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For others with similar names, see <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Wilson_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Joseph Wilson (disambiguation)">Joseph Wilson (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">Joe Wilson</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Joe_Wilson_official_congressional_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Joe_Wilson_official_congressional_photo.jpg/220px-Joe_Wilson_official_congressional_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="289" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Joe_Wilson_official_congressional_photo.jpg/330px-Joe_Wilson_official_congressional_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Joe_Wilson_official_congressional_photo.jpg/440px-Joe_Wilson_official_congressional_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1365" data-file-height="1792" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Official portrait, 2016</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a></span><br />from <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina">South Carolina</a>'s <span data-sort-value="South Carolina02 !"><a href="/wiki/South_Carolina%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="South Carolina's 2nd congressional district">2nd</a></span> district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />December 18, 2001</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Floyd_Spence" title="Floyd Spence">Floyd Spence</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_Senate" title="South Carolina Senate">South Carolina Senate</a></span><br />from the 23rd district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 8, 1985 – December 18, 2001</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Constituency established</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jake_Knotts" title="Jake Knotts">Jake Knotts</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Addison Graves Wilson</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1947-07-31</span>) </span>July 31, 1947<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 77)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Charleston,_South_Carolina" title="Charleston, South Carolina">Charleston, South Carolina</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Roxanne McCrory</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1978)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">4, including <a href="/wiki/Alan_Wilson_(South_Carolina_politician)" title="Alan Wilson (South Carolina politician)">Alan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Washington_and_Lee_University" title="Washington and Lee University">Washington and Lee University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/University_of_South_Carolina" title="University of South Carolina">University of South Carolina</a> (<a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">JD</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://joewilson.house.gov">House website</a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; 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codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7d/Joe_Wilson_speaks_on_the_Abraham_Accords.ogg/Joe_Wilson_speaks_on_the_Abraham_Accords.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></div> <div class="description">Joe Wilson speaks on the <a href="/wiki/Abraham_Accords" title="Abraham Accords">Abraham Accords</a><br />Recorded September 16, 2020</div></div></div></div> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Addison Graves "Joe" Wilson Sr.</b> (born July 31, 1947) is an American politician and attorney serving as the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. representative</a> for <span data-sort-value="South Carolina02 !"><a href="/wiki/South_Carolina%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="South Carolina's 2nd congressional district">South Carolina's 2nd congressional district</a></span> since 2001. A member of the <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican Party</a>, his district stretches from <a href="/wiki/Columbia,_South_Carolina" title="Columbia, South Carolina">Columbia</a> to the Georgia–South Carolina border. He served as the <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_Senate" title="South Carolina Senate">South Carolina state senator</a> from the 23rd district from 1985 to 2001. </p><p>Wilson is a member of the <a href="/wiki/Steering_and_Policy_Committee_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="Steering and Policy Committee of the United States House of Representatives">House Republican Policy Committee</a> and an assistant Republican <a href="/wiki/Whip_(politics)" title="Whip (politics)">whip</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2009, Wilson interrupted a <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_speech_to_joint_session_of_Congress,_September_2009" class="mw-redirect" title="Barack Obama speech to joint session of Congress, September 2009">speech by U.S. President Barack Obama</a> to a <a href="/wiki/Joint_session_of_the_United_States_Congress" title="Joint session of the United States Congress">joint session of Congress</a>, shouting, "You lie!"<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged November 2024">dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup> The incident <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Representatives_expelled,_censured,_or_reprimanded#Reprimanded_representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United States Representatives expelled, censured, or reprimanded">resulted in a reprimand</a> by the House of Representatives.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt20090915_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt20090915-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joe_Wilson_(American_politician)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Wilson was born in <a href="/wiki/Charleston,_South_Carolina" title="Charleston, South Carolina">Charleston, South Carolina</a>, the son of Wray (née Graves) and Hugh deVeaux Wilson.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1969 he obtained a bachelor's degree in political science from <a href="/wiki/Washington_and_Lee_University" title="Washington and Lee University">Washington and Lee University</a>, where he joined <a href="/wiki/Sigma_Nu" title="Sigma Nu">Sigma Nu</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He obtained his <a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">Juris Doctor</a> (<a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">J.D.</a>) degree from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_South_Carolina_School_of_Law" class="mw-redirect" title="University of South Carolina School of Law">University of South Carolina School of Law</a> in 1972.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_career">Early career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joe_Wilson_(American_politician)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From 1972 to 1975, Wilson served in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Reserve" title="United States Army Reserve">United States Army Reserve</a>. Thereafter, he was a Staff Judge Advocate in the <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_Army_National_Guard" title="South Carolina Army National Guard">South Carolina Army National Guard</a> assigned to the <a href="/wiki/218th_Maneuver_Enhancement_Brigade" title="218th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade">218th Mechanized Infantry Brigade</a> until retiring from military service as a <a href="/wiki/Colonel_(United_States)" title="Colonel (United States)">colonel</a> in 2003.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A real estate attorney, Wilson co-accounted the law firm Kirkland, Wilson, Moore, Taylor & Thomas<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in <a href="/wiki/West_Columbia,_South_Carolina" title="West Columbia, South Carolina">West Columbia</a>, where he practiced for over 25 years. He was also a municipal judge in <a href="/wiki/Springdale,_Lexington_County,_South_Carolina" title="Springdale, Lexington County, South Carolina">Springdale, South Carolina</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ourcampaigns_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ourcampaigns-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Wilson was active in South Carolina Republican politics when the party barely existed in the state. He took part in his first Republican campaign in 1962, when he was 15 years old. He served as an aide to <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">Senator</a> <a href="/wiki/Strom_Thurmond" title="Strom Thurmond">Strom Thurmond</a> and to his district's congressman, <a href="/wiki/Floyd_Spence" title="Floyd Spence">Floyd Spence</a>. </p><p>In 1981 and 1982, during the first term of the <a href="/wiki/Reagan_Administration" class="mw-redirect" title="Reagan Administration">Reagan administration</a>, Wilson served as deputy general counsel for former governor <a href="/wiki/James_B._Edwards" title="James B. Edwards">Jim Edwards</a> at the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Department_of_Energy" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Department of Energy">U.S. Department of Energy</a>. Wilson is also a graduate of <a href="/wiki/Morton_Blackwell" title="Morton Blackwell">Morton Blackwell</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Leadership_Institute" title="Leadership Institute">Leadership Institute</a> in Arlington, Virginia.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="South_Carolina_Senate">South Carolina Senate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joe_Wilson_(American_politician)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: South Carolina Senate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Wilson was elected to the <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_Senate" title="South Carolina Senate">South Carolina Senate</a> in 1984 as a Republican from <a href="/wiki/Lexington_County,_South_Carolina" title="Lexington County, South Carolina">Lexington County</a> and reelected four times, the last three times unopposed. By this time, Lexington County had become one of the most Republican counties in the state. He never missed a regular legislative session in 17 years. After the Republicans gained control of the chamber in 1996, Wilson became the first Republican to chair the Senate Transportation Committee. He was a member of <a href="/wiki/Columbia_College_(Columbia,_South_Carolina)" class="mw-redirect" title="Columbia College (Columbia, South Carolina)">Columbia College</a>'s board of visitors and <a href="/wiki/Coker_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Coker College">Coker College</a>'s board of trustees. </p><p>During his tenure in the South Carolina Senate, Wilson was the primary sponsor of bills including the following: establishing a National Guard license plate,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> providing paid leave for state employees to perform disaster relief services,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and requiring men aged 18–26 to register for the <a href="/wiki/Selective_Service_System" title="Selective Service System">Selective Service System</a> when applying for a driver's license.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2000, Wilson was one of seven senators to vote against removing the <a href="/wiki/Confederate_battle_flag" class="mw-redirect" title="Confederate battle flag">Confederate battle flag</a> from being displayed over the state house.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="U.S._House_of_Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joe_Wilson_(American_politician)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: U.S. House of Representatives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Committee_assignments">Committee assignments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joe_Wilson_(American_politician)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Committee assignments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Joe_Wilson,_official_photo_portrait,_color.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Joe_Wilson%2C_official_photo_portrait%2C_color.jpg/170px-Joe_Wilson%2C_official_photo_portrait%2C_color.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="212" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Joe_Wilson%2C_official_photo_portrait%2C_color.jpg/255px-Joe_Wilson%2C_official_photo_portrait%2C_color.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Joe_Wilson%2C_official_photo_portrait%2C_color.jpg/340px-Joe_Wilson%2C_official_photo_portrait%2C_color.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1178" data-file-height="1468" /></a><figcaption>Official House photo portrait (<a href="/wiki/109th_United_States_Congress" title="109th United States Congress">109th Congress</a>)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:George_W._Bush_and_Joe_Wilson.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/George_W._Bush_and_Joe_Wilson.png/220px-George_W._Bush_and_Joe_Wilson.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="162" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/George_W._Bush_and_Joe_Wilson.png/330px-George_W._Bush_and_Joe_Wilson.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/George_W._Bush_and_Joe_Wilson.png/440px-George_W._Bush_and_Joe_Wilson.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="368" /></a><figcaption>Wilson with <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President</a> <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> in 2002</figcaption></figure> <p>As of the 118th Congress, Wilson served on three <a href="/wiki/Standing_committees" class="mw-redirect" title="Standing committees">standing committees</a> and various subcommittees overseeing specific areas of legislation. He serves on the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Armed_Services" title="United States House Committee on Armed Services">Committee on Armed Services</a>, for which he is also a member of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Armed_Services_Subcommittee_on_Readiness" title="United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness">Subcommittee on Readiness</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Armed_Services_Subcommittee_on_Strategic_Forces" title="United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces">Subcommittee on Strategic Forces</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He serves on the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Education_and_the_Workforce" title="United States House Committee on Education and the Workforce">Committee on Education and the Workforce</a>, for which he also is a member of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Education_Subcommittee_on_Health,_Employment,_Labor,_and_Pensions" title="United States House Education Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions">Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a member of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Foreign_Affairs" title="United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs">Committee on Foreign Affairs</a>, Wilson serves on the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Foreign_Affairs_Subcommittee_on_Europe" title="United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe">Subcommittee on Europe</a><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Chairs the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Foreign_Affairs_Subcommittee_on_the_Middle_East_and_South_Asia" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia">Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wilson serves as the Chair of the <a href="/wiki/Commission_on_Security_and_Cooperation_in_Europe" title="Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe">U.S. Helsinki Commission</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wilson is a member of the <a href="/wiki/Republican_Study_Committee" title="Republican Study Committee">Republican Study Committee</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chair of the RSC National Security and Foreign Affairs Task Force,<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a member of the <a href="/wiki/Tea_Party_Caucus" title="Tea Party Caucus">Tea Party Caucus</a>. </p><p>On June 27, 2024, Wilson announced he will run for the Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Caucus_memberships">Caucus memberships</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joe_Wilson_(American_politician)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Caucus memberships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Composites Caucus (co-chair)<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Counter-Kleptocracy Caucus (co-chair)<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Congressional United Kingdom Caucus (co-chair)<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Congressional French Caucus (co-chair)<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>European Union Caucus (founder and co-chair)<sup id="cite_ref-:0_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Congressional Caucus on Korea (co-chair)<sup id="cite_ref-:0_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congressional_Caucus_on_Turkey_and_Turkish_Americans" title="Congressional Caucus on Turkey and Turkish Americans">Congressional Caucus on Turkey and Turkish Americans</a><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>House Ethiopian-American Caucus (co-chair)<sup id="cite_ref-:0_30-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Bulgaria Caucus (co-chair)<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Friends of Belarus Caucus (co-chair)<sup id="cite_ref-:0_30-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Congressional Caucus on U.S.