Club for Growth
Club for Growth PAC -- 2018
Table:
Candidate

Race

Primary

Primary runoff

General

Matt Rosendale[191]

United States Senate election in Montana, 2018

Win

—

Loss

Van Taylor[192]

Texas' 3rd congressional district

Win

—

Win

Kevin Nicholson[193]

United States Senate election in Wisconsin, 2018

Loss

—

—

Marsha Blackburn

United States Senate election in Tennessee, 2018

Win

—

Win

Mark E. Green

Tennessee's 7th congressional district

Uncontested

—

Win

Josh Hawley

United States Senate election in Missouri, 2018

Win

—

Win

Denver Riggleman

Virginia's 5th congressional district

Win

—

Win

Russ Fulcher[194]

Idaho's 1st congressional district

Win

—

Win

Chip Roy

Texas's 21st congressional district

Went to runoff election

Win

Win

Rick Saccone

Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district

Win

—

Loss

Dino Rossi

Washington's 8th congressional district

Win

—

Loss

Ron Wright

Texas's 6th congressional district

Went to runoff election

Win

Win

Andy Coleman

Oklahoma's 1st congressional district

Loss

—

—

Mark Harris

North Carolina's 9th congressional district

Win

—

New election called (see 2019 North Carolina's 9th congressional district special election)

