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SC District 1- Special Election

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> United States > South Carolina > SC - District 01

Office

House of Representatives

Type

General Election

Filing Deadline

00, 0000 - 12:00pm

Polls Open

April 27, 1971 - 06:00am

Polls Close

April 27, 1971 - 07:00pm

Term Start

April 28, 1971 - 12:00pm

Term End

January 03, 1973 - 12:00pm

Contributor

Barack O-blame-a

Last Modified

MadViking June 20, 2007 06:25pm

Data Sources

United States Congressional Elections, 1788-1997: The Official Results of the Elections of the 1st through 105th Congress

Description

Special election to replace the deceased member.

LAST GENERAL ELECTION
	Party	Democratic	Won	11/03/1970
	Name	L. Mendel Rivers	Votes	63,891 (100.00%)
	Term	01/03/1971 - 12/28/1970	Margin	63,891 (+100.00%)

NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
	Party	Democratic	Won	11/07/1972
	Name	Mendel J. Davis	Votes	61,625 (54.49%)
	Term	01/03/1973 - 01/03/1975	Margin	10,156 (+8.98%)

PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Feb 20, 1971	SC District 1 - Special R Primary	James Burrow Edwards
Feb 25, 1971	SC District 1 - Special D Primary	Mendel J. Davis

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KEY RACE? 0.0000000000 Average

CANDIDATES

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Party

Website

Uncertified Votes (0.00% in)

37,821 (48.27%)

32,443 (41.41%)

8,029 (10.25%)

63 (0.08%)

Margin

0 (0.00%)

-5,378 (-6.86%)

-29,792 (-38.02%)

-37,758 (-48.19%)

Predict Avg.

0.00%

Cash On Hand

$--

MATCHUP POLLS (0 from 0 pollsters)

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