-Türkiye Relations and Turkish Americans (co-chair)<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Congressional Bangladesh Caucus (co-chair)<sup id="cite_ref-:0_30-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Congressional Afghan Caucus (co-chair)<sup id="cite_ref-:0_30-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Congressional Caucus on Qatari-American Strategic Relationships (co-chair)<sup id="cite_ref-:0_30-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>House Republican Israel Caucus (co-chair)<sup id="cite_ref-:0_30-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Diabetes Caucus</li> <li>Global Health Caucus</li> <li>India Caucus</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Congressional_International_Conservation_Caucus" title="United States Congressional International Conservation Caucus">United States Congressional International Conservation Caucus</a><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Israel Allies Caucus</li> <li>Russia Democracy Caucus</li> <li>Sportsmen's Caucus</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steering_and_Policy_Committee_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="Steering and Policy Committee of the United States House of Representatives">House Republican Policy Committee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tea_Party_Caucus" title="Tea Party Caucus">Tea Party Caucus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congressional_Arts_Caucus" title="Congressional Arts Caucus">Congressional Arts Caucus</a><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congressional_Constitution_Caucus" title="Congressional Constitution Caucus">Congressional Constitution Caucus</a><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afterschool_Caucuses" title="Afterschool Caucuses">Afterschool Caucuses</a><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congressional_NextGen_9-1-1_Caucus" title="Congressional NextGen 9-1-1 Caucus">Congressional NextGen 9-1-1 Caucus</a><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republican_Study_Committee" title="Republican Study Committee">Republican Study Committee</a><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Like his former boss, Spence, Wilson is an ardent social and fiscal conservative.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2003, Wilson voted for the <a href="/wiki/Medicare_Prescription_Drug,_Improvement,_and_Modernization_Act" title="Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act">Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act</a>, including its Section 1011 authorizing $250,000 annually of taxpayer money to reimburse hospitals for treatment of illegal immigrants. In 2009, he changed to his current position of opposing public funds for health care of illegal immigrants.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Legislation">Legislation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joe_Wilson_(American_politician)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Legislation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Wilson has sponsored and co-sponsored a number of bills concerning teacher recruitment and retention, college campus fire safety, National Guard troop levels, arming airline pilots, tax credits for adoptions, tax credits for living organ donors, and state defense forces. As of January 2006, eight bills he co-sponsored have passed the House,<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> including H.R. 1973, the <a href="/wiki/Senator_Paul_Simon_Water_for_the_Poor_Act_of_2005" class="mw-redirect" title="Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005">Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005</a>, making safe water and sanitation an objective of U.S. assistance to developing countries.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Wilson is a staunch advocate of a federal prohibition of online <a href="/wiki/Poker" title="Poker">poker</a>. In 2006, he co-sponsored H.R. 4411, the <a href="/wiki/Goodlatte" class="mw-redirect" title="Goodlatte">Goodlatte</a>-Leach Internet Gambling Prohibition Act,<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and H.R. 4777, the Internet Gambling Prohibition Act.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Wilson initiated the Drafting Business Expensing Act of 2003, which allows businesses to immediately write off 50% of the cost of business equipment and machinery. This bonus <a href="/wiki/Depreciation" title="Depreciation">depreciation</a> provision was extended for 2008 and 2009 in two separate stimulus bills.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also spearheaded the Drafting Teacher Recruitment and Retention Act of 2003, which offers higher education loan forgiveness to math, science and special education teachers in schools with predominantly low-income student populations.<sup id="cite_ref-statebio_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-statebio-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He cites as his most important vote the <a href="/wiki/Jobs_and_Growth_Tax_Relief_Reconciliation_Act_of_2003" title="Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003">Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-statebio_48-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-statebio-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2015, Wilson cosponsored a resolution to <a href="/wiki/Federal_Marriage_Amendment" title="Federal Marriage Amendment">amend the Constitution to ban same-sex marriage</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Wilson sponsored H.R. 6202, the American Tech Workforce Act of 2021, introduced by Representative <a href="/wiki/Jim_Banks" title="Jim Banks">Jim Banks</a>. The legislation would establish a wage floor for the high-skill H-1B visa program, thereby significantly reducing employer dependence on the program. The bill would also eliminate the Optional Practical Training program that allows foreign graduates to stay and work in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id=""You_lie!"_outburst_during_Obama_address"><span id=".22You_lie.21.22_outburst_during_Obama_address"></span>"You lie!" outburst during Obama address</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joe_Wilson_(American_politician)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: "You lie!" outburst during Obama address"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><video id="mwe_player_1" poster="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Joe_Wilson%27s_You_Lie_interruption.theora.ogv/220px--Joe_Wilson%27s_You_Lie_interruption.theora.ogv.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="220" height="124" data-durationhint="23" data-mwtitle="Joe_Wilson's_You_Lie_interruption.theora.ogv" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons" resource="/wiki/File:Joe_Wilson%27s_You_Lie_interruption.theora.ogv"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2a/Joe_Wilson%27s_You_Lie_interruption.theora.ogv/Joe_Wilson%27s_You_Lie_interruption.theora.ogv.480p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="480p.vp9.webm" data-width="854" data-height="480" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2a/Joe_Wilson%27s_You_Lie_interruption.theora.ogv/Joe_Wilson%27s_You_Lie_interruption.theora.ogv.720p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="720p.vp9.webm" data-width="1280" data-height="720" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/Joe_Wilson%27s_You_Lie_interruption.theora.ogv" type="video/ogg; codecs="theora, vorbis"" data-width="1280" data-height="720" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2a/Joe_Wilson%27s_You_Lie_interruption.theora.ogv/Joe_Wilson%27s_You_Lie_interruption.theora.ogv.144p.mjpeg.mov" type="video/quicktime" data-transcodekey="144p.mjpeg.mov" data-width="256" data-height="144" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2a/Joe_Wilson%27s_You_Lie_interruption.theora.ogv/Joe_Wilson%27s_You_Lie_interruption.theora.ogv.240p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="426" data-height="240" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2a/Joe_Wilson%27s_You_Lie_interruption.theora.ogv/Joe_Wilson%27s_You_Lie_interruption.theora.ogv.360p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="360p.vp9.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2a/Joe_Wilson%27s_You_Lie_interruption.theora.ogv/Joe_Wilson%27s_You_Lie_interruption.theora.ogv.360p.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp8, vorbis"" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /><track src="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=timedtext&title=File%3AJoe_Wilson%27s_You_Lie_interruption.theora.ogv&lang=en&trackformat=vtt&origin=%2A" kind="subtitles" type="text/vtt" srclang="en" label="English ‪(en)‬" data-dir="ltr" /></video></span><figcaption>Wilson's interruption of President Obama's address (at 00:15)</figcaption></figure> <p>On September 9, 2009, during a nationally televised joint address to Congress by President <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a>, Wilson shouted "You lie!"<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> after Obama, while outlining his proposal for <a href="/wiki/Health_care_reform_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Health care reform in the United States">reforming health care</a>, said, "There are also those who claim that our reform effort will insure illegal immigrants. This, too, is false—the reforms I'm proposing would not apply to those who are here illegally."<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Obama's chief of staff <a href="/wiki/Rahm_Emanuel" title="Rahm Emanuel">Rahm Emanuel</a> immediately approached senior Republican lawmakers and asked them to identify the heckler and urge him to apologize immediately.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Members of Congress from both parties condemned the outburst. "Totally disrespectful", said Senator <a href="/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain">John McCain</a> of Wilson's utterance. "No place for it in that setting or any other and he should apologize immediately."<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wilson said later in a statement: </p> <blockquote><p>This evening I let my emotions get the best of me when listening to the President's remarks regarding the coverage of undocumented immigrants in the health care bill. While I disagree with the President's statement, my comments were inappropriate and regrettable. I extend sincere apologies to the President for this lack of civility.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>Obama accepted his apology. "I'm a big believer that we all make mistakes", he said. "He apologized quickly and without equivocation and I'm appreciative of that."<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1235681985"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/38px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="38" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/57px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/76px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="410" data-file-height="430" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikisource" title="Wikisource">Wikisource</a> has original text related to this article: <div style="margin-left: 10px;"><b><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Raising_a_Question_of_the_Privileges_of_the_House" class="extiw" title="wikisource:Raising a Question of the Privileges of the House">Raising a Question of the Privileges of the House (H. Res. 744)</a></b></div></div></div> </div> <p>House Democrats called on Wilson to issue a formal apology on the House floor.<sup id="cite_ref-reuters-not_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reuters-not-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> House Majority Whip <a href="/wiki/Jim_Clyburn" title="Jim Clyburn">Jim Clyburn</a> said, "This is about the rules of the House". House Majority Leader <a href="/wiki/Steny_Hoyer" title="Steny Hoyer">Steny Hoyer</a> said, "What's at issue here is of importance to the House and of importance to the country ... This House cannot stay silent". </p><p>Wilson refused to apologize to the House of Representatives, saying in a televised interview, "I believe one apology is sufficient."<sup id="cite_ref-YouTube-interview_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-YouTube-interview-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Congressional Republicans agreed, and opposed further action. Minority Leader <a href="/wiki/John_Boehner" title="John Boehner">John Boehner</a> said, "I think this is a sad day for the House of Representatives ... I think this is a political stunt aimed at distracting the American people from what they really care about, which is health care."<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On September 15, the House approved a "resolution of disapproval" against Wilson by a 240–179 vote almost exactly along party lines.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Wilson said that his outburst reflected his view that Obama's bill would provide government-subsidized benefits to illegal immigrants.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Several <a href="/wiki/Fact-checking" title="Fact-checking">fact-checking</a> organizations wrote that Wilson's view was inaccurate because <a href="/wiki/America%27s_Affordable_Health_Choices_Act_of_2009" title="America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009">HR 3200</a> expressly excludes undocumented aliens from receiving government-subsidized "affordability credits".<sup id="cite_ref-Obama's_Health_Care_Speech_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Obama's_Health_Care_Speech-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-politifact_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-politifact-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The nonpartisan <a href="/wiki/Congressional_Research_Service" title="Congressional Research Service">Congressional Research Service</a> agreed that people would need to be lawfully present in the U.S. in order to be eligible for the credits, but noted that the bill did not bar non-citizens from buying their own health insurance coverage through the <a href="/wiki/Health_insurance_exchange" class="mw-redirect" title="Health insurance exchange">health insurance exchange</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Obama administration said that, in the final bill, undocumented immigrants would not be able to participate in the Exchange.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Such language was included in the <a href="/wiki/Senate_Finance_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="Senate Finance Committee">Senate Finance Committee</a>'s version of the bill, <a href="/wiki/America%27s_Healthy_Future_Act" title="America's Healthy Future Act">America's Healthy Future Act</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the incident, Wilson and Democrat Rob Miller, his 2010 general election opponent, experienced a significant upswing in campaign donations. In the week after Wilson's outburst, Miller raised $1.6 million, about three times his 2008 donations,<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while Wilson raised $1.8 million.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Apology_for_remarks_about_hatred_of_America">Apology for remarks about hatred of America</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joe_Wilson_(American_politician)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Apology for remarks about hatred of America"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On a 2002 live broadcast of the <a href="/wiki/C-SPAN" title="C-SPAN">C-SPAN</a> talk show <i><a href="/wiki/Washington_Journal" title="Washington Journal">Washington Journal</a></i>, Wilson and Representative <a href="/wiki/Bob_Filner" title="Bob Filner">Bob Filner</a> were discussing <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraqi</a> <a href="/wiki/Weapons_of_mass_destruction" class="mw-redirect" title="Weapons of mass destruction">weapons of mass destruction</a>. When Filner noted that the U.S. provided Iraq with "chemical and biological weapons" in the 1980s, Wilson stated that this idea was "made up" and told Filner, "This hatred of America by some people is just outrageous. And you need to get over that." Wilson apologized for his remarks in statements to the press.