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id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">American news anchor and politician (born 1964)</div> <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) 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Trey_Gowdy_official_congressional_photo.jpg/250px-Trey_Gowdy_official_congressional_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Trey_Gowdy_official_congressional_photo.jpg/330px-Trey_Gowdy_official_congressional_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Trey_Gowdy_official_congressional_photo.jpg/500px-Trey_Gowdy_official_congressional_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1825" data-file-height="2737" /></a></span></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;">Chair of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Oversight_and_Government_Reform" title="United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform">House Oversight Committee</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />June 13, 2017 – January 3, 2019</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/Jason_Chaffetz" title="Jason Chaffetz">Jason Chaffetz</a></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/Elijah_Cummings" title="Elijah Cummings">Elijah Cummings</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;">Chair of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Select_Committee_on_Benghazi" title="United States House Select Committee on Benghazi">House Benghazi Committee</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />May 8, 2014 – July 8, 2016</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"><i>Position established</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Position abolished</i></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/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 Carolina04 !"><a href="/wiki/South_Carolina%27s_4th_congressional_district" title="South Carolina's 4th congressional district">4th</a></span> 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 3, 2011 – January 3, 2019</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/Bob_Inglis" title="Bob Inglis">Bob Inglis</a></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/William_Timmons" title="William Timmons">William Timmons</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">Harold Watson Gowdy III</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1964-08-22</span>) </span>August 22, 1964<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 60)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Greenville,_South_Carolina" title="Greenville, South Carolina">Greenville, 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 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title="Juris Doctor">JD</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Signature</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Trey_Gowdy_Signature.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Trey Gowdy's signature"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Trey_Gowdy_Signature.png/120px-Trey_Gowdy_Signature.png" decoding="async" width="74" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Trey_Gowdy_Signature.png/250px-Trey_Gowdy_Signature.png 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="2080" /></a></span></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="https://www.treygowdy.com/">www<wbr />.treygowdy<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output 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li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-text plainlist"><div class="haudio"> <div class="listen-file-header"><a href="/wiki/File:Rep._Trey_Gowdy_Opens_a_House_Oversight_Committee_Hearing_on_Election_Cybersecurity.ogg" title="File:Rep. Trey Gowdy Opens a House Oversight Committee Hearing on Election Cybersecurity.ogg">Trey Gowdy's voice</a></div> <div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="215" style="width:215px;" data-durationhint="409" data-mwtitle="Rep._Trey_Gowdy_Opens_a_House_Oversight_Committee_Hearing_on_Election_Cybersecurity.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/Rep._Trey_Gowdy_Opens_a_House_Oversight_Committee_Hearing_on_Election_Cybersecurity.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d0/Rep._Trey_Gowdy_Opens_a_House_Oversight_Committee_Hearing_on_Election_Cybersecurity.ogg/Rep._Trey_Gowdy_Opens_a_House_Oversight_Committee_Hearing_on_Election_Cybersecurity.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></div> <div class="description">Gowdy opens a <a href="/wiki/House_Oversight_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="House Oversight Committee">House Oversight Committee</a> hearing on election cybersecurity<br />Recorded July 24, 2018</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>Harold Watson</b> "<b>Trey</b>" <b>Gowdy III</b> (born August 22, 1964) is an American television news presenter, former politician and former federal prosecutor who served 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 Carolina04 !"><a href="/wiki/South_Carolina%27s_4th_congressional_district" title="South Carolina's 4th congressional district">South Carolina's 4th congressional district</a></span> from 2011 to 2019. His district included much of the <a href="/wiki/Upstate_South_Carolina" title="Upstate South Carolina">Upstate</a> region of <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina">South Carolina</a>, including <a href="/wiki/Greenville,_South_Carolina" title="Greenville, South Carolina">Greenville</a> and <a href="/wiki/Spartanburg,_South_Carolina" title="Spartanburg, South Carolina">Spartanburg</a>. </p><p>Before his congressional career, Gowdy served as a federal prosecutor in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_District_of_South_Carolina" title="United States District Court for the District of South Carolina">District of South Carolina</a> from 1994 to 2000 and then as the <a href="/wiki/Solicitor" title="Solicitor">solicitor</a> (<a href="/wiki/District_attorney" title="District attorney">district attorney</a>) for South Carolina's Seventh Judicial Circuit, comprising <a href="/wiki/Spartanburg_County,_South_Carolina" title="Spartanburg County, South Carolina">Spartanburg</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cherokee_County,_South_Carolina" title="Cherokee