Michael Cloud

Texas's 27th congressional district

Went to runoff election

Win

Win

Scott Perry

Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district

Uncontested

—

Win

Ted Budd

North Carolina's 13th congressional district

Uncontested

—

Win

Bunni Pounds

Texas's 5th congressional district

Went to runoff election

Loss

—

Greg Steube

Florida's 17th congressional district

Win

—

Win

Josh Kimbrell

South Carolina's 4th congressional district

Loss

—

—

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Matthew Martin Rosendale ( born July 7 , 1960 ) is the current Auditor for the State of Montana . Previously , he was a member of the Montana Legislature . In 2010 , Rosendale started his career in politics and was elected to represent House District 38 in the Glendive area . Later , he was elected to the State Senate for the 2013 and 2015 sessions . Rosendale was the Republican nominee in Montana 's 2018 U.S. Senate election , but lost to incumbent Democratic U.S . Senator Jon Tester . Tester won 50% of the vote to Rosendale 's 47% , with Libertarian candidate Rick Breckenridge taking 3% . Rosendale is a candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives to represent Montana 's at-large congressional district in the 2020 election .
The 2018 United States Senate election in Montana was held on November 6 , 2018 , to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Montana , concurrently with other elections to the United States Senate , elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections . In spite of the fact that Montana went for Donald Trump by around a margin of 20 percent two years prior , incumbent Democratic Senator Jon Tester managed to win reelection to a third term against Republican State Auditor Matt Rosendale , who conceded the election to Tester on November 7 , 2018 . This was the first Senate election in which Tester received a majority of votes cast rather than a simple plurality .
Nicholas Van Campen Taylor ( born August 1 , 1972 ) , known as Van Taylor , is an American businessman and politician from Plano , Texas . He is the U.S. Representative for Texas ' 3rd congressional district . The district includes much of Collin County , an affluent suburban county north of Dallas . A veteran of the Iraq War and a member of the Republican Party , he represented District 8 in the Texas Senate for a single term from 2015 to 2019 . He also previously served in the Texas House of Representatives for District 66 in western Collin County .
Texas District 3 of the United States House of Representatives is a Congressional district that serves a suburban area north and northeast of Dallas . It encompasses a large portion of Collin County including McKinney , Plano , and Frisco , as well as Collin County 's share of Dallas itself . Texas has had at least three congressional districts since 1869 . The current seat dates from a mid-decade redistricting conducted before the 1966 elections after Texas 's original 1960s map was thrown out by Wesberry v. Sanders . In past configurations , it has been one of the most Republican districts in both Texas and the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex . The GOP has held the seat since a 1968 special election . The district 's current congressman is Van Taylor . As of the 2010 census , District 3 represents 765,486 people who are predominantly middle-to-upper-class ( median family income is US $ 80,912 ) . The district is 73.1 percent White ( non-Hispanic ) , 15.06 percent Hispanic or Latino ( of any race ) , 13 percent Asian , and 8.9 percent Black or African American .
The 2018 United States Senate election in Wisconsin took place on November 6 , 2018 , concurrently with a gubernatorial election and U.S. House elections . Incumbent Democratic U.S . Senator Tammy Baldwin won a second term , defeating Republican challenger Leah Vukmir by a margin of approximately eleven percent . The primary elections were held on August 14 , with a filing deadline on June 1 . Baldwin was unopposed for the Democratic nomination , while Vukmir defeated Charles Barman , Griffin Jones , George Lucia and Kevin Nicholson in the Republican primary .
Marsha Blackburn ( née Wedgeworth ; born June 6 , 1952 ) is an American politician and businesswoman serving as the junior United States Senator from Tennessee . A member of the Republican Party , Blackburn previously served the U.S. House for Tennessee 's 7th congressional district from 2003 to 2019 . She was also a State Senator from 1999 to 2003 . On November 6 , 2018 , she became the first woman to be elected to the U.S. Senate from Tennessee , defeating Democratic former Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen .
The 2018 United States Senate election in Tennessee took place on November 6 , 2018 , concurrently with other elections to the United States Senate , elections to the United States House of Representatives , and various state and local elections . Incumbent Republican Senator Bob Corker opted to retire instead of running for a third term . Republican Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn won the open seat , defeating former Democratic Governor Phil Bredesen .
