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Cunningham Picks Up South Carolina House Seat for Democrats

Cunningham Picks Up South Carolina House Seat for Democrats

(Bloomberg) -- Democrat Joe Cunningham beat Republican Katie Arrington in the race for South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District, according to Associated Press projections.

Cunningham Picks Up South Carolina House Seat for Democrats

Cunningham, a lawyer and ocean engineer, will represent the Charleston area, which is considered Republican leaning. Arrington, a pro-Trump state legislator, unseated Representative Mark Sanford in the GOP primary.

To contact the reporter on this story: Laura Curtis in Washington at lcurtis7@bloomberg.net

To contact the editors responsible for this story: Derek Wallbank at dwallbank@bloomberg.net, Krista Gmelich

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