County, South Carolina">Cherokee</a> counties from 2000 to 2010. From 2014 to 2016, Gowdy chaired the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Select_Committee_on_Benghazi" title="United States House Select Committee on Benghazi">United States House Select Committee on Benghazi</a> which was partly responsible for discovering the existence of <a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton_email_controversy" title="Hillary Clinton email controversy">Hillary Clinton's private email server</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Dumain_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dumain-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His investigative committee spent over two-and-a-half years and $7.8 million investigating the events surrounding the <a href="/wiki/2012_Benghazi_attack" title="2012 Benghazi attack">2012 Benghazi attack</a>, ultimately not finding evidence of specific wrongdoing by then–Secretary of State Clinton.<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><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 id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gowdy pressed for the prosecution of <a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a> during the 2016 presidential campaign.<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> Beginning in June 2017 he chaired the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Oversight_and_Government_Reform" title="United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform">House Oversight Committee</a>. </p><p>On January 31, 2018, Gowdy announced that he would not seek re-election in <a href="/wiki/2018_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" title="2018 United States House of Representatives elections">2018</a> and that he intended to pursue a legal career instead of politics.<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><sup id="cite_ref-Dumain_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dumain-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has since rejoined the law firm <a href="/wiki/Nelson_Mullins_Riley_%26_Scarborough" title="Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough">Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-GreenvilleNews01032019_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GreenvilleNews01032019-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and also joined <a href="/wiki/Fox_News" title="Fox News">Fox News</a> as a contributor.<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> In early 2021, he served as an interim host of <i>Fox News Primetime</i>,<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> and then was named host of <i><a href="/wiki/Sunday_Night_in_America_with_Trey_Gowdy" title="Sunday Night in America with Trey Gowdy">Sunday Night in America with Trey Gowdy</a></i> later that same year. In May 2023, Gowdy served as a guest host of <a href="/wiki/Fox_News_Tonight" title="Fox News Tonight">Fox News Tonight</a> following the firing of <a href="/wiki/Tucker_Carlson" title="Tucker Carlson">Tucker Carlson</a>.<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> </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=Trey_Gowdy&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gowdy was born on August 22, 1964, in <a href="/wiki/Greenville,_South_Carolina" title="Greenville, South Carolina">Greenville, South Carolina</a>. He is the son of Novalene (Evans) and Harold Watson "Hal" Gowdy Jr., MD.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><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> He grew up in <a href="/wiki/Spartanburg,_South_Carolina" title="Spartanburg, South Carolina">Spartanburg</a>,<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> where as a young man he delivered newspapers for the local daily and worked at the community market.<sup id="cite_ref-news.google.com_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-news.google.com-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gowdy graduated from <a href="/wiki/Spartanburg_High_School" title="Spartanburg High School">Spartanburg High School</a> in 1982 and earned a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">Bachelor of Arts</a> degree in history from <a href="/wiki/Baylor_University" title="Baylor University">Baylor University</a> in 1986. While at Baylor he was a member of Kappa Omega Tau. He graduated <a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">Juris Doctor</a> 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 1989.<sup id="cite_ref-news.google.com_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-news.google.com-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legal_career">Legal career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trey_Gowdy&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Legal career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gowdy worked as <a href="/wiki/Law_clerk" title="Law clerk">judicial law clerk</a> for John P. Gardner on the <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_Court_of_Appeals" title="South Carolina Court of Appeals">South Carolina Court of Appeals</a> as well as for federal judge <a href="/wiki/G._Ross_Anderson" title="G. Ross Anderson">G. Ross Anderson</a> of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_District_of_South_Carolina" title="United States District Court for the District of South Carolina">United States District Court for the District of South Carolina</a>. He then went into private practice at <a href="/wiki/Nelson,_Mullins,_Riley_%26_Scarborough" class="mw-redirect" title="Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough">Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough</a><sup id="cite_ref-GreenvilleNews01032019_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GreenvilleNews01032019-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in Greenville, South Carolina, before being appointed as an <a href="/wiki/Assistant_United_States_Attorney" title="Assistant United States Attorney">assistant United States Attorney</a> in April 1994. Gowdy received the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Postal_Inspection_Service" title="United States Postal Inspection Service">Postal Inspector</a>'s Award for the successful prosecution of J. Mark