Republicans Hold On To Mick Mulvaney's Old House Seat In South Carolina

Republican Ralph Norman won Tuesdays special election in South Carolina for a U.S. House seat, defeating Democrat Archie Parnell in the solidly GOP 5th Congressional District, according to The Associated Press.

Norman, a 63-year-old real estate developer and former state lawmaker, replaces fellow Republican Mick Mulvaney, who left Congress to become President Donald Trump s budget director.

Parnell, a 66-year-old tax attorney, mounted an unusually ambitious challenge in the district where the conservative Mulvaney cruised to re-election in 2016. His scrappy campaign, and the support it received from the national Democratic Party , excited local activists accustomed to being written off by party leaders.

Michele Horne, 42, a Rock Hill-based supporter of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) who volunteered for Parnell, blamed the outcome on her fellow constituents strong identification with the Republican Party .

South Carolinians still have not gotten to the point where they can look at issues versus keeping it strictly partisan politics, said Horne, a co-founder of the progressive #DemEnter group. On the issues, Archie is clearly a better choice for anybody who lives in the state other than very wealthy people.

Norman is likely to add to the strength of the Houses contingent of fiscal hard-liners. He has said he would consider joining the House Freedom Caucus, a group Mulvaney helped found and which is comprised of the chambers most conservative Republicans .

Norman campaigned heavily on his commitment to helping Trump enact his agenda, including the repeal of Obamacare. He has also embraced raising the Social Security retirement age and, following last weeks shooting of House Majority Whip Steve Scalise and others at a baseball field, said he believes more members of Congress should carry guns .

In addition, Norman touted the endorsements of high-profile national conservatives, including Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Fox News host Sean Hannity .

Trump recorded a robocall for Norman over the weekend and tweeted his support for the GOP candidate on Monday:

Ralph Norman, who is running for Congress in SC's 5th District, will be a fantastic help to me in cutting taxes, and....

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Ralph Norman, who is running for Congress in SC's 5th District, will be a fantastic help to me in cutting taxes, and....
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....getting great border security and healthcare. #VoteRalphNorman tomorrow!

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....getting great border security and healthcare. #VoteRalphNorman tomorrow!
Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 19, 2017

The district, a largely rural swath of the state that stretches from Sumter in the south to the suburbs of Charlotte, North Carolina, was always going to be difficult territory for a Democrat.

Mulvaney was reelected there in 2016 by 20 percentage points , and Trump defeated Democrat Hillary Clinton among the districts voters by 18.5 points .

But in a year when Democrats have been champing at the bit to humble Trump with upset victories in special election races, including Georgias 6th Congressional District , which they also lost late Tuesday, Parnell ran his partys most formidable campaign in the district since 2010. That was when Mulvaney unseated veteran Rep. John Spratt , ending the Democrats more-than-century-long hold on the seat.

Parnell raised $763,000 for his bid, including $305,000 that he either lent or donated to the campaign. Norman raised $1.3 million, much of which also came from his own pocket.

The national attention and resources showered on what polls showed to be a neck-and-neck special election Tuesday in Georgias 6th congressional district overshadowed the race in South Carolina.

But Democrats in Washington did not ignore Parnell entirely.

Shortly after Parnell released an internal poll at the end of May showing that he had narrowed Normans lead to 10 percentage points , the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee contributed $275,000 to his bid.

Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez, DNC Associate Chairman Jaime Harrison and American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten canvassed for Parnell as part of the kickoff of the DNCs Resistance Summer. Former Maryland Gov. Martin OMalley and Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan also campaigned for Parnell in person, while former Vice President Joe Biden taped a robocall for him.