Mark Edward Green ( born November 8 , 1964 ) is an American politician , physician , and retired U.S. Army Major who currently represents Tennessee 's 7th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives . A Republican , Green previously served in the Tennessee State Senate . Following his graduation from West Point , Green was initially an infantry officer . After his father was saved from a life-threatening event , Green requested the military send him to medical school . He graduated from Boonshoft School of Medicine at Wright State University and became a flight surgeon , serving tours of duty in the Afghanistan War and Iraq War . He authored a book about his experience in Operation Red Dawn , which saw the capture of Saddam Hussein . Following his military retirement in 2006 , Green became the CEO of a hospital emergency department staffing company . Green first entered politics in 2012 by defeating Democratic incumbent Tim Barnes for a seat in the Tennessee State Senate . In 2017 , Green was nominated by President Donald Trump to serve as the United States Secretary of the Army , but withdrew his nomination when offensive comments he had previously made about transgender people came to light . When Representative Marsha Blackburn announced her candidacy for the United States Senate in 2018 , Green announced his campaign to succeed her , which he won in November 2018 . Green has been considered a potential future candidate for Governor of Tennessee or the United States Senate .
The 7th Congressional District of Tennessee is a congressional district located in parts of Middle and West Tennessee . It has been represented by Republican Mark E. Green since January 2019 .
Joshua David Hawley ( born December 31 , 1979 ) is an American attorney and Republican politician , currently serving as the junior United States Senator from Missouri . Hawley served as the 42nd Attorney General of Missouri from 2017 to 2019 , before defeating two-term Democratic incumbent Senator Claire McCaskill in the 2018 election . He is currently the youngest member of the U.S. Senate at 40 .
The 2018 United States Senate election in Missouri took place on November 6 , 2018 , to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Missouri , concurrently with other elections to the United States Senate , elections to the United States House of Representatives , and various state and local elections , including Missouri 's quadrennial State Auditor election . Incumbent senator Claire McCaskill ran for re-election in a primary field of eight Democrats . Eleven Republicans vied for their party 's nomination which went to State Attorney General Josh Hawley , who filed notification in August , 2017 , that he had formed an exploratory campaign committee for the seat . The candidate filing deadline was March 27 , 2018 , and the primary election was held on August 7 , 2018 . On November 6 , 2018 , Hawley was elected with 51.5% of the vote , to McCaskill 's 45.4% , resulting in Republicans holding both Senate seats in Missouri for the first time since McCaskill took office in 2007 .
Denver Lee Riggleman III ( born March 17 , 1970 ) is an American businessman and politician from the Commonwealth of Virginia , currently serving in the United States House of Representatives for Virginia 's 5th congressional district . A former Air Force officer and National Security Agency contractor , Riggleman opened a craft distillery in Virginia in 2014 . As a Republican , he ran for his party 's nomination in the 2017 gubernatorial election , but withdrew from the race . Riggleman was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 2018 .
Virginias fifth congressional district is a United States congressional district in the commonwealth of Virginia . It is Virginia 's largest district with an area of 10,181.03 square miles ( 26,368.7 km2 ) and is larger in area than six US states ( Vermont , New Jersey , Rhode Island , Connecticut , Delaware , and New Hampshire ) . The 5th District contains counties located in the Piedmont and Blue Ridge Region stretching vertically across the state from the Virginia-North Carolina Border going 250 miles up to Fauquier County in Northern Virginia , West of Washington DC . The districts first representative in Congress was James Madison , who defeated James Monroe in the district 's first congressional election . Madison and Monroe would go on to serve as the 4th and 5th Presidents of the United States . The current Congressman is Republican Denver Riggleman . Historically , the 5th was one of the first districts of Virginia to turn Republican in Presidential elections - though unlike the 6th where the decisive factor was ticket-splitting by Byrd Organization Democrats , here the decisive factor was the growth of middle-class Republicanism in the Charlottesville metropolitan area . In the decade preceding the Voting Rights Act , these were joined by a significant proportion of Virginias limited and almost entirely white electorate who preferred GOP positions on black civil rights . The district was to be one of two in Virginia giving a plurality to segregationist George Wallace in 1968 , and has never supported a Democrat for President since Harry S. Truman . However , the district was continually represented in Congress by fairly conservative Democrats until Virgil H. Goode , Jr. switched parties , first to independent and then to Republican . In 2008 , Democrat Tom Perriello defeated Goode by running on a progressive platform . Perriello lost to Republican Robert Hurt in 2010 .
Russell Mark Fulcher ( born March 9 , 1962 ) is an American politician , currently serving as the U.S. Representative for Idaho 's 1st congressional district . A Republican , he previously served in the Idaho Senate where he represented Legislative District 21 from 2005 to 2012 and Legislative District 22 from 2012 until 2014 . Fulcher ran for the position of Governor of Idaho in 2014 but narrowly lost the nomination to incumbent Butch Otter . He was elected to the U.S. House in the 2018 elections and succeeded incumbent Raúl Labrador , who retired from Congress to run , unsuccessfully , for Governor of Idaho .
