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The 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina were held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010. The primary elections were held on June 8. The composition of the state delegation before the election was four Republicans and two Democrats.

After the general election, the composition of the state delegation entering the 112th Congress was five Republicans and just one Democrat.

All seats were rated safe for their incumbent parties except for district 5.

Overview

United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 2010^[1]
Party		Votes	Percentage	Seats before	Seats after	+/–
	Republican	753,932	56.21%	4	5	+1
	Democratic	543,921	40.55%	2	1	-1
	Constitution	16,597	1.23%	0	0	0
	Libertarian	9,988	0.74%	0	0	0
	Green	7,322	0.65%	0	0	0
	Other	9,376	0.74%	0	0	0
Totals		1,341,136	100.00%	6	6	—

By district

Results of the 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina by district:^[2]

District	Republican		Democratic		Others		Total		Result

	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
District 1	152,755	65.37%	67,008	28.67%	13,932	5.96%	233,695	100.00%	Republican hold
District 2	138,861	53.47%	113,625	43.76%	7,186	2.77%	259,672	100.00%	Republican hold
District 3	126,235	62.46%	66,497	32.90%	9,376	4.64%	202,108	100.00%	Republican hold
District 4	137,586	63.45%	62,438	28.80%	16,814	7.75%	216,838	100.00%	Republican hold
District 5	125,834	55.12%	102,296	44.81%	156	0.07%	228,286	100.00%	Republican gain
District 6	72,661	36.40%	125,459	62.86%	1,470	0.74%	199,590	100.00%	Democratic hold
Total	753,932	56.26%	537,323	40.09%	48,934	3.65%	1,340,189	100.00%	.

South Carolina's 6 congressional districts

District 1

Incumbent Republican Congressman Henry E. Brown Jr. had been in office since 2001 and was retiring. The open seat was contested by Democrat Ben Frasier, Republican Tim Scott, Green Robert Dobbs, Libertarian Keith Blandford, Working Families Rob Groce, United Citizens Milton Elmer "Mac" McCullough Jr. and Independence Party Jimmy Wood. Scott defeated Paul Thurmond in the primary runoff election.^[3]

South Carolina's 1st congressional district election, 2010^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tim Scott	152,755	65.37
	Democratic	Ben Frasier	67,008	28.67
	Working Families	Rob Groce	4,148	1.77
	Green	Robert Dobbs	3,369	1.44
	Libertarian	Keith Blandford	2,750	1.18
	Independence	Jimmy Wood	2,489	1.07
	United Citizens	Milton Elmer "Mac" McCullough Jr.	1,013	0.43
	Write-ins		163	0.07
Total votes			233,695	100.00
	Republican hold

South Carolina District 1 race from OurCampaigns.com
Campaign contributions from OpenSecrets
2010 South Carolina - 1st District from CQ Politics
Race profile at The New York Times

District 2

Incumbent Republican Congressman Joe Wilson had been in office since 2001. Wilson defeated Democratic nominee Iraq War Veteran Rob Miller, Libertarian Eddie McCain, and the Constitution Party's Marc Beaman.^[5]

South Carolina's 2nd congressional district election, 2010^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joe Wilson (incumbent)	138,861	53.48
	Democratic	Rob Miller	113,625	43.76
	Libertarian	Eddie McCain	4,228	1.63
	Constitution	Marc Beaman	2,856	1.10
	Write-ins		102	0.04
Total votes			259,672	100.00
	Republican hold

South Carolina District 2 race from OurCampaigns.com
Campaign contributions from OpenSecrets
2010 South Carolina - 2nd District from CQ Politics
Race profile at The New York Times

District 3

Incumbent Republican Congressman J. Gresham Barrett had been in office since 2003, but decided to retire to run for governor. The open seat was contested by Republican nominee Jeff Duncan, Democratic / Working Families nominee Jane Ballard Dyer, and Constitution Party nominee John Dalen. Duncan had come in second in the Republican Primary at 25%, but beat Richard Cash in the runoff 51% to 49%.^[6]

South Carolina's 3rd congressional district election, 2010^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeff Duncan	126,235	62.46
	Democratic	Jane Ballard Dyer	73,095	36.16
	Constitution	John Dalen	2,682	1.33
	Write-ins		96	0.05
Total votes			202,108	100.00
	Republican hold

South Carolina District 3 race from OurCampaigns.com
Campaign contributions from OpenSecrets
2010 South Carolina - 3rd District from CQ Politics
Race profile at The New York Times

District 4

This was an open seat. Incumbent Republican Congressman Bob Inglis had been in office since 2005, but he lost to Trey Gowdy in the primary election. Trey Gowdy would go on to defeat the Democratic nominee Paul Corden, Green Party's Faye Walters, Libertarian Rick Mahler, and the Constitution Party's Dave Edwards.

South Carolina's 4th congressional district election, 2010^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Trey Gowdy	137,586	63.45
	Democratic	Paul Corden	62,438	28.79
	Constitution	Dave Edwards	11,059	5.10
	Libertarian	Rick Mahler	3,010	1.39
	Green	Faye Walters	2,564	1.18
	Write-ins		181	0.08
Total votes			216,838	100.00
	Republican hold

South Carolina District 4 race from OurCampaigns.com
Campaign contributions from OpenSecrets
2010 South Carolina - 4th District from CQ Politics
Candidates For Congress Debate Live At WYFF4^{[permanent dead link‍]} at WYFF, October 12, 2010

District 5

Democratic incumbent John Spratt was defeated by Republican Mick Mulvaney.

South Carolina's 5th congressional district election, 2010^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mick Mulvaney	125,834	55.12
	Democratic	John Spratt (incumbent)	102,296	44.81
	Write-ins		156	0.07
Total votes			228,286	100.00
	Republican gain from Democratic

South Carolina District 5 race from OurCampaigns.com
Campaign contributions from OpenSecrets
2010 South Carolina - 5th District from CQ Politics
Race profile at The New York Times

District 6

Incumbent Democratic Congressman Jim Clyburn had been in office since 1993. He won re-election against Republican Jim Pratt and Nammu Y. Muhammad of the Green Party.

South Carolina's 6th congressional district election, 2010^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Clyburn (incumbent)	125,459	62.86
	Republican	Jim Pratt	72,661	36.41
	Green	Nammu Y. Muhammad	1,389	0.70
	Write-ins		81	0.04
Total votes			199,590	100.00
	Democratic hold