WASHINGTON — Republican Sheri Biggs won election to a U.S. House seat representing South Carolina on Tuesday, keeping an open seat for the GOP.
AP Race Call: Republican Sheri Biggs wins election to U.S. House in South Carolina's 3rd District
Republican Sheri Biggs won election to a U.S. House seat representing South Carolina on Tuesday, keeping an open seat for the GOP.
By The Associated Press
November 6, 2024 at 2:18AM
Biggs, a nurse practitioner and Air National Guard officer, won the state's lone open seat in the 3rd Congressional District. She will be South Carolina's second Republican woman to serve in Congress.
The political newcomer was heavily favored to win the state's most Republican district. Biggs defeated Democrat Byron Best. In her competitive primary, Biggs defeated Mark Burns, a Black pastor endorsed by Donald Trump. Republican Gov. Henry McMaster backed Biggs. Current GOP Rep. Jeff Duncan retired after seven terms.
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The Associated PressRepublican Donald Trump won North Carolina, capturing one of the seven heavily contested battlegrounds while votes in six other swing states are still being counted. Republicans reclaimed control of the Senate, picking up seats in West Virginia and Ohio. Top House races are focused in New York and California, where Democrats are trying to claw back some of the 10 or so seats where Republicans have made surprising gains in recent years.