Idaho 's 1st congressional district is one of two congressional districts in the U.S. state of Idaho . It comprises the western portion of the state . From statehood in 1890 to the 1910 election , Idaho was represented by a statewide at-large seat . Following the 1910 census , Idaho gained a second House seat ; it was first contested in 1912 . However , through the 1916 election , both seats were statewide at-large seats . The first election in Idaho with two congressional districts was in 1918 . The 2012 election cycle saw the district remain largely in the shape it has had since the 1950s , encompassing the western third of the state . Historically , it has been reckoned as the Boise district , as it usually included most of the state capital . The latest round of redistricting , however , saw the 1st pushed to the west , shifting almost all of its share of Boise to the 2nd district . A significant increase in population directly west of Boise over the previous decade , in western Ada and Canyon counties , was responsible for the westward shift of the boundary . However , the 1st continues to include most of Boise 's suburbs . In Ada County itself , the district continues to include Meridian , Eagle , Kuna and some parts of Boise south of Interstate 84 .
Charles Eugene Chip Roy ( born August 7 , 1972 ) is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Texas 's 21st congressional district . He is a Republican .
Texas 's 21st congressional district of the United States House of Representatives serves the area north of San Antonio and a significant portion of Austin in the state of Texas . The current Representative from District 21 is Chip Roy .
Richard Saccone ( born February 14 , 1958 ) is an American politician and author who represented the state 's 39th district in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives . A Republican , he was the party 's nominee for the 18th congressional district special election , held on March 13 , 2018 . The race proved to be very close , and was ultimately won by the Democratic candidate Conor Lamb with a margin of less than 0.4% . Saccone conceded the race eight days later . Saccone is critical of welfare spending . He supports using non-General fund money to balance the Pennsylvania state budget , but is not opposed to broad-based tax cuts in order to avoid raising taxes . Saccone 's beliefs are strongly influenced by Christian reconstructionist and author David Barton , who also introduced Saccone 's 2018 special election run .
A special election for Pennsylvania 's 18th congressional district was held on March 13 , 2018 , following the resignation of Republican Representative Tim Murphy . Murphy , who held the seat since January 3 , 2003 , declared his intent to resign on October 5 , 2017 , and vacated his seat on October 21 that year . Democrat Conor Lamb defeated Republican Rick Saccone 49.9% to 49.5% . Saccone conceded the race eight days after the election .
Dino John Rossi ( born October 15 , 1959 ) is an American businessman and politician who served as a member of the Washington State Senate . He is a former Chair of the Washington State Special Olympics . Originally from Seattle , Washington , Rossi graduated from Seattle University and later pursued a career in commercial real estate . He ran for Governor of Washington in 2004 , losing to Democrat Christine Gregoire by 129 votes in the closest gubernatorial election in the history of the United States . Four years later , in 2008 , he unsuccessfully contested the office a second time , losing to Gregoire by more than six points . He was the Republican nominee for the United States Senate in 2010 , losing to incumbent Senator Patty Murray . This marked Rossi 's third straight loss in public elections . Rossi returned to the Washington State Senate , being appointed in 2012 , and again from 2016 to 2017 . He was a candidate for the United States House of Representatives for the eighth congressional district in 2018 . Rossi lost that race to Democrat Kim Schrier , his fourth consecutive defeat for public office since 2004 .
Washington 's 8th congressional district is a district for the United States House of Representatives located in western Washington State . It includes the eastern portions of King and Pierce counties and crosses the Cascade mountains to include Chelan and Kittitas counties . The district 's western part includes the exurban communities of Sammamish , Issaquah , and Auburn but does not include Seattle and Tacoma 's more immediate suburbs . On its east side , the 8th 's population centers include the rural communities Wenatchee , Leavenworth , and Ellensburg . It is currently represented in the U.S. House of Representatives by Democrat Kim Schrier . Dr. Kim Schrier was elected on November 6 , 2018 .
Ronald Jack Wright ( born April 8 , 1953 ) is an American Republican politician from the state of Texas . He is the member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas 's 6th district . Wright served on the Arlington City Council from 2000 to 2008 and as mayor pro-tem of Arlington from 2004 to 2008 . He then served as chief of staff and district director for Joe Barton from 2000 to 2009 . Wright was appointed Tarrant County Tax Assessor-Collector in 2011 , serving until 2018 .
Texas District 6 of the United States House of Representatives is a Congressional district that serves Ellis and Navarro counties to the south and southeast of the Dallas/Fort Worth area plus the southeast corner of Tarrant County . As of the 2000 census , District 6 represents 651,620 people . The current Representative from District 6 is Ron Wright , who took office in 2019 . The district was represented by Joe Barton from 1985 until 2019 . In November 2017 , Barton announced that he would retire from Congress and would not seek re-election in 2018 .