Allen, one of "<a href="/wiki/America%27s_Most_Wanted" title="America's Most Wanted">America's Most Wanted</a>" suspects. </p><p>In February 2000, he left the United States Attorney's Office to run for <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_Circuit_Court" title="South Carolina Circuit Court">7th Circuit</a> <a href="/wiki/Circuit_solicitor" class="mw-redirect" title="Circuit solicitor">solicitor</a>. He defeated incumbent Solicitor Holman Gossett,<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 the Republican primary, and then ran unopposed in the general election. Gowdy was re-elected in 2004 and 2008, both times unopposed. During his tenure he appeared in four<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> episodes of the television program <i><a href="/wiki/Forensic_Files" title="Forensic Files">Forensic Files</a></i>, as well as <i><a href="/wiki/Dateline_NBC" title="Dateline NBC">Dateline NBC</a></i> and <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_Educational_Television" title="South Carolina Educational Television">SCETV</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 prosecuted the set of criminal cases and seven of them were <a href="/wiki/Death_penalty" class="mw-redirect" title="Death penalty">death penalty</a> cases. </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=Trey_Gowdy&action=edit&section=3" 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="Elections">Elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trey_Gowdy&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2010">2010</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trey_Gowdy&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 2010"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_South_Carolina#District_4" title="2010 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina">2010 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina § District 4</a></div> <p>In the summer of 2009, Gowdy announced that he would challenge incumbent Republican U.S. Congressman <a href="/wiki/Bob_Inglis" title="Bob Inglis">Bob Inglis</a> in the Republican primary for <span data-sort-value="South Carolina04 !"><a href="/wiki/South_Carolina%27s_4th_congressional_district" title="South Carolina's 4th congressional district">South Carolina's 4th congressional district</a></span>. </p><p>Despite getting a 93% lifetime rating from the <a href="/wiki/American_Conservative_Union" title="American Conservative Union">American Conservative Union</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> Inglis had angered the <a href="/wiki/Conservativism_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservativism in the United States">conservative wing of the Republican Party</a> by taking stances that were perceived to be more moderate than those he had taken when he first represented the district from 1993 to 1999; besides opposing elements in his own party on issues including climate change, he attracted attention as a member of the Judiciary Committee for providing the deciding vote that prevented a measure designed to protect the phrase "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance from coming to the House floor. Gowdy was one of several candidates in the 2010 primary who ran well to Inglis' right.<sup id="cite_ref-pol090407_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pol090407-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Inglis had drawn five Republican challengers, including Gowdy. In the June 2010 primary, Gowdy ranked first with 39% of the vote, short of the 50% majority threshold to win outright and avoid a run-off. Inglis received 27% of the vote. Jim Lee got 14%, State Senator <a href="/wiki/David_L._Thomas" title="David L. Thomas">David L. Thomas</a> got 13%, and former <a href="/wiki/Historian_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Historian of the United States House of Representatives">Historian of the United States House of Representatives</a> Christina Jeffrey was last with 7% of the vote.<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> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_South_Carolina,_2010#District_4" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 2010">run-off election</a>, Gowdy defeated Inglis 70–30%.<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> The 4th district was considered <a href="/wiki/Tantamount_to_election" class="mw-redirect" title="Tantamount to election">so heavily Republican</a> that it was widely presumed Gowdy had clinched a seat in Congress with his primary victory.<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> Gowdy defeated <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> nominee Paul Corden 63–29%.<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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2012">2012</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trey_Gowdy&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2012"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_South_Carolina#District_4" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina">2012 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina § District 4</a></div> <p>Gowdy ran for re-election to a second term against Democrat Deb Morrow.<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> During redistricting following the 2010 census, one proposed map saw large portions of <a href="/wiki/Spartanburg_County,_South_Carolina" title="Spartanburg County, South Carolina">Spartanburg County</a>, Gowdy's home county, cut out of the district, while leaving all of Greenville County within the district. Gowdy was initially quoted as being "disappointed" with the version, even though the redrawn 4th would have been as solidly Republican as its predecessor. The final map moved a portion of Greenville County to the 3rd district while leaving almost all of Spartanburg County in the 4th district (except for a sliver that was moved to the 5th district). Gowdy was quoted as being "pleased" with this version, since Greenville and Spartanburg counties remained linked. <i><a href="/wiki/Roll_Call_(newspaper)" class="mw-redirect" title="Roll Call (newspaper)">Roll Call</a></i> rated his district as "Safe Republican" in 2012.<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> Gowdy easily secured a second term, defeating Morrow 65–34%.