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Apology_for_remarks_about_Strom_Thurmond's_daughter"><span id="Apology_for_remarks_about_Strom_Thurmond.27s_daughter"></span>Apology for remarks about Strom Thurmond's daughter</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joe_Wilson_(American_politician)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Apology for remarks about Strom Thurmond's daughter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2003, <a href="/wiki/Essie_Mae_Washington-Williams" title="Essie Mae Washington-Williams">Essie Mae Washington-Williams</a> revealed she was the daughter of Wilson's former employer, Senator <a href="/wiki/Strom_Thurmond" title="Strom Thurmond">Strom Thurmond</a>, and Thurmond's black maid. Wilson was among those who publicly doubted her assertion that Thurmond had a child <a href="/wiki/Out_of_wedlock" class="mw-redirect" title="Out of wedlock">out of wedlock</a>. Wilson said even if her story were true, she should not have revealed it because "it's a <a href="/wiki/Smear_campaign" title="Smear campaign">smear</a>" on Thurmond's image and was a way to "diminish" Thurmond's legacy.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After Thurmond's family acknowledged the truth of Washington-Williams's revelation, Wilson apologized, but said that he still thought that she should not have revealed that Thurmond was her father.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Texas_v._Pennsylvania"><i>Texas v. Pennsylvania</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joe_Wilson_(American_politician)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Texas v. Pennsylvania"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In December 2020, Wilson was one of 126 Republican members of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">House of Representatives</a> to sign an <a href="/wiki/Amicus_brief" class="mw-redirect" title="Amicus brief">amicus brief</a> in support of <i><a href="/wiki/Texas_v._Pennsylvania" title="Texas v. Pennsylvania">Texas v. Pennsylvania</a></i>, a lawsuit filed at the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="Supreme Court of the United States">United States Supreme Court</a> contesting the results of the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election" title="2020 United States presidential election">2020 presidential election</a>, in which <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a> defeated<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> incumbent <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a>. The Supreme Court declined to hear the case on the basis that Texas lacked <a href="/wiki/Standing_(law)" title="Standing (law)">standing</a> under <a href="/wiki/Article_Three_of_the_United_States_Constitution" title="Article Three of the United States Constitution">Article III of the Constitution</a> to challenge the results of an election held by another state.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_82-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_notable_events">Other notable events</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joe_Wilson_(American_politician)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Other notable events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Joe_Wilson_(25574795666).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Joe_Wilson_%2825574795666%29.jpg/220px-Joe_Wilson_%2825574795666%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Joe_Wilson_%2825574795666%29.jpg/330px-Joe_Wilson_%2825574795666%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Joe_Wilson_%2825574795666%29.jpg/440px-Joe_Wilson_%2825574795666%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5616" data-file-height="3744" /></a><figcaption>Wilson speaking at <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Political_Action_Conference" title="Conservative Political Action Conference">CPAC</a>, 2016.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pelosi_and_Netanyahu_in_Jerusalem,_Israel.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Pelosi_and_Netanyahu_in_Jerusalem%2C_Israel.jpg/220px-Pelosi_and_Netanyahu_in_Jerusalem%2C_Israel.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Pelosi_and_Netanyahu_in_Jerusalem%2C_Israel.jpg/330px-Pelosi_and_Netanyahu_in_Jerusalem%2C_Israel.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Pelosi_and_Netanyahu_in_Jerusalem%2C_Israel.jpg/440px-Pelosi_and_Netanyahu_in_Jerusalem%2C_Israel.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1170" /></a><figcaption>Wilson (second from right) with <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israeli</a> Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Netanyahu" title="Benjamin Netanyahu">Benjamin Netanyahu</a> (fourth from right) and Speaker <a href="/wiki/Nancy_Pelosi" title="Nancy Pelosi">Nancy Pelosi</a> (third from left).</figcaption></figure> <p>In November 2009, the <i><a href="/wiki/New_York_Times" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Times">New York Times</a></i> reported that Wilson and Representative <a href="/wiki/Blaine_Luetkemeyer" title="Blaine Luetkemeyer">Blaine Luetkemeyer</a> made identical written statements, reading, "One of the reasons I have long supported the U.S. biotechnology industry is that it is a homegrown success story that has been an engine of job creation in this country. Unfortunately, many of the largest companies that would seek to enter the <a href="/wiki/Biosimilar" title="Biosimilar">biosimilar</a> market have made their money by outsourcing their research to foreign countries like India." The statement was originally drafted by lobbyists for <a href="/wiki/Genentech" title="Genentech">Genentech</a>, now a Swiss <a href="/wiki/Biotechnology" title="Biotechnology">biotechnology</a> firm, but founded and still headquartered in <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="San Francisco, California">San Francisco, California</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Wilson supported President Trump's 2017 <a href="/wiki/Executive_Order_13769" title="Executive Order 13769">executive order</a> to impose a temporary ban on entry to the U.S. to citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries, saying that the order would "secure our borders and keep American families safe from terrorist attacks."<sup id="cite_ref-Blake1_85-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blake1-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On April 10, 2017, a Wilson <a href="/wiki/Town_hall_meeting" title="Town hall meeting">town hall meeting</a> at <a href="/wiki/Aiken_Technical_College" title="Aiken Technical College">Aiken Technical College</a> in <a href="/wiki/Graniteville,_South_Carolina" title="Graniteville, South Carolina">Graniteville, South Carolina</a> was interrupted by activists chanting "you lie" as Wilson asserted that the <a href="/wiki/Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act">Affordable Care Act</a> was causing people to be denied health services.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2018, a segment with Wilson aired as part of <a href="/wiki/Sacha_Baron_Cohen" title="Sacha Baron Cohen">Sacha Baron Cohen</a>'s Showtime series, <i><a href="/wiki/Who_is_America%3F" class="mw-redirect" title="Who is America?">Who is America?</a></i>. Wilson endorses "Kinderguardians", a nonexistent program to teach and arm schoolchildren as young as 3 to protect themselves in the classroom.<sup id="cite_ref-wpreview_87-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wpreview-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Advocating toddler carry, he says on camera, "A 3-year-old cannot defend itself from an assault rifle by throwing a <a href="/wiki/Hello_Kitty" title="Hello Kitty">Hello Kitty</a> pencil case at it".<sup id="cite_ref-nytreview_88-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytreview-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 2023, Wilson proposed a bill to direct "the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Commission_of_Fine_Arts" title="United States Commission of Fine Arts">Fine Arts Board</a> to obtain a bust of the <a href="/wiki/President_of_Ukraine" title="President of Ukraine">President of Ukraine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Volodymyr_Zelenskyy" title="Volodymyr Zelenskyy">Volodymyr Zelenskyy</a>, for display in the House of Representatives wing of the United States Capitol".<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On October 30, 2024, Columbia Airport Expressway was renamed to the Congressman Joe Wilson Expressway. The sign unveiling was attended by South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) staff and other current and former elected officials present including <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_South_Carolina" title="Attorney General of South Carolina">Attorney General of South Carolina</a> Alan Wilson, South Carolina Secretary of Transportation Justin Powell, U.S. Congressman <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Norman" title="Ralph Norman">Ralph Norman</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Anton_Gunn" title="Anton Gunn">Anton Gunn</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Veterans">Veterans</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joe_Wilson_(American_politician)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Veterans"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Honoring_our_PACT_Act_of_2022" title="Honoring our PACT Act of 2022">PACT ACT</a> which expanded <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Veterans_Affairs" title="United States Department of Veterans Affairs">VA</a> benefits to veterans exposed to toxic chemicals during their military service, received a "nay" from Wilson.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Regarding cannabis, despite lobbying from <a href="/wiki/Veterans%27_organization" title="Veterans' organization">VSOs</a> such as the <a href="/wiki/Disabled_American_Veterans" title="Disabled American Veterans">DAV</a><sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wilson also voted against <a href="/wiki/Marijuana_Opportunity_Reinvestment_and_Expungement_Act" title="Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act">2022 MORE Act</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joe_Wilson_(American_politician)&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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.tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle .thumbcaption{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}</style><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:292px;max-width:292px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:154px;max-width:154px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:180px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Stephen_H._Boineau.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Stephen_H._Boineau.png/152px-Stephen_H._Boineau.png" decoding="async" width="152" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Stephen_H._Boineau.png/228px-Stephen_H._Boineau.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Stephen_H._Boineau.png/304px-Stephen_H._Boineau.png 2x" data-file-width="445" data-file-height="526" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Stephen H. Boineau</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:134px;max-width:134px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:180px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Brig._Gen._David_Addison_Weisiger.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Brig._Gen._David_Addison_Weisiger.jpg/132px-Brig._Gen._David_Addison_Weisiger.jpg" decoding="async" width="132" height="181" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Brig._Gen._David_Addison_Weisiger.jpg/198px-Brig._Gen._David_Addison_Weisiger.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/Brig._Gen._David_Addison_Weisiger.jpg 2x" data-file-width="254" data-file-height="348" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/David_A._Weisiger" title="David A. Weisiger">David A. Weisiger</a></div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flex"><div class="thumbcaption">Wilson is descended from slave-owners Stephen H. Boineau and <a href="/wiki/David_A._Weisiger" title="David A. Weisiger">David A. Weisiger</a> and was named after Weisiger.</div></div></div></div> <p>Wilson is the stepfather of <a href="/wiki/Alan_Wilson_(South_Carolina_politician)" title="Alan Wilson (South Carolina politician)">Alan Wilson</a>, who has served as <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_South_Carolina" title="Attorney General of South Carolina">Attorney General of South Carolina</a> since 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-Roig-Franzia_98-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Roig-Franzia-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NBC_99-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NBC-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Wilson was named after Confederate brigadier general <a href="/wiki/David_A._Weisiger" title="David A. Weisiger">David A. Weisiger</a>, the uncle of his great-great-grandmother. Wilson stated that Weisiger "was not a plantation owner; he was a bank cashier", but Weisiger owned seven slaves in Virginia. His great-great-grandfather Stephen H. Boineau owned 16 slaves.<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In a 2005 guest article on <a href="/wiki/Rediff.com" title="Rediff.com">Rediff.com</a>, Wilson wrote that his father, Hugh, was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Flying_Tigers" title="Flying Tigers">Flying Tigers</a> in World War II.<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Wilson family attends First Presbyterian Church in Columbia.<sup id="cite_ref-FPC_102-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FPC-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ourcampaigns_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ourcampaigns-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On September 10, 2024, Wilson was hospitalized in Washington after collapsing at an event. Alan Wilson said his father was being treated for "stroke-like symptoms".<sup id="cite_ref-NBC_99-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NBC-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_history">Electoral history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joe_Wilson_(American_politician)&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Electoral history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="South_Carolina_Senate_(1984-2000)"><span id="South_Carolina_Senate_.281984-2000.29"></span>South Carolina Senate (1984-2000)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joe_Wilson_(American_politician)&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: South Carolina Senate (1984-2000)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>1984 <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_Senate" title="South Carolina Senate">South Carolina Senate</a> 23rd district election<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Joe Wilson </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>19,144 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>77.85% </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Jim Leslie </td> <td style="text-align:right">2,754 </td> <td style="text-align:right">11.20% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFFFFF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Write-in" class="mw-redirect" title="Write-in">Write-in</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Norma_C._Russell" title="Norma C. Russell">Norma Russell</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">2,392 </td> <td style="text-align:right">9.73% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FED105;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian</a> </td> <td class="fn">Jan L. Chapman </td> <td style="text-align:right">298 </td> <td style="text-align:right">1.21% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFFFFF; width: 2px;"> </td> <td class="org" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Write-in_candidate" title="Write-in candidate">Write-in</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.01% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>24,590 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00% </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>1988 <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_Senate" title="South Carolina Senate">South Carolina Senate</a> 23rd district election<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Joe Wilson (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>23,790 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>83.28% </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Frank A. Barton </td> <td style="text-align:right">4,771 </td> <td style="text-align:right">16.70% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFFFFF; width: 2px;"> </td> <td class="org" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Write-in_candidate" title="Write-in candidate">Write-in</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">4 