James Sweeney and Vick both qualified for the run-off election as no candidate got 50% of the vote in the Democratic primary.
After U.S. Congresswoman Gabby Giffords was shot in January 2011, he sponsored an unsuccessful bill that would have allowed state lawmakers with concealed weapons permits to carry a handgun inside of the Statehouse.
[7] After 8 years as a member of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), Vick resigned from the organization.
About 11 pm on the night of May 14, 2012, Vick was arrested in Columbia, SC by the Bureau of Protective Services on the Statehouse grounds and was charged with driving under the influence (DUI), speeding, and carrying a handgun without a permit.
An officer saw Vick stumbling as he walked into a parking garage located in the Statehouse grounds in Columbia.
Gloria Bromell Tinubu ended up winning the nomination, but lost the November general election to Republican Tom Rice.
Vick lives in the City of Chesterfield, South Carolina with his wife Melissa and their twin daughters Willow and Laurel.