<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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2014">2014</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trey_Gowdy&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2014"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2014_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_South_Carolina#District_4" title="2014 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina">2014 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina § District 4</a></div> <p>Gowdy ran for re-election again in 2014. His only opponent was Libertarian Curtis E. McLaughlin.<sup id="cite_ref-whosfiled_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-whosfiled-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was reelected with 85% of the popular vote. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2016">2016</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trey_Gowdy&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 2016"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the November 2016 election, Gowdy faced Democrat Chris Fedalei, a 26-year-old attorney. He defeated Fedalei with 67% of the vote to retain his seat.<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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tenure">Tenure</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trey_Gowdy&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Tenure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to <i><a href="/wiki/Politico" title="Politico">Politico</a></i> during his tenure in Congress, Gowdy was "considered one of the GOP's most versatile and skilled legal experts, owing to his background as a federal prosecutor".<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> While chairing the House Oversight Committee Gowdy tackled high-profile investigations.<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> Democrats criticized Gowdy for conducting his investigations in a partisan fashion.<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> After Trump became president, Gowdy defended the FBI and Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election to the dismay of Trump supporters.<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> However, in a June 2018 hearing, Gowdy urged Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to wrap up the special counsel investigation.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rosenstein rejected the suggestion, saying the special counsel investigation should finish "appropriately".<sup id="cite_ref-:1_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Democrats criticized Gowdy for not fully pursuing investigations into potential conflicts of interest in the Trump White House or investigating the White House security clearance process.<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> </p><p>In August 2011, during the <a href="/wiki/2011_United_States_debt_ceiling_crisis" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 United States debt ceiling crisis">2011 United States debt ceiling crisis</a>, Gowdy opposed Speaker <a href="/wiki/John_Boehner" title="John Boehner">John Boehner</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Debt_limit" title="Debt limit">debt limit</a> bill, and he voted against the final debt ceiling agreement.<sup id="cite_ref-More_from_Boehner_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-More_from_Boehner-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also opposed the 2011 defense authorization bill, citing concerns about the prospect of Americans being detained without trial on national security grounds.<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> In December 2010, he told <a href="/wiki/Congressional_Quarterly" title="Congressional Quarterly">Congressional Quarterly</a> that he would support a measure only if its sponsor could demonstrate that the Constitution gave the government the power to act in a particular realm.<sup id="cite_ref-CQ_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CQ-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Gowdy worked on the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and the Committee on Education and the Workforce. Gowdy frequently spoke on the floor of the House on issues ranging from <a href="/wiki/ATF_gunwalking_scandal" title="ATF gunwalking scandal">Operation Fast and Furious</a> to his support for reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act. </p><p>In 2012, he received the <i>Defender of Economic Freedom</i> award from the fiscally conservative <a href="/wiki/501(c)_organization" title="501(c) organization">501(c)4</a> organization <a href="/wiki/Club_for_Growth" title="Club for Growth">Club for Growth</a>. The award is given to members of Congress who have the year's highest ranking, according to the Club for Growth's metrics. Gowdy scored 97 out of 100, and was one of 34 congressmen given the award.<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><sup id="cite_ref-patch.com_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-patch.com-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An ardent social conservative, Gowdy considers himself "pro-life plus". He not only believes "in the sanctity of life", but argued that "the strategy should be broader than waiting for the Supreme Court to revisit <i><a href="/wiki/Roe_v._Wade" title="Roe v. Wade">Roe v. Wade</a></i>."<sup id="cite_ref-Gowdy_Issues_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gowdy_Issues-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Gowdy signed the <a href="/wiki/Contract_from_America" title="Contract from America">Contract from America</a>, which aims to defund, repeal, and replace the <a href="/wiki/Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act">Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act</a>, limit <a href="/wiki/United_States_Environmental_Protection_Agency" title="United States Environmental Protection Agency">United States Environmental Protection Agency</a> regulations, enact a reform of the federal tax code, pass a <a href="/wiki/Balanced_budget_amendment" title="Balanced budget amendment">balanced budget amendment</a>, and end <a href="/wiki/Earmark_(politics)" title="Earmark (politics)">earmarks</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Contract_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Contract-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Gowdy_positions_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gowdy_positions-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2018, Gowdy challenged President Trump's accusation saying that the FBI had spied on his 2016 presidential campaign.