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.01% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>28,565 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00% </b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E81B23;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>1992 <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_Senate" title="South Carolina Senate">South Carolina Senate</a> 23rd district election<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Joe Wilson (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>27,595 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>99.87% </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFFFFF; width: 2px;"> </td> <td class="org" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Write-in_candidate" title="Write-in candidate">Write-in</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">36 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.13% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>27,631 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00% </b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E81B23;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>1996 <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_Senate" title="South Carolina Senate">South Carolina Senate</a> 23rd district election<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Joe Wilson (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>26,979 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>100.00% </b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>26,979 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00% </b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E81B23;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>2000 <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_Senate" title="South Carolina Senate">South Carolina Senate</a> 23rd district election<sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Joe Wilson (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>35,241 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>100.00% </b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>35,241 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00% </b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E81B23;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_States_House_of_Representatives_(2001-2022)"><span id="United_States_House_of_Representatives_.282001-2022.29"></span>United States House of Representatives (2001-2022)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joe_Wilson_(American_politician)&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: United States House of Representatives (2001-2022)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Wilson was elected in 2001 in a special election caused by the death of Floyd Spence, his former boss. Wilson once said that a dying Spence called him from his hospital bed and asked him to run.<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In a crowded five-way Republican primary—the real contest in this heavily Republican district—Wilson tallied 75% of the vote. He won the December 18 special election with 73% of the vote.<sup id="cite_ref-AP_109-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>2001 <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="South Carolina's 2nd congressional district">South Carolina's 2nd congressional district</a> special election Republican primary<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Joe Wilson </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>34,646 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>75.51% </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Joe Grimaud </td> <td style="text-align:right">6,784 </td> <td style="text-align:right">14.79% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Stew Butler </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,881 </td> <td style="text-align:right">4.10% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Richard Chalk </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,455 </td> <td style="text-align:right">3.17% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Clide T. Cobb </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,115 </td> <td style="text-align:right">2.43% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>45,881 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00% </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>2001 <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="South Carolina's 2nd congressional district">South Carolina's 2nd congressional district</a> special election<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Joe Wilson </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>40,355 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>73.09% </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Brent Weaver </td> <td style="text-align:right">14,035 </td> <td style="text-align:right">25.42% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FED105;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian</a> </td> <td class="fn">Warren Eilertson </td> <td style="text-align:right">420 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.76% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#A356DE;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Constitution_Party_(United_States)" title="Constitution Party (United States)">Constitution</a> </td> <td class="fn">Steve Lefemine </td> <td style="text-align:right">404 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.73% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFFFFF; width: 2px;"> </td> <td class="org" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Write-in_candidate" title="Write-in candidate">Write-in</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>55,214 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00% </b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E81B23;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>Wilson won election to a full term in 2002 with 84% of the vote, facing four minor-party candidates.<sup id="cite_ref-AP_109-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>2002 <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="South Carolina's 2nd congressional district">South Carolina's 2nd congressional district</a> election<sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Joe Wilson (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>144,149 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>84.12% </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#778899;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/United_Citizens_Party" title="United Citizens Party">United Citizens</a> </td> <td class="fn">Mark Whittington </td> <td style="text-align:right">17,189 </td> <td style="text-align:right">10.03% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FED105;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian</a> </td> <td class="fn">James A. Legg </td> <td style="text-align:right">9,650 </td> <td style="text-align:right">5.63% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFFFFF; width: 2px;"> </td> <td class="org" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Write-in_candidate" title="Write-in candidate">Write-in</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">371 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.22% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>171,359 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00% </b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E81B23;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>Wilson was mentioned as a possible candidate for retiring Senator <a href="/wiki/Ernest_Hollings" class="mw-redirect" title="Ernest Hollings">Fritz Hollings</a>'s seat in 2004, but decided to run for a second House term. He defeated <a href="/wiki/United_States_Democratic_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Democratic Party">Democratic</a> nominee Michael Ellisor and <a href="/wiki/Constitution_Party_(United_States)" title="Constitution Party (United States)">Constitution Party</a> nominee Steve Lefemine with 65% of the vote.<sup id="cite_ref-AP_109-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wilson got 181,862 votes to Ellisor's 93,249 and Lefemine's 4,447, with 312 write-ins.<sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>2004 <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="South Carolina's 2nd congressional district">South Carolina's 2nd congressional district</a> election<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Joe Wilson (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>181,862 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>64.98% </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Michael R. Ellisor </td> <td style="text-align:right">93,249 </td> <td style="text-align:right">33.32% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#A356DE;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Constitution_Party_(United_States)" title="Constitution Party (United States)">Constitution</a> </td> <td class="fn">Steve Lefemine </td> <td style="text-align:right">4,447 </td> <td style="text-align:right">1.59% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFFFFF; width: 2px;"> </td> <td class="org" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Write-in_candidate" title="Write-in candidate">Write-in</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">312 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.11% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>279,870 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00% </b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E81B23;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>In 2006, Wilson defeated Ellisor again, with 62.7% of the vote.<sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>2006 <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="South Carolina's 2nd congressional district">South Carolina's 2nd congressional district</a> election<sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Joe Wilson (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>127,811 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>62.64% </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Michael R. Ellisor </td> <td style="text-align:right">76,090 </td> <td style="text-align:right">37.29% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFFFFF; width: 2px;"> </td> <td class="org" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Write-in_candidate" title="Write-in candidate">Write-in</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">151 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.07% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>204,052 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00% </b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E81B23;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>In 2008, Wilson was reelected, defeating the Democratic nominee, Iraq War veteran Rob Miller, 54% to 46%.<sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was the closest race in the district in 20 years, and the closest race Wilson had faced in 24 years as an elected official. He survived by winning his native Lexington County by 33,000 votes, more than the overall margin of 26,000 votes. </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>2008 <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="South Carolina's 2nd congressional district">South Carolina's 2nd congressional district</a> Republican primary<sup id="cite_ref-scvotes.gov_119-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scvotes.gov-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Joe Wilson (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>44,783 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>85.12% </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Phil Black </td> <td style="text-align:right">7,831 </td> <td style="text-align:right">14.88% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>52,614 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00% </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>2008 <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="South Carolina's 2nd congressional district">South Carolina's 2nd congressional district</a> election<sup id="cite_ref-scvotes.gov_119-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scvotes.gov-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Joe Wilson (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>184,583 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>53.74% </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Rob Miller </td> <td style="text-align:right">158,627 </td> <td style="text-align:right">46.18% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFFFFF; width: 2px;"> </td> <td class="org" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Write-in_candidate" title="Write-in candidate">Write-in</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">276 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.08% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>343,486 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00% </b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E81B23;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>Challenged by Miller, Libertarian nominee Eddie McCain, and Constitution Party nominee Marc Beaman,<sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wilson was reelected in 2010 with 53% of the vote. </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>2010 <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="South Carolina's 2nd congressional district">South Carolina's 2nd congressional district</a> Republican primary<sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Joe Wilson (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>64,973 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>83.41% </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Phil Black </td> <td style="text-align:right">12,923 </td> <td style="text-align:right">16.59% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>77,896 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00% </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>2010 <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="South Carolina's 2nd congressional district">South Carolina's 2nd congressional district</a> election<sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Joe Wilson (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>138,861 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>53.48% </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Rob Miller </td> <td style="text-align:right">113,625 </td> <td style="text-align:right">43.76% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FED105;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian</a> </td> <td class="fn">Eddie McCain </td> <td style="text-align:right">4,228 </td> <td style="text-align:right">1.63% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#A356DE;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Constitution_Party_(United_States)" title="Constitution Party (United States)">Constitution</a> </td> <td class="fn">Marc Beaman </td> <td style="text-align:right">2,856 </td> <td style="text-align:right">1.10% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFFFFF; width: 2px;"> </td> <td class="org" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Write-in_candidate" title="Write-in candidate">Write-in</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">102 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.04% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>259,672 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00% </b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E81B23;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>Redistricting made the 2nd somewhat more compact. It lost <a href="/wiki/Beaufort,_South_Carolina" title="Beaufort, South Carolina">Beaufort</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hilton_Head_Island,_South_Carolina" title="Hilton Head Island, South Carolina">Hilton Head Island</a>. To make up for the loss in population, it absorbed all of <a href="/wiki/Aiken_County,_South_Carolina" title="Aiken County, South Carolina">Aiken County</a> and a slice of <a href="/wiki/Orangeburg_County,_South_Carolina" title="Orangeburg County, South Carolina">Orangeburg County</a>. </p><p>In the general election, Wilson ran unopposed and was reelected with 96% of the vote. </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>2012 <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="South Carolina's 2nd congressional district">South Carolina's 2nd congressional district</a> Republican primary<sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Joe Wilson (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>23,062 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>80.58% </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Phil Black </td> <td style="text-align:right">5,557 </td> <td style="text-align:right">19.42% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>28,619 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00% </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>2012 <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="South Carolina's 2nd congressional district">South Carolina's 2nd congressional