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2012 South Carolina U.S. House District 5 Election

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Who won the 2012 South Carolina U.S. House District 5 Election?

Mick Mulvaney won the 2012 South Carolina U.S. House District 5 Election. Mick Mulvaney received 154,324 popular votes (55.51%). The main challenger was Joyce Knott (40.97%).

See the full head-to-head between Mulvaney and Knott

Mulvaney +14.5 pts · won by 30,881 votes
Mick MulvaneyRepublicanWINNER55.51%
154,324 votes
Joyce KnottDemocratic40.97%
123,443 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 3.5% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote totals for U.S. House elections come from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (1976–2024).

Data last verified July 28, 2026.