Mark Sanford Republican Mark Sanford Republican The 1st district is located on the Atlantic coastal plain, from Seabrook Island to the border with North Carolina and includes most of Charleston and Myrtle Beach.

The incumbent is Republican Mark Sanford, who has represented the district since 2013, and previously from 1995 to 2001.

During their sole debate the two expressed contrasting views on Donald Trump with Sanford saying that “I think he says some things which are very, very strange.

[3] He also received the Working Families and Green Party nominations.

Joe Wilson Republican Joe Wilson Republican The 2nd district is located in central South Carolina and spans from Columbia to the South Carolina side of the Augusta, Georgia metropolitan area.

After Gowdy declined to run for House Majority Leader following the announcement of the resignation of Speaker of the House John Boehner, in 2015, John Fleming, a Republican Congressman from Louisiana, told reporters that Gowdy would not run for reelection in 2016.

The Green Party nominee is Prince Charles Mallory.