The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Oklahoma were held on November 6 , 2018 , to elect the five U.S . Representatives from the state of Oklahoma , one from each of the state 's five congressional districts . The elections coincided with other elections to the House of Representatives , elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections . Primary elections were held on June 26 and runoff elections were held two months later on August 28 . The state congressional delegation changed from 5-0 for Republicans to a 4-1 Republican majority . This is the first time since the 2012 election that Democrats held a seat in the state .
Oklahoma 's 1st congressional district is in the northeastern corner of the state and borders Kansas . Anchored by Tulsa , it is largely coextensive with the Tulsa metropolitan area . It includes all of Tulsa , Washington and Wagoner counties , and parts of Rogers and Creek counties . Although it has long been reckoned as the Tulsa district , a small portion of Tulsa itself is located in the 3rd district . Principal cities in the district ( other than Tulsa ) include Bartlesville , Broken Arrow , Bixby , Jenks , Sand Springs , and Wagoner . The district is currently represented by Republican Kevin Hern who defeated Democratic nominee Tim Gilpin to replace Jim Bridenstine , who resigned to become NASA Administrator .
Mark Harris ( born April 24 , 1966 ) is an American pastor and politician from North Carolina . He ran as a Republican to represent North Carolina 's 9th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives in the 2016 and 2018 elections . In 2016 , he competed in the Republican primary , narrowly losing to the incumbent , Robert Pittenger . Harris ran again in 2018 , and this time he defeated Pittenger to win the Republican primary . In the general election against Democratic opponent Dan McCready , initial tallies showed him winning , but the election panel refused to certify these results after investigating reports of ballot fraud involving McCrae Dowless , a Republican political operative employed by the Harris campaign . In February 2019 , the bipartisan North Carolina Board of Elections dismissed the results of the election and called for a new election to be held . Harris declined to redeclare his candidacy .
The 9th Congressional District of North Carolina is a Congressional district in south-central North Carolina . The district 's current boundaries were redrawn in February 2016 after a U.S. District Court overturned the existing boundaries because of politically directed gerrymandering that suppressed minority representation . The new congressional district consists of Union , Anson , Richmond , Scotland , and Robeson counties ; a southeast portion of Mecklenburg County ; and parts of Cumberland and Bladen counties . Republicans have held this district since 1963 . Republican Robert Pittenger had represented the district since January 2013 . In 2018 , Pittenger was defeated by challenger Mark Harris in the Republican primary . The latter faced Democrat Dan McCready in the general election . Harris was initially called as the winner by several hundred votes , but the result was not certified , pending a statewide investigation into allegations of absentee ballot fraud . On February 21 , the bipartisan State Election Board unanimously voted to call for a new election for the 9th district , because of ballot fraud by Republican operatives . A special election was held September 10 , 2019 , with Democrat Dan McCready running against Republican Dan Bishop , a state senator who won the Republican primary . Bishop won the 2019 special election to the U.S. House of Representatives with 50.8% of the vote to McCready 's 48.6% .
A special election was held on September 10 , 2019 , to fill the vacancy in North Carolina 's 9th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives for the remainder of the 116th United States Congress . The seat has been vacant since the opening of the 116th Congress , following the refusal of the North Carolina State Board of Elections to certify the results of the November 2018 election in the district due to allegations of electoral fraud . Because of the allegations , the race received substantial national attention . In the original election , Mark Harris , a Republican , led Democrat Dan McCready by 905 votes in the unofficial returns for the 2018 North Carolina 's 9th congressional district election . However , allegations of fraud in the election prevented its certification . The North Carolina State Board of Elections set an evidentiary hearing to begin on February 18 , 2019 . After hearing evidence , including testimony from Harris himself and his own son , the board unanimously voted on February 21 to call a new election . The primary was held on May 14 , 2019 , with the general election to be held on September 10 . The filing period for candidates ended on March 15 . A total of 13 candidates qualified for the primary , among them 10 Republicans , 1 Democrat , 1 Libertarian and 1 Green . Dan McCready , the Democratic Party nominee in the 2018 election , ran again and faced no primary opposition . Among Republicans , neither Harris nor Robert Pittenger , the incumbent whom Harris defeated in the 2018 primary election , filed to run .
Michael Jonathan Cloud ( born May 13 , 1975 ) is an American politician currently serving as a member of the United States House of Representatives for Texas 's 27th congressional district . He is a member of the Republican Party .
Texas District 27 of the United States House of Representatives is a Congressional district that serves the coastal bend of Texas ' Gulf Coast consisting of Corpus Christi and Victoria up to Bastrop County near Austin and Wharton County near Houston . Its current Representative is Republican Michael Cloud . Cloud was elected to the district in a special election on June 30 , 2018 , to replace former Republican Representative Blake Farenthold , who had resigned on April 6 . The district is slightly less than 50% Hispanic , down from the 70% Hispanic population in the 2002-2010 cycles when the District reached from Corpus Christi to Brownsville . In August 2017 , a panel of federal judges ruled that the 27th district is unconstitutional , arguing that it displaces a Hispanic-opportunity district . The United States Supreme Court reversed the ruling though , pronouncing the district constitutional in Abbott v. Perez .
