 2013.
Here's who's running - with web links for most candidates:
- Keith Blanford
- Curtis Bostic
- Ric Bryant
- Larry Grooms
- Jonathan Hoffman
- Jeff King
- John Kuhn
- Tim Larkin
- Chip Limehouse
- Peter McCoy
- Elizabeth Moffly
- Ray Nash
- Andy Patrick
- Shawn Pinkston
- Mark Sanford
- Teddy Turner
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