district</a> election<sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Joe Wilson (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>196,116 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>96.27% </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFFFFF; width: 2px;"> </td> <td class="org" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Write-in_candidate" title="Write-in candidate">Write-in</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">7,602 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">3.73% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>203,718 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00% </b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E81B23;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>Challenged by Democratic nominee Phil Black and Labor Party nominee Harold Geddings III,<sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wilson was reelected in 2014 with 62% of the vote. </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>2014 <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="South Carolina's 2nd congressional district">South Carolina's 2nd congressional district</a> Republican primary<sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Joe Wilson (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>43,687 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>81.61% </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Eddie McCain </td> <td style="text-align:right">9,842 </td> <td style="text-align:right">18.39% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>53,529 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00% </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>2014 <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="South Carolina's 2nd congressional district">South Carolina's 2nd congressional district</a> election<sup id="cite_ref-127" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-127"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Joe Wilson (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>121,649 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>62.45% </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Phil Black </td> <td style="text-align:right">68,719 </td> <td style="text-align:right">35.28% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FF6347;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Labor_Party_(United_States,_1996)" title="Labor Party (United States, 1996)">Labor</a> </td> <td class="fn">Harold Geddings III </td> <td style="text-align:right">4,158 </td> <td style="text-align:right">2.13% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFFFFF; width: 2px;"> </td> <td class="org" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Write-in_candidate" title="Write-in candidate">Write-in</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">282 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.14% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>194,808 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00% </b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E81B23;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>Challenged by Democratic nominee Arik Bjorn and American Party nominee Eddie McCain,<sup id="cite_ref-128" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wilson was reelected in 2016 with 62% of the vote. </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>2016 <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="South Carolina's 2nd congressional district">South Carolina's 2nd congressional district</a> election<sup id="cite_ref-129" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Joe Wilson (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>183,746 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>60.25% </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn"><i>Arik Bjorn</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right">105,306 </td> <td style="text-align:right">34.53% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#17aa5c;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Green Party (United States)">Green</a> </td> <td class="fn"><i>Arik Bjorn</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right">4,146 </td> <td style="text-align:right">1.36% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="width:2px;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px">Total </td> <td class="fn">Arik Bjorn </td> <td style="text-align:right;">109,452 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">35.89% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DDDDDD;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/American_Party_of_South_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="American Party of South Carolina">American</a> </td> <td class="fn">Eddie McCain </td> <td style="text-align:right">11,444 </td> <td style="text-align:right">3.75% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFFFFF; width: 2px;"> </td> <td class="org" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Write-in_candidate" title="Write-in candidate">Write-in</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">354 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.12% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>304,996 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00% </b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E81B23;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>Challenged by Democratic nominee Sean Carrigan and American Party candidate Sonny Narang, Wilson was reelected in 2018 with 56.3% of the vote.<sup id="cite_ref-130" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>2018 <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="South Carolina's 2nd congressional district">South Carolina's 2nd congressional district</a> election<sup id="cite_ref-131" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-131"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Joe Wilson (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>144,642 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>56.25% </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Sean Carrigan </td> <td style="text-align:right">109,199 </td> <td style="text-align:right">42.47% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DDDDDD;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/American_Party_of_South_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="American Party of South Carolina">American</a> </td> <td class="fn">Sonny Narang </td> <td style="text-align:right">3,111 </td> <td style="text-align:right">1.21% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFFFFF; width: 2px;"> </td> <td class="org" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Write-in_candidate" title="Write-in candidate">Write-in</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">187 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.07% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>257,139 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00% </b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E81B23;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>Challenged by Democratic nominee <a href="/wiki/Adair_Ford_Boroughs" title="Adair Ford Boroughs">Adair Ford Boroughs</a> and Constitution Party candidate Kathleen K Wright, Wilson was reelected in 2020 with 55.66% of the vote.<sup id="cite_ref-132" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-132"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>2020 <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="South Carolina's 2nd congressional district">South Carolina's 2nd congressional district</a> Republican primary<sup id="cite_ref-133" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-133"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Joe Wilson (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>55,557 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>74.12% </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Michael Bishop </td> <td style="text-align:right">19,397 </td> <td style="text-align:right">25.88% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>74,954 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00% </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>2020 <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="South Carolina's 2nd congressional district">South Carolina's 2nd congressional district</a> election<sup id="cite_ref-134" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-134"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Joe Wilson (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>202,715 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>55.66% </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Adair_Ford_Boroughs" title="Adair Ford Boroughs">Adair Ford Boroughs</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">155,118 </td> <td style="text-align:right">42.59% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#A356DE;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Constitution_Party_(United_States)" title="Constitution Party (United States)">Constitution</a> </td> <td class="fn">Kathleen K. 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class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>2022 <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="South Carolina's 2nd congressional district">South Carolina's 2nd congressional district</a> election<sup id="cite_ref-136" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-136"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Joe Wilson (incumbent) </b> </td> <td 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href="/wiki/United_States_Congressional_Joint_Committee_on_Printing" title="United States Congressional Joint Committee on Printing">Printing</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Bryan_Steil" title="Bryan Steil">Bryan Steil</a> (R-House)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Commission_on_Security_and_Cooperation_in_Europe" title="Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe">Security and Cooperation (Helsinki Commission)</a></b>: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Joe Wilson</a> (R-House)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/United_States_Congressional_Joint_Committee_on_Taxation" title="United States Congressional Joint Committee on Taxation">Taxation</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Ron_Wyden" title="Ron Wyden">Ron Wyden</a> (D-Senate)</li></ul> </div></td><td class="navbox-list" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;padding:0px;width:25%;"><div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Congressional-Executive_Commission_on_China" title="Congressional-Executive Commission on China">China (Congressional-Executive Commission)</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Merkley" title="Jeff Merkley">Jeff Merkley</a> (D-Senate)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/United_States_Congressional_Joint_Economic_Committee" title="United States Congressional Joint Economic Committee">Economic</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/David_Schweikert" title="David Schweikert">David Schweikert</a> (R-House)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/United_States_Congressional_Joint_Committee_on_the_Library" title="United States Congressional Joint Committee on the Library">Library</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Bryan_Steil" title="Bryan Steil">Bryan Steil</a> (R-House)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/United_States_Congressional_Joint_Committee_on_Printing" title="United States Congressional Joint Committee on Printing">Printing</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Amy_Klobuchar" title="Amy Klobuchar">Amy Klobuchar</a> (D-Senate)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Commission_on_Security_and_Cooperation_in_Europe" title="Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe">Security and Cooperation (Helsinki 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Congressional Joint Committee on Printing">Printing</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Morelle" class="mw-redirect" title="Joe Morelle">Joe Morelle</a> (D-House)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Commission_on_Security_and_Cooperation_in_Europe" title="Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe">Security and Cooperation (Helsinki Commission)</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Cohen_(politician)" title="Steve Cohen (politician)">Steve Cohen</a> (D-House)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/United_States_Congressional_Joint_Committee_on_Taxation" title="United States Congressional Joint Committee on Taxation">Taxation</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Crapo" title="Mike Crapo">Mike Crapo</a> (R-Senate)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><style 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href="/wiki/Lindsey_Graham" title="Lindsey Graham">Lindsey Graham</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tim_Scott" title="Tim Scott">Tim Scott</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_South_Carolina" title="List of United States representatives from South Carolina">Representatives <br /><span class="nobold">(ordered by district)</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Mace" title="Nancy Mace">Nancy Mace</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Joe Wilson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Duncan_(politician)" title="Jeff Duncan (politician)">Jeff Duncan</a> (R)</li> <li><span 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style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina">South Carolina</a>'s delegation(s) to the 107th–present <a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">United States Congresses</a> <span class="nowrap">(ordered by seniority)</span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;border-width:0;"><div style="padding:0"> <table style="width:100%"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/107th_United_States_Congress" title="107th United States Congress">107th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_South_Carolina" title="List of United States senators from South Carolina">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Strom_Thurmond" title="Strom Thurmond">S. Thurmond</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Fritz_Hollings" title="Fritz Hollings">F. Hollings</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_South_Carolina" title="List of United States representatives from South Carolina">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Floyd_Spence" title="Floyd Spence"><i>F. Spence</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Spratt" title="John Spratt">J. Spratt</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jim_Clyburn" title="Jim Clyburn">J. Clyburn</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lindsey_Graham" title="Lindsey Graham">L. Graham</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jim_DeMint" title="Jim DeMint">J. DeMint</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_E._Brown_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Henry E. Brown Jr.">H. Brown</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>A. G. Wilson</i></a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/108th_United_States_Congress" title="108th United States Congress">108th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_South_Carolina" title="List of United States senators from South Carolina">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Fritz_Hollings" title="Fritz Hollings">F. Hollings</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lindsey_Graham" title="Lindsey Graham">L. Graham</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_South_Carolina" title="List of United States representatives from South Carolina">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Spratt" title="John Spratt">J. Spratt</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jim_Clyburn" title="Jim Clyburn">J. Clyburn</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jim_DeMint" title="Jim DeMint">J. DeMint</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_E._Brown_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Henry E. Brown Jr.">H. Brown</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">A. G. Wilson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Gresham_Barrett" title="Gresham Barrett">G. Barrett</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/109th_United_States_Congress" title="109th United States Congress">109th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_South_Carolina" title="List of United States senators from South Carolina">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lindsey_Graham" title="Lindsey Graham">L. Graham</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jim_DeMint" title="Jim DeMint">J. DeMint</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_South_Carolina" title="List of United States representatives from South Carolina">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Spratt" title="John Spratt">J. Spratt</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jim_Clyburn" title="Jim