Special スポットライト: SC 共和国の/共和党のs 争う to 取って代わる Mulvaney

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - The special 選挙 スポットライト has rolled on to South Carolina, where two 共和国の/共和党のs are 争う to be the party's 候補者 in the race for the seat vacated by GOP Rep. Mick Mulvaney.

In a special 選挙 最初の/主要な earlier this month, 投票者s in the 共和国の/共和党の-leaning 5th 連邦議会の 地区 south of Charlotte 拒絶するd the flamethrowers and 代案/選択肢 候補者s in a seven-way GOP 最初の/主要な selecting more mainstream 候補者s Ralph Norman and Tommy ローマ法王 to 直面する each other in Tuesday's runoff.

The 勝利者 will 直面する 井戸/弁護士席-基金d 民主党員 Archie Parnell on June 20.

FILE- In this July 8, 2015 file photo, Rep. Tommy Pope, R-York, speaks in Columbia, S.C. The special election spotlight has rolled on to South Carolina, where Republican runoff voters are now tasked with deciding which mainstream Republican they'll choose as their pick to keep Mick Mulvaney's former seat in GOP control. Tommy Pope and Ralph Norman are up for election in Tuesday's GOP runoff in the 5th Congressional District. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

FILE- In this July 8, 2015 とじ込み/提出する photo, Rep. Tommy ローマ法王, R-York, speaks in Columbia, S.C. The special 選挙 スポットライト has rolled on to South Carolina, where 共和国の/共和党の runoff 投票者s are now 仕事d with deciding which mainstream 共和国の/共和党の they'll choose as their 選ぶ to keep Mick Mulvaney's former seat in GOP 支配(する)/統制する. Tommy ローマ法王 and Ralph Norman are up for 選挙 in Tuesday's GOP runoff in the 5th 連邦議会の 地区. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Both GOP 候補者s selectively 提携させる with 大統領 Donald Trump, supporting his 提案するd 国境 塀で囲む with Mexico 同様に as 好意ing his 成果/努力s to 促進する U.S. 経済成長 by 緩和するing 連邦の 規則s.

But while ローマ法王 has the support of several high-profile 明言する/公表する 共和国の/共和党のs and the U.S. 議会 of 商業, Norman has gotten the 支援 of more hard-権利 保守的な organizations from outside the 明言する/公表する. That vein of support 含むs Ted Cruz, who will be in the 地区 Monday to (選挙などの)運動をする for Norman, and the Club For Growth's political arm, which has run 広告s such as one slamming ローマ法王 for supporting a 計画(する) then-South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley called "a backdoor 試みる/企てる to 器具/実施する Obamacare in South Carolina."

The congressional 地区, which (期間が)わたるs 11 郡s and stretches north from Columbia, had been in Democratic 手渡すs for more than 100 years until the 2010 選挙, when Mulvaney unseated longtime Democratic Rep. John Spratt, partly 予定 to redistricting after the 2010 国勢(人口)調査.

TOMMY POPE

ローマ法王, first elected to the 明言する/公表する House in 2010, serves as its (衆議院の)議長 プロの/賛成の tem, the 議会's No. 2 公式の/役人. The York 弁護士/代理人/検事 was the 最高の,を越す 投票(する)-getter in the May 2 GOP 予備選挙, 辛勝する/優位ing out Norman by いっそう少なく than 1 パーセント of 投票(する)s cast.

Perhaps best known as the 検察官,検事 who put South Carolina mother Susan Smith in 刑務所,拘置所 for life for 殺人,大当り her two young sons in the 1990s, ローマ法王 had planned a 2018 gub ernatorial 企て,努力,提案 but abandoned that 成果/努力 after Mulvaney's seat opened up upon his 確定/確認 as White House 予算 director.

ローマ法王 has been a major 支援者 of raising the 明言する/公表する's gas 税金 to get more 基金ing for the 明言する/公表する's roads, 同様に as 倫理学 改革(する), sponsoring a 法案 to 改造する the 明言する/公表する 倫理学 (売買)手数料,委託(する)/委員会/権限 and 要求する 公式の/役人s to 報告(する)/憶測 the sources of income on their 所得税 returns, 同様に as income sources of their spouses and 扶養家族 children.

ローマ法王 has gotten 支援 from House (衆議院の)議長 Jay Lucas, 明言する/公表する 農業 Commissioner Hugh 天候s and the U.S. 議会 of 商業.

RALPH NORMAN

Norman, a 激しく揺する Hill real 広い地所 developer, 辞職するd from his 明言する/公表する House seat earlier this year to concentrate on the congressional race. First sent to Columbia in 2004, he 辞職するd two years later, when he unsuccessfully challenged Spratt.

Re-elected to his seat in 2008, Norman became a 長,指導者 支持する for former Gov. Nikki Haley when the 共和国の/共和党の was elected 知事 in 2010. At times, he was the 単独の 投票(する) on her 味方する: in 2012, Norman cast the 孤独な 投票(する) to 支える Haley's 拒否権 on a 法案 meant to help undo a 許す 許すing Georgia to 拡大する its port in Savannah.

Haley hasn't forgotten that support. As the runoff approached, the 現在の U.N. 外交官/大使 sent a $100 出資/貢献 to Norman's (選挙などの)運動をする coffers.

Norman is 是認するd by former 明言する/公表する GOP Chairman Chad Connelly, who finished third in the May 2 最初の/主要な, and FreedomWorks, a 保守的な political 活動/戦闘 group, 同様に as Cruz and Jim DeMint.

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Kinnard 報告(する)/憶測d from Columbia, South Carolina. Reach her at http://twitter.com/MegKinnardAP. Read her work at https://apnews.com/search/meg%20kinnard.

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- In this Oct. 19, 2006 file photo, Ralph Norman, speaks during a debate in Rock Hill, S.C. The special election spotlight has rolled on to South Carolina, where Republican runoff voters are now tasked with deciding which mainstream Republican they'll choose as their pick to keep Mick Mulvaney's former seat in GOP control. Tommy Pope and Ralph Norman are up for election in Tuesday's GOP runoff in the 5th Congressional District.  (Melissa Cherry/The Herald via AP)

FILE- In this Oct. 19, 2006 とじ込み/提出する photo, Ralph Norman, speaks during a 審議 in 激しく揺する Hill, S.C. The special 選挙 スポットライト has rolled on to South Carolina, where 共和国の/共和党の runoff 投票者s are now 仕事d with deciding which mainstream 共和国の/共和党の they'll choose as their 選ぶ to keep Mick Mulvaney's former seat in GOP 支配(する)/統制する. Tommy ローマ法王 and Ralph Norman are up for 選挙 in Tuesday's GOP runoff in the 5th 連邦議会の 地区. (Melissa Cherry/The 先触れ(する) 経由で AP)

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