<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> As a result Gowdy was attacked by various Trump allies; <i>Politico</i> reported that Gowdy was "virtually alone, getting little support from his House colleagues".<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><sup id="cite_ref-patch.com_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-patch.com-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In June 2018, Speaker <a href="/wiki/Paul_Ryan" title="Paul Ryan">Paul Ryan</a> came out in support of Gowdy, saying that Gowdy's assessment was "accurate".<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><p>At a July 2018 congressional hearing, Gowdy suggested there was impropriety on behalf of FBI agent <a href="/wiki/Peter_Strzok" title="Peter Strzok">Peter Strzok</a> and said that Strzok had shown bias in favor of Hillary Clinton and against Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential election. He said that this had shaped Strzok's work for the FBI.<sup id="cite_ref-:02_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:02-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the hearing Gowdy repeatedly pressed Strzok about a text message saying Strzok said "we'll stop Trump".<sup id="cite_ref-:02_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:02-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Strzok said that a "We'll stop Trump" text message was written late at night and off-the-cuff shortly after controversial remarks were made by Trump towards the family of an American war veteran, and that the message reflected Strzok's belief that Americans would not vote for a candidate who engaged in such "horrible, disgusting behavior".<sup id="cite_ref-:02_42-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:02-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Strzok said the message "was in no way—unequivocally—any suggestion that me, the FBI, would take any action whatsoever to improperly impact the electoral process for any candidate."<sup id="cite_ref-:02_42-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:02-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He added that he knew of information during the 2016 presidential campaign that could have damaged Trump but that he never contemplated leaking it.<sup id="cite_ref-:02_42-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:02-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Strzok said that the investigation into him and the Republicans' related rhetoric was misguided and played into "our enemies' campaign to tear America apart."<sup id="cite_ref-:02_42-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:02-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<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=Trey_Gowdy&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Legislation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On March 4, 2014, Gowdy introduced the <a href="/wiki/ENFORCE_the_Law_Act_of_2014" title="ENFORCE the Law Act of 2014">ENFORCE the Law Act of 2014</a> into the House.<sup id="cite_ref-4138sum_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4138sum-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The bill would give the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">United States House of Representatives</a> and the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a> the ability to sue the <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President of the United States</a> in a federal district court to clarify a federal law (that is, seek a declaratory judgment) in the event that the executive branch is not enforcing the law.<sup id="cite_ref-4138cbo_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4138cbo-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CSMkiefer_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CSMkiefer-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> House Republicans argued that the bill was necessary because the Obama Administration refused to enforce the laws.<sup id="cite_ref-WPhbacksbill_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WPhbacksbill-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> H.R. 4138 passed the House but failed to become law. </p> <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=Trey_Gowdy&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Committee assignments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_the_Judiciary" title="United States House Committee on the Judiciary">Committee on the Judiciary</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Judiciary_Subcommittee_on_the_Constitution_and_Civil_Justice" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice">Subcommittee on Constitution and Civil Justice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Judiciary_Subcommittee_on_Crime,_Terrorism,_Homeland_Security_and_Investigations" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security and Investigations">Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security and Investigations</a> (Chairman)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Oversight_and_Government_Reform" title="United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform">Committee on Oversight and Government Reform</a> (Chairman) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Oversight_Subcommittee_on_Health_Care,_Benefits_and_Administrative_Rules" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House Oversight Subcommittee on Health Care, Benefits and Administrative Rules">Subcommittee on Health Care, Benefits and Administrative Rules</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Oversight_Subcommittee_on_Intergovernmental_Affairs" title="United States House