Clyburn">J. Clyburn</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_E._Brown_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Henry E. Brown Jr.">H. Brown</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bob_Inglis" title="Bob Inglis">B. Inglis</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">A. G. Wilson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Gresham_Barrett" title="Gresham Barrett">G. Barrett</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/110th_United_States_Congress" title="110th United States Congress">110th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_South_Carolina" title="List of United States senators from South Carolina">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lindsey_Graham" title="Lindsey Graham">L. Graham</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jim_DeMint" title="Jim DeMint">J. DeMint</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_South_Carolina" title="List of United States representatives from South Carolina">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Spratt" title="John Spratt">J. Spratt</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jim_Clyburn" title="Jim Clyburn">J. Clyburn</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_E._Brown_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Henry E. Brown Jr.">H. Brown</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bob_Inglis" title="Bob Inglis">B. Inglis</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">A. G. Wilson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Gresham_Barrett" title="Gresham Barrett">G. Barrett</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/111th_United_States_Congress" title="111th United States Congress">111th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_South_Carolina" title="List of United States senators from South Carolina">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lindsey_Graham" title="Lindsey Graham">L. Graham</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jim_DeMint" title="Jim DeMint">J. DeMint</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_South_Carolina" title="List of United States representatives from South Carolina">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Spratt" title="John Spratt">J. Spratt</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jim_Clyburn" title="Jim Clyburn">J. Clyburn</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_E._Brown_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Henry E. Brown Jr.">H. Brown</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bob_Inglis" title="Bob Inglis">B. Inglis</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">A. G. Wilson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Gresham_Barrett" title="Gresham Barrett">G. Barrett</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/112th_United_States_Congress" title="112th United States Congress">112th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_South_Carolina" title="List of United States senators from South Carolina">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lindsey_Graham" title="Lindsey Graham">L. Graham</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jim_DeMint" title="Jim DeMint"><i>J. DeMint</i></a> (R)<br /></li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tim_Scott" title="Tim Scott"><i>T. Scott</i></a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_South_Carolina" title="List of United States representatives from South Carolina">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jim_Clyburn" title="Jim Clyburn">J. Clyburn</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">A. G. Wilson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mark_Sanford" title="Mark Sanford"><i>M. Sanford</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Duncan_(politician)" title="Jeff Duncan (politician)">J. Duncan</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Trey_Gowdy" title="Trey Gowdy">T. Gowdy</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mick_Mulvaney" title="Mick Mulvaney">M. Mulvaney</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tim_Scott" title="Tim Scott"><i>T. Scott</i></a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/113th_United_States_Congress" title="113th United States Congress">113th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_South_Carolina" title="List of United States senators from South Carolina">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lindsey_Graham" title="Lindsey Graham">L. Graham</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tim_Scott" title="Tim Scott">T. Scott</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_South_Carolina" title="List of United States representatives from South Carolina">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jim_Clyburn" title="Jim Clyburn">J. Clyburn</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">A. G. Wilson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mark_Sanford" title="Mark Sanford">M. Sanford</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Duncan_(politician)" title="Jeff Duncan (politician)">J. Duncan</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Trey_Gowdy" title="Trey Gowdy">T. Gowdy</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mick_Mulvaney" title="Mick Mulvaney">M. Mulvaney</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tom_Rice" title="Tom Rice">T. Rice</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/114th_United_States_Congress" title="114th United States Congress">114th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_South_Carolina" title="List of United States senators from South Carolina">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lindsey_Graham" title="Lindsey Graham">L. Graham</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tim_Scott" title="Tim Scott">T. Scott</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_South_Carolina" title="List of United States representatives from South Carolina">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jim_Clyburn" title="Jim Clyburn">J. Clyburn</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">A. G. Wilson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mark_Sanford" title="Mark Sanford">M. Sanford</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Duncan_(politician)" title="Jeff Duncan (politician)">J. Duncan</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Trey_Gowdy" title="Trey Gowdy">T. Gowdy</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mick_Mulvaney" title="Mick Mulvaney">M. Mulvaney</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tom_Rice" title="Tom Rice">T. Rice</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/115th_United_States_Congress" title="115th United States Congress">115th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_South_Carolina" title="List of United States senators from South Carolina">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lindsey_Graham" title="Lindsey Graham">L. Graham</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tim_Scott" title="Tim Scott">T. Scott</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_South_Carolina" title="List of United States representatives from South Carolina">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jim_Clyburn" title="Jim Clyburn">J. Clyburn</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">A. G. Wilson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mark_Sanford" title="Mark Sanford">M. Sanford</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Duncan_(politician)" title="Jeff Duncan (politician)">J. Duncan</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Trey_Gowdy" title="Trey Gowdy">T. Gowdy</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mick_Mulvaney" title="Mick Mulvaney"><i>M. Mulvaney</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tom_Rice" title="Tom Rice">T. Rice</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Norman" title="Ralph Norman"><i>R. Norman</i></a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/116th_United_States_Congress" title="116th United States Congress">116th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_South_Carolina" title="List of United States senators from South Carolina">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lindsey_Graham" title="Lindsey Graham">L. Graham</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tim_Scott" title="Tim Scott">T. Scott</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_South_Carolina" title="List of United States representatives from South Carolina">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jim_Clyburn" title="Jim Clyburn">J. Clyburn</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">A. G. Wilson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Duncan_(politician)" title="Jeff Duncan (politician)">J. Duncan</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tom_Rice" title="Tom Rice">T. Rice</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Norman" title="Ralph Norman">R. Norman</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joe_Cunningham_(American_politician)" title="Joe Cunningham (American politician)">J. Cunningham</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_Timmons_(politician)" title="William Timmons (politician)">W. Timmons</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/117th_United_States_Congress" title="117th United States Congress">117th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_South_Carolina" title="List of United States senators from South Carolina">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lindsey_Graham" title="Lindsey Graham">L. Graham</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tim_Scott" title="Tim Scott">T. Scott</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_South_Carolina" title="List of United States representatives from South Carolina">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jim_Clyburn" title="Jim Clyburn">J. Clyburn</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">A. G. Wilson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Duncan_(politician)" title="Jeff Duncan (politician)">J. Duncan</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tom_Rice" title="Tom Rice">T. Rice</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Norman" title="Ralph Norman">R. Norman</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_Timmons_(politician)" title="William Timmons (politician)">W. Timmons</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Mace" title="Nancy Mace">N. Mace</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/118th_United_States_Congress" title="118th United States Congress">118th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_South_Carolina" title="List of United States senators from South Carolina">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lindsey_Graham" title="Lindsey Graham">L. Graham</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tim_Scott" title="Tim Scott">T. Scott</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_South_Carolina" title="List of United States representatives from South Carolina">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jim_Clyburn" title="Jim Clyburn">J. Clyburn</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">A. Wilson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Duncan_(politician)" title="Jeff Duncan (politician)">J. Duncan</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Norman" title="Ralph Norman">R. Norman</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_Timmons_(politician)" title="William Timmons (politician)">W. Timmons</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Mace" title="Nancy Mace">N. Mace</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Russell_Fry_(politician)" title="Russell Fry (politician)">R. 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Burgess">Burgess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Burlison" title="Eric Burlison">Burlison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Calvert" title="Ken Calvert">Calvert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kat_Cammack" title="Kat Cammack">Cammack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Carey_(politician)" title="Mike Carey (politician)">Carey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Carl" title="Jerry Carl">Carl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddy_Carter" title="Buddy Carter">B. Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Carter_(Texas_politician)" title="John Carter (Texas politician)">J. Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lori_Chavez-DeRemer" title="Lori Chavez-DeRemer">Chavez-DeRemer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juan_Ciscomani" title="Juan Ciscomani">Ciscomani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Cline" title="Ben Cline">Cline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Cloud" title="Michael Cloud">Cloud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Clyde" title="Andrew Clyde">Clyde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Cole" title="Tom Cole">Cole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Collins_(politician)" title="Mike Collins (politician)">Collins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Comer_(politician)" title="James Comer (politician)">Comer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eli_Crane" title="Eli Crane">Crane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Crawford_(politician)" title="Rick Crawford (politician)">Crawford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Crenshaw" title="Dan Crenshaw">Crenshaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Curtis_(Utah_politician)" title="John Curtis (Utah politician)">Curtis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren_Davidson" title="Warren Davidson">Davidson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monica_De_La_Cruz" title="Monica De La Cruz">De La Cruz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_DesJarlais" title="Scott DesJarlais">DesJarlais</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_D%27Esposito" title="Anthony D'Esposito">D'Esposito</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mario_D%C3%ADaz-Balart" title="Mario Díaz-Balart">Díaz-Balart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byron_Donalds" title="Byron Donalds">Donalds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Duarte_(politician)" title="John Duarte (politician)">Duarte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Duncan_(politician)" title="Jeff Duncan (politician)">Duncan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neal_Dunn" title="Neal Dunn">Dunn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Edwards" title="Chuck Edwards">Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jake_Ellzey" title="Jake Ellzey">Ellzey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Estes" title="Ron Estes">Estes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Ezell" title="Mike Ezell">Ezell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Fallon" title="Pat Fallon">Fallon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randy_Feenstra" title="Randy Feenstra">Feenstra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drew_Ferguson_(politician)" title="Drew Ferguson (politician)">Ferguson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brad_Finstad" title="Brad Finstad">Finstad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michelle_Fischbach" title="Michelle Fischbach">Fischbach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Fitzgerald_(politician)" title="Scott Fitzgerald (politician)">Fitzgerald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Fitzpatrick_(American_politician)" title="Brian Fitzpatrick (American politician)">Fitzpatrick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Fleischmann" title="Chuck Fleischmann">Fleischmann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Flood_(politician)" title="Mike Flood (politician)">Flood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vince_Fong" title="Vince Fong">Fong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Foxx" title="Virginia Foxx">Foxx</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Franklin_(politician)" title="Scott Franklin (politician)">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russell_Fry_(politician)" title="Russell Fry (politician)">Fry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russ_Fulcher" title="Russ Fulcher">Fulcher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Garbarino" title="Andrew Garbarino">Garbarino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Garcia_(politician)" title="Mike Garcia (politician)">Garcia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlos_A._Gim%C3%A9nez" title="Carlos A. Giménez">Giménez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Gonzales" title="Tony Gonzales">Gonzales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Good" title="Bob Good">Good</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lance_Gooden" title="Lance Gooden">Gooden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Gosar" title="Paul Gosar">Gosar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kay_Granger" title="Kay Granger">Granger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garret_Graves" title="Garret Graves">G. Graves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Graves" title="Sam Graves">S. Graves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Green_(Tennessee_politician)" title="Mark Green (Tennessee politician)">Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marjorie_Taylor_Greene" title="Marjorie Taylor Greene">Greene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morgan_Griffith" title="Morgan Griffith">Griffith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenn_Grothman" title="Glenn Grothman">Grothman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Guest_(politician)" title="Michael Guest (politician)">Guest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brett_Guthrie" title="Brett Guthrie">Guthrie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harriet_Hageman" title="Harriet Hageman">Hageman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Harris_(politician)" title="Andy Harris (politician)">Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diana_Harshbarger" title="Diana Harshbarger">Harshbarger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Hern" title="Kevin Hern">Hern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clay_Higgins" title="Clay Higgins">Higgins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_Hill_(politician)" title="French Hill (politician)">Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashley_Hinson" title="Ashley Hinson">Hinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erin_Houchin" title="Erin Houchin">Houchin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Hudson_(American_politician)" title="Richard Hudson (American politician)">Hudson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Huizenga" title="Bill Huizenga">Huizenga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wesley_Hunt" title="Wesley Hunt">Hunt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darrell_Issa" title="Darrell Issa">Issa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronny_Jackson" title="Ronny Jackson">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_James_(Michigan_politician)" title="John James (Michigan politician)">James</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dusty_Johnson" title="Dusty Johnson">D. Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Jordan" title="Jim Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Joyce_(politician)" title="David Joyce (politician)">D. Joyce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Joyce_(American_politician)" title="John Joyce (American politician)">J. Joyce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Kean_Jr." title="Thomas Kean Jr.">Kean Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Kelly_(Pennsylvania_politician)" title="Mike Kelly (Pennsylvania politician)">M. Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trent_Kelly" title="Trent Kelly">T. Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jen_Kiggans" title="Jen Kiggans">Kiggans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Kiley_(politician)" title="Kevin Kiley (politician)">Kiley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Young_Kim" title="Young Kim">Kim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Kustoff" title="David Kustoff">Kustoff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darin_LaHood" title="Darin LaHood">LaHood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_LaLota" title="Nick LaLota">LaLota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doug_LaMalfa" title="Doug LaMalfa">LaMalfa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doug_Lamborn" title="Doug Lamborn">Lamborn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Langworthy" title="Nick Langworthy">Langworthy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Latta" title="Bob Latta">Latta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jake_LaTurner" title="Jake LaTurner">LaTurner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Lawler" title="Mike Lawler">Lawler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurel_Lee" title="Laurel Lee">Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Debbie_Lesko" title="Debbie Lesko">Lesko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julia_Letlow" title="Julia Letlow">Letlow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Lopez" title="Greg Lopez">Lopez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barry_Loudermilk" title="Barry Loudermilk">Loudermilk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Lucas_(Oklahoma_politician)" title="Frank Lucas (Oklahoma politician)">Lucas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blaine_Luetkemeyer" title="Blaine Luetkemeyer">Luetkemeyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anna_Paulina_Luna" title="Anna Paulina Luna">Luna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morgan_Luttrell" title="Morgan Luttrell">Luttrell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Mace" title="Nancy Mace">Mace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicole_Malliotakis" title="Nicole Malliotakis">Malliotakis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celeste_Maloy" title="Celeste Maloy">Maloy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tracey_Mann" title="Tracey Mann">Mann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Massie" title="Thomas Massie">Massie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Mast" title="Brian Mast">Mast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_McCaul" title="Michael McCaul">McCaul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lisa_McClain" title="Lisa McClain">McClain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_McClintock" title="Tom McClintock">McClintock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rich_McCormick" title="Rich McCormick">McCormick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_McHenry" title="Patrick McHenry">McHenry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cathy_McMorris_Rodgers" title="Cathy McMorris Rodgers">McMorris Rodgers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Meuser" title="Dan Meuser">Meuser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carol_Miller_(politician)" title="Carol Miller (politician)">C. Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Miller_(politician)" title="Mary Miller (politician)">Mar. Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Max_Miller_(politician)" title="Max Miller (politician)">Max Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mariannette_Miller-Meeks" title="Mariannette Miller-Meeks">Miller-Meeks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cory_Mills" title="Cory Mills">Mills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marc_Molinaro" title="Marc Molinaro">Molinaro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Moolenaar" title="John Moolenaar">Moolenaar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Mooney" title="Alex Mooney">Mooney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barry_Moore_(American_politician)" title="Barry Moore (American politician)">Ba. Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blake_Moore" title="Blake Moore">Bl. Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_Moran" title="Nathaniel Moran">Moran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Murphy_(politician)" title="Greg Murphy (politician)">Murphy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Troy_Nehls" title="Troy Nehls">Nehls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Newhouse" title="Dan Newhouse">Newhouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Norman" title="Ralph Norman">Norman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zach_Nunn" title="Zach Nunn">Nunn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jay_Obernolte" title="Jay Obernolte">Obernolte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Ogles" title="Andy Ogles">Ogles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burgess_Owens" title="Burgess Owens">Owens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Palmer_(politician)" title="Gary Palmer (politician)">Palmer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Pence" title="Greg Pence">Pence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Perry_(politician)" title="Scott Perry (politician)">Perry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_Pfluger" title="August Pfluger">Pfluger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Posey" title="Bill Posey">Posey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guy_Reschenthaler" title="Guy Reschenthaler">Reschenthaler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hal_Rogers" title="Hal Rogers">H. Rogers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Rogers_(Alabama_politician)" title="Mike Rogers (Alabama politician)">M. Rogers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Rose_(Tennessee_politician)" title="John Rose (Tennessee politician)">Rose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Rosendale" title="Matt Rosendale">Rosendale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Rouzer" title="David Rouzer">Rouzer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chip_Roy" title="Chip Roy">Roy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Rulli" title="Michael Rulli">Rulli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Rutherford_(Florida_politician)" title="John Rutherford (Florida politician)">Rutherford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Elvira_Salazar" title="María Elvira Salazar">Salazar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Schweikert" title="David Schweikert">Schweikert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austin_Scott_(politician)" title="Austin Scott (politician)">Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keith_Self" title="Keith Self">Self</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Sessions" title="Pete Sessions">Sessions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Simpson" title="Mike Simpson">Simpson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adrian_Smith_(politician)" title="Adrian Smith (politician)">A. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Smith_(New_Jersey_politician)" title="Chris Smith (New Jersey politician)">C. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Smith_(American_politician)" title="Jason Smith (American politician)">J. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Smucker" title="Lloyd Smucker">Smucker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Spartz" title="Victoria Spartz">Spartz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Stauber" title="Pete Stauber">Stauber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michelle_Steel" title="Michelle Steel">Steel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elise_Stefanik" title="Elise Stefanik">Stefanik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bryan_Steil" title="Bryan Steil">Steil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Steube" title="Greg Steube">Steube</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dale_Strong" title="Dale Strong">Strong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claudia_Tenney" title="Claudia Tenney">Tenney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenn_Thompson_(politician)" title="Glenn Thompson (politician)">Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Tiffany" title="Tom Tiffany">Tiffany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Timmons_(politician)" title="William Timmons (politician)">Timmons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Turner" title="Mike Turner">Turner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Valadao" title="David Valadao">Valadao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Van_Drew" title="Jeff Van Drew">Van Drew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beth_Van_Duyne" title="Beth Van Duyne">Van Duyne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derrick_Van_Orden" title="Derrick Van Orden">Van Orden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ann_Wagner" title="Ann Wagner">Wagner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Walberg" title="Tim Walberg">Walberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Waltz" title="Michael Waltz">Waltz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randy_Weber" title="Randy Weber">Weber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Webster_(Florida_politician)" title="Daniel Webster (Florida politician)">Webster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brad_Wenstrup" title="Brad Wenstrup">Wenstrup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Westerman" title="Bruce Westerman">Westerman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Wied" title="Tony Wied">Wied</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brandon_Williams_(politician)" title="Brandon Williams (politician)">B. Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Williams_(Texas_politician)" title="Roger Williams (Texas politician)">R. Williams</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Wilson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rob_Wittman" title="Rob Wittman">Wittman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Womack" title="Steve Womack">Womack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rudy_Yakym" title="Rudy Yakym">Yakym</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Zinke" title="Ryan Zinke">Zinke</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Non-voting_members_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Non-voting members of the United States House of Representatives">Delegates</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jenniffer_Gonz%C3%A1lez-Col%C3%B3n" title="Jenniffer González-Colón">González-Colón</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Moylan" title="James Moylan">Moylan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amata_Coleman_Radewagen" title="Amata Coleman Radewagen">Radewagen</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FFF; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #f4d552, inset -1px -1px 0 #f4d552;;width:1%">Minority</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Current_US_House_Democratic_caucus" title="Template:Current US House Democratic caucus"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Current_US_House_Democratic_caucus" title="Template talk:Current US House Democratic caucus"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Current_US_House_Democratic_caucus" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Current US House Democratic caucus"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Democratic_Party_caucus" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/House_Democratic_Caucus" title="House Democratic Caucus">Democratic Party caucus</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><b>Minority Leader:</b> <a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Jeffries" title="Hakeem Jeffries">Hakeem Jeffries</a> ‧ <b>Minority Whip:</b> <a href="/wiki/Katherine_Clark" title="Katherine Clark">Katherine Clark</a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>Other members:</b> <a href="/wiki/Alma_Adams" title="Alma Adams">Adams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Aguilar" title="Pete Aguilar">Aguilar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colin_Allred" title="Colin Allred">Allred</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gabe_Amo" title="Gabe Amo">Amo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jake_Auchincloss" title="Jake Auchincloss">Auchincloss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Becca_Balint" title="Becca Balint">Balint</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nanette_Barrag%C3%A1n" title="Nanette Barragán">Barragán</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joyce_Beatty" title="Joyce Beatty">Beatty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ami_Bera" title="Ami Bera">Bera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Beyer" title="Don Beyer">Beyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanford_Bishop" title="Sanford Bishop">Bishop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Blumenauer" title="Earl Blumenauer">Blumenauer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lisa_Blunt_Rochester" title="Lisa Blunt Rochester">Blunt Rochester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suzanne_Bonamici" title="Suzanne Bonamici">Bonamici</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamaal_Bowman" title="Jamaal Bowman">Bowman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brendan_Boyle" title="Brendan Boyle">Boyle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shontel_Brown" title="Shontel Brown">Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julia_Brownley" title="Julia Brownley">Brownley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nikki_Budzinski" title="Nikki Budzinski">Budzinski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cori_Bush" title="Cori Bush">Bush</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yadira_Caraveo" title="Yadira Caraveo">Caraveo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salud_Carbajal" title="Salud Carbajal">Carbajal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_C%C3%A1rdenas" title="Tony Cárdenas">Cárdenas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Carson" title="André Carson">Carson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erica_Lee_Carter" title="Erica Lee Carter">E. Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Troy_Carter_(politician)" title="Troy Carter (politician)">T. Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Cartwright" title="Matt Cartwright">Cartwright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Casar" title="Greg Casar">Casar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Case" title="Ed Case">Case</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sean_Casten" title="Sean Casten">Casten</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kathy_Castor" title="Kathy Castor">Castor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joaquin_Castro" title="Joaquin Castro">Castro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheila_Cherfilus-McCormick" title="Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick">Cherfilus-McCormick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judy_Chu" title="Judy Chu">Chu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yvette_Clarke" title="Yvette Clarke">Clarke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emanuel_Cleaver" title="Emanuel Cleaver">Cleaver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Clyburn" title="Jim Clyburn">Clyburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Cohen_(politician)" title="Steve Cohen (politician)">Cohen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerry_Connolly" title="Gerry Connolly">Connolly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lou_Correa" title="Lou Correa">Correa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Costa" title="Jim Costa">Costa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Courtney_(politician)" title="Joe Courtney (politician)">Courtney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angie_Craig" title="Angie Craig">Craig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jasmine_Crockett" title="Jasmine Crockett">Crockett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Crow" title="Jason Crow">Crow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Cuellar" title="Henry Cuellar">Cuellar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharice_Davids" title="Sharice Davids">Davids</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danny_Davis_(Illinois_politician)" title="Danny Davis (Illinois politician)">Da. Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Davis_(North_Carolina_politician)" title="Don Davis (North Carolina politician)">Do. Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madeleine_Dean" title="Madeleine Dean">Dean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diana_DeGette" title="Diana DeGette">DeGette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosa_DeLauro" title="Rosa DeLauro">DeLauro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suzan_DelBene" title="Suzan DelBene">DelBene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Deluzio" title="Chris Deluzio">Deluzio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_DeSaulnier" title="Mark DeSaulnier">DeSaulnier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Debbie_Dingell" title="Debbie Dingell">Dingell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Doggett" title="Lloyd Doggett">Doggett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veronica_Escobar" title="Veronica Escobar">Escobar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anna_Eshoo" title="Anna Eshoo">Eshoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adriano_Espaillat" title="Adriano Espaillat">Espaillat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwight_Evans_(politician)" title="Dwight Evans (politician)">Evans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lizzie_Fletcher" title="Lizzie Fletcher">Fletcher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Foster_(politician)" title="Bill Foster (politician)">Foster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valerie_Foushee" title="Valerie Foushee">Foushee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lois_Frankel" title="Lois Frankel">Frankel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maxwell_Frost" title="Maxwell Frost">Frost</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruben_Gallego" title="Ruben Gallego">Gallego</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Garamendi" title="John Garamendi">Garamendi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuy_Garc%C3%ADa" title="Chuy García">C. García</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Garcia_(California_politician)" title="Robert Garcia (California politician)">R. Garcia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sylvia_Garcia" title="Sylvia Garcia">S. Garcia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jared_Golden" title="Jared Golden">Golden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Goldman" title="Dan Goldman">Goldman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Gomez" title="Jimmy Gomez">Gomez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vicente_Gonzalez_(politician)" title="Vicente Gonzalez (politician)">Gonzalez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josh_Gottheimer" title="Josh Gottheimer">Gottheimer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Green_(politician)" title="Al Green (politician)">Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ra%C3%BAl_Grijalva" title="Raúl Grijalva">Grijalva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josh_Harder" title="Josh Harder">Harder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jahana_Hayes" title="Jahana Hayes">Hayes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Himes" title="Jim Himes">Himes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steven_Horsford" title="Steven Horsford">Horsford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chrissy_Houlahan" title="Chrissy Houlahan">Houlahan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steny_Hoyer" title="Steny Hoyer">Hoyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Val_Hoyle" title="Val Hoyle">Hoyle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jared_Huffman" title="Jared Huffman">Huffman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenn_Ivey" title="Glenn Ivey">Ivey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Jackson_(politician)" title="Jeff Jackson (politician)">Je. Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Jackson_(Illinois_politician)" title="Jonathan Jackson (Illinois politician)">Jo. Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sara_Jacobs" title="Sara Jacobs">Jacobs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pramila_Jayapal" title="Pramila Jayapal">Jayapal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hank_Johnson" title="Hank Johnson">Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Kamlager-Dove" title="Sydney Kamlager-Dove">Kamlager-Dove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marcy_Kaptur" title="Marcy Kaptur">Kaptur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Keating_(politician)" title="Bill Keating (politician)">Keating</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robin_Kelly" title="Robin Kelly">Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Kennedy_(politician)" title="Tim Kennedy (politician)">Kennedy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ro_Khanna" title="Ro Khanna">Khanna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Kildee" title="Dan Kildee">Kildee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derek_Kilmer" title="Derek Kilmer">Kilmer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Kim_(politician)" title="Andy Kim (politician)">Kim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raja_Krishnamoorthi" title="Raja Krishnamoorthi">Krishnamoorthi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annie_Kuster" title="Annie Kuster">Kuster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Landsman" title="Greg Landsman">Landsman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Larsen" title="Rick Larsen">Larsen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_B._Larson" title="John B. Larson">Larson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Lee" title="Barbara Lee">B. Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Summer_Lee" title="Summer Lee">Sum. Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susie_Lee" title="Susie Lee">Sus. Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teresa_Leger_Fernandez" title="Teresa Leger Fernandez">Leger Fernandez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Levin" title="Mike Levin">Levin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Lieu" title="Ted Lieu">Lieu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zoe_Lofgren" title="Zoe Lofgren">Lofgren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Lynch_(politician)" title="Stephen Lynch (politician)">Lynch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seth_Magaziner" title="Seth Magaziner">Magaziner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kathy_Manning" title="Kathy Manning">Manning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doris_Matsui" title="Doris Matsui">Matsui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucy_McBath" title="Lucy McBath">McBath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jennifer_McClellan" title="Jennifer McClellan">McClellan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Betty_McCollum" title="Betty McCollum">McCollum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morgan_McGarvey" title="Morgan McGarvey">McGarvey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_McGovern_(American_politician)" title="Jim McGovern (American politician)">McGovern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LaMonica_McIver" title="LaMonica McIver">McIver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregory_Meeks" title="Gregory Meeks">Meeks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rob_Menendez" title="Rob Menendez">Menendez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grace_Meng" title="Grace Meng">Meng</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kweisi_Mfume" title="Kweisi Mfume">Mfume</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gwen_Moore" title="Gwen Moore">Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Morelle" title="Joseph Morelle">Morelle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jared_Moskowitz" title="Jared Moskowitz">Moskowitz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seth_Moulton" title="Seth Moulton">Moulton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_J._Mrvan" title="Frank J. Mrvan">Mrvan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Mullin" title="Kevin Mullin">Mullin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Nadler" title="Jerry Nadler">Nadler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grace_Napolitano" title="Grace Napolitano">Napolitano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Neal" title="Richard Neal">Neal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Neguse" title="Joe Neguse">Neguse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wiley_Nickel" title="Wiley Nickel">Nickel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_Norcross" title="Donald Norcross">Norcross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexandria_Ocasio-Cortez" title="Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez">Ocasio-Cortez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilhan_Omar" title="Ilhan Omar">Omar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Pallone" title="Frank Pallone">Pallone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Panetta" title="Jimmy Panetta">Panetta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Pappas_(American_politician)" title="Chris Pappas (American politician)">Pappas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Pelosi" title="Nancy Pelosi">Pelosi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Peltola" title="Mary Peltola">Peltola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marie_Gluesenkamp_Perez" title="Marie Gluesenkamp Perez">Perez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Peters_(politician)" title="Scott Peters (politician)">Peters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brittany_Pettersen" title="Brittany Pettersen">Pettersen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dean_Phillips" title="Dean Phillips">Phillips</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chellie_Pingree" title="Chellie Pingree">Pingree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Pocan" title="Mark Pocan">Pocan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katie_Porter" title="Katie Porter">Porter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayanna_Pressley" title="Ayanna Pressley">Pressley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Quigley" title="Mike Quigley">Quigley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delia_Ramirez" title="Delia Ramirez">Ramirez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamie_Raskin" title="Jamie Raskin">Raskin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deborah_Ross_(politician)" title="Deborah Ross (politician)">Ross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raul_Ruiz_(politician)" title="Raul Ruiz (politician)">Ruiz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dutch_Ruppersberger" title="Dutch Ruppersberger">Ruppersberger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Ryan_(politician)" title="Pat Ryan (politician)">Ryan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrea_Salinas" title="Andrea Salinas">Salinas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linda_S%C3%A1nchez" title="Linda Sánchez">Sánchez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Sarbanes" title="John Sarbanes">Sarbanes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Gay_Scanlon" title="Mary Gay Scanlon">Scanlon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jan_Schakowsky" title="Jan Schakowsky">Schakowsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adam_Schiff" title="Adam Schiff">Schiff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brad_Schneider" title="Brad Schneider">Schneider</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hillary_Scholten" title="Hillary Scholten">Scholten</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kim_Schrier" title="Kim Schrier">Schrier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Scott_(politician)" title="Bobby Scott (politician)">B. Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Scott_(Georgia_politician)" title="David Scott (Georgia politician)">D. Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terri_Sewell" title="Terri Sewell">Sewell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brad_Sherman" title="Brad Sherman">Sherman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mikie_Sherrill" title="Mikie Sherrill">Sherrill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elissa_Slotkin" title="Elissa Slotkin">Slotkin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adam_Smith_(Washington_politician)" title="Adam Smith (Washington politician)">Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Sorensen_(politician)" title="Eric Sorensen (politician)">Sorensen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darren_Soto" title="Darren Soto">Soto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abigail_Spanberger" title="Abigail Spanberger">Spanberger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melanie_Stansbury" title="Melanie Stansbury">Stansbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Stanton" title="Greg Stanton">Stanton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haley_Stevens" title="Haley Stevens">Stevens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marilyn_Strickland" title="Marilyn Strickland">Strickland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Suozzi" title="Tom Suozzi">Suozzi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Swalwell" title="Eric Swalwell">Swalwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emilia_Sykes" title="Emilia Sykes">Sykes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Takano" title="Mark Takano">Takano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shri_Thanedar" title="Shri Thanedar">Thanedar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bennie_Thompson" title="Bennie Thompson">B. Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Thompson_(California_politician)" title="Mike Thompson (California politician)">M. Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dina_Titus" title="Dina Titus">Titus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rashida_Tlaib" title="Rashida Tlaib">Tlaib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jill_Tokuda" title="Jill Tokuda">Tokuda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Tonko" title="Paul Tonko">Tonko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norma_Torres" title="Norma Torres">N. Torres</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ritchie_Torres" title="Ritchie Torres">R. 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