Oversight Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Affairs">Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Affairs</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Permanent_Select_Committee_on_Intelligence" title="United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence">Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence</a><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></li></ul> <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=Trey_Gowdy&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Caucus memberships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Republican_Study_Committee" title="Republican Study Committee">Republican Study Committee</a><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Presidential_politics">Presidential politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trey_Gowdy&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Presidential politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In July 2015, Republican nominee <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> named Gowdy as a possible nominee for <a href="/wiki/United_States_Attorney_General" title="United States Attorney General">United States Attorney General</a> in a Trump cabinet.<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> In late December 2015, Gowdy endorsed Senator <a href="/wiki/Marco_Rubio" title="Marco Rubio">Marco Rubio</a> for president, praising him as a rarity among elected officials for having kept his campaign promises.<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> Gowdy's endorsement strained his relations with Donald Trump's campaign; Trump said that Gowdy had "failed miserably on Benghazi".<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> Rubio withdrew from the race in March 2016, after losing his home state of <a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a> to Trump. Two months later, on May 20, Gowdy endorsed Trump for president, admitting that while he was a "Rubio guy" he would support the presumptive Republican nominee.<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> After the May 2017 <a href="/wiki/Dismissal_of_James_Comey" title="Dismissal of James Comey">dismissal of FBI Director Comey</a>, Gowdy was being considered for his replacement. However, the veteran representative told Attorney General <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Sessions" title="Jeff Sessions">Sessions</a> that he wanted to remain in his congressional seat.<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> </p><p>On December 1, 2017, the Congressional Office of Compliance said that while Gowdy was acting as chairman of the House Select Committee on Benghazi, a former congressional aide of his reached a settlement with Congress and the House Employment Counsel. The aide had alleged he was fired in part because he was not willing to focus his investigative work on Hillary Clinton (a charge which was later dropped) and because he was absent from the position while fulfilling an Air Force Reserve assignment. His attorney stated: "I can confirm that my client is one person who brought a veterans status discrimination and retaliation suit against Congress and that the case settled on terms that were satisfactory to my client." <i>The Washington Post</i> reported that Gowdy was responsible for use of taxpayer funds to pay the claim against the government.<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> <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=Trey_Gowdy&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gowdy is married to Terri (née Dillard).<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> She is a former Miss Spartanburg and once a second runner-up for <a href="/wiki/Miss_South_Carolina" title="Miss South Carolina">Miss South Carolina</a>.<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> The couple have two children, Watson and Abigail. As of January 2019, she is a first-grade teacher in the <a href="/wiki/Spartanburg_County,_South_Carolina" title="Spartanburg County, South Carolina">Spartanburg School District</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-GreenvilleNews01032019_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GreenvilleNews01032019-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<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=Trey_Gowdy&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Electoral history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; ; font-size:95%"> <caption>South Carolina's 4th congressional district primary, 2010<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> </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: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"><b>Trey Gowdy</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><b>34,103</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><b>39.22</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"><b><a href="/wiki/Bob_Inglis" title="Bob Inglis">Bob Inglis</a> (incumbent)</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><b>23,877</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><b>27.46</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">Jim Lee </td> <td style="text-align:right">11,854 </td> <td style="text-align:right">13.63 </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">David L. Thomas </td> <td style="text-align:right">11,073 </td> <td style="text-align:right">12.74 </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">Christina Fawcett Jeffrey </td> <td style="text-align:right">6,041 </td> <td style="text-align:right">6.95 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>86,948 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; ; font-size:95%"> <caption>South Carolina's 4th congressional district primary runoff, 2010<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> </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: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"><b>Trey Gowdy</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><b>51,541</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><b>70.18</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"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Inglis" title="Bob Inglis">Bob Inglis</a> (incumbent) </td> <td style="text-align:right">21,898 </td> <td style="text-align:right">29.82 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>73,439 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; ; font-size:95%"> <caption>South Carolina's 4th congressional district election, 2010<sup id="cite_ref-scvotes1_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scvotes1-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<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: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"><b>Trey Gowdy</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><b>137,586</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><b>63.45</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">Paul Corden </td> <td style="text-align:right">62,438 </td> <td style="text-align:right">28.79 </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">Dave Edwards </td> <td style="text-align:right">11,059 </td> <td style="text-align:right">5.10 </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">Rick Mahler </td> <td style="text-align:right">3,010 </td> <td style="text-align:right">1.39 </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">Faye Walters </td> <td style="text-align:right">2,564 </td> <td style="text-align:right">1.18 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="width:2px;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px">Write-ins </td> <td class="fn"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">181 </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>216,838 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00 </b> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <td style="background-color: #E81B23"> </td> <td colspan="4"><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="; ; font-size:95%"> <caption>South Carolina 4th congressional district election, 2012<sup id="cite_ref-CHofR_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CHofR-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WorkPart_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WorkPart-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<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: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"><b>Trey Gowdy (Incumbent)</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><b>173,201</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><b>64.90</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">Deb Morrow </td> <td style="text-align:right">89,964 </td> <td style="text-align:right">33.71 </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">Jeff Sumerel </td> <td style="text-align:right">3,390 </td> <td style="text-align:right">1.27 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="width:2px;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px">Write-In </td> <td class="fn">Candidates </td> <td style="text-align:right;">329 </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>266,884 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; ; font-size:95%"> <caption>South Carolina 4th congressional district election, 2014<sup id="cite_ref-Generalelection_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Generalelection-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<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>Trey Gowdy (Incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>126,452 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>84.84 </b> </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">Curtis E. McLaughlin Jr. </td> <td style="text-align:right">21,969 </td> <td style="text-align:right">14.74 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="width:2px;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px">Write-Ins </td> <td class="fn"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">628 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.42 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>149,049 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00 </b> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <td style="color:inherit; background-color:#E81B23"> </td> <td colspan="4"><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="; ; font-size:95%"> <caption>South Carolina 4th congressional district election, 2016<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> </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>Trey Gowdy (Incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>198,648 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>67.19 </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">Chris Fedalei </td> <td style="text-align:right">91,676 </td> <td style="text-align:right">31.01 </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">Michael Chandler </td> <td style="text-align:right">5,103 </td> <td style="text-align:right">1.73 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="width:2px;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px">Write-Ins </td> <td class="fn"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">243 </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>295,670 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00 </b> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <td style="color:inherit; 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Trey Gowdy, a former FBI contender, keeps making Republican short lists</i></a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-55"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-55">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFViebeckLee2017" class="citation news cs1">Viebeck, Elise; Lee, Michelle Ye Hee (2017-12-01). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/gowdy-benghazi-panel-settled-wrongful-firing-suit-with-150000-in-public-funds/2017/12/01/d7c49dac-d6db-11e7-a986-d0a9770d9a3e_story.html">"Gowdy, Benghazi panel settled wrongful firing suit with $150,000 in public funds"</a>. <i>The Washington Post</i>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0190-8286">0190-8286</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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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 class="mw-selflink selflink">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. 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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 href="/wiki/Joe_Wilson_(American_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Joe Wilson (American politician)">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. 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