Scott Gordon Perry ( born May 27 , 1962 ) is the U.S Representative for Pennsylvania 's 10th congressional district , serving in congress since 2013 . The district , numbered as the 4th District from 2013 to 2019 , includes Harrisburg , York and most of those cities ' inner suburbs . A member of the Republican Party , he previously served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 92nd legislative district ( 2007-2013 ) . Perry is also a retired Pennsylvania Army National Guard Brigadier General .
Pennsylvania 's 10th Congressional District is located in the south-central region of the state . It encompasses all of Dauphin County as well as parts of Cumberland County and York County . The district includes the cities of Harrisburg and York . Prior to 2019 , the district was located in the northeastern part of the state . The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania redrew the district in 2018 after ruling the previous map unconstitutional due to gerrymandering . They added State College to the old district 's boundaries while removing some Democratic-leaning areas and redesignated it the twelfth district , and they reassigned the tenth district to an area around Harrisburg and York . The new tenth district is represented by Republican Scott Perry , who previously represented the old fourth district . The district was one of the 12 original districts created prior to the 4th Congress . In 2006 , when it was still located in northeastern Pennsylvania , the 10th district experienced one of the greatest party shifts among all House seats that switched party control : in 2004 , Republican Don Sherwood won with an 86% margin of victory over his nearest opponent and two years later , Democrat Chris Carney unseated Sherwood by a 53-47% margin . In 2008 , Carney won reelection by 12 points but the district swung back in 2010 , electing Republican Tom Marino . The district was mostly Republican in its political composition , an aspect of the district that was reflected especially well in presidential elections . In 2004 , President George W. Bush won 60 percent of the vote in the district and in 2008 , Senator John McCain beat Senator Barack Obama here by a margin of 54 percent to 45 percent .
Theodore Paul Budd ( born October 21 , 1971 ) is an American politician from the state of North Carolina . A Republican , Budd is the member of the United States House of Representatives for North Carolina 's 13th congressional district .
The Thirteenth congressional district of North Carolina was re-established in 2002 after the state gained population in the 2000 United States Census . Previously , the state had 13 districts from the first election following the 1810 United States Census until the reapportionment following the 1840 United States Census . From 2003 to 2013 the district included most of northern Wake County , all of Person and Caswell counties as well as parts of Rockingham , Granville , Guilford , and Alamance counties . However , reapportionment after the 2010 census shifted the district more to the south and east . As a result , it lost its share of Alamance , Caswell , Guilford , Person , and Rockingham counties . In place of those five counties , portions of Durham , Edgecombe , Franklin , Nash , Vance , Wayne , and Wilson counties were added . More of Wake County and less of Granville County were also included . While Barack Obama carried the old 13th with 59 percent of the vote in 2008 , John McCain would have won it with 54 percent of the vote had it existed under the new lines . As a result , Congressman Brad Miller ( Democrat ) , who represented the district from its creation in 2003 , announced he would not seek re-election to office in 2012 . From 2013 to 2017 , the district was represented by Republican George Holding . After a mid-decade redistricting , most of the old 13th was essentially merged with the old 2nd District . A new 13th was created , stretching from the northern suburbs of Charlotte to Greensboro .
The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas were held on Tuesday , November 6 , 2018 . Voters will elect the 36 U.S . Representatives from the state of Texas , one from each of the state 's 36 congressional districts . The elections coincided with the elections of other offices , including the gubernatorial election , as well as other elections to the House of Representatives , elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections . The primaries were held on March 6 and the run-offs were held on May 22 . In 2018 , for the first time in at least 25 years , the Texas Democratic Party fielded at least one candidate in each of the state 's 36 congressional districts . The state congressional delegation changed from a 25-11 Republican majority to a 23-13 Republican majority , the most seats that Democrats have won in the state since 2006 . Democrats won almost 47% of the vote , likely as part of a down-ballot effect of Representative Beto O'Rourke 's Senate Candidacy , in which he won 48.3% of the vote .
Texas District 5 of the United States House of Representatives is a Congressional district that serves an area that includes a northeast portion of the City of Dallas , Dallas County including Mesquite plus a number of smaller counties south and east of Dallas including Anderson , Cherokee , Henderson , Van Zandt , and Kaufman counties . As of the 2000 census , the 5th district represents 651,620 people . The current Representative from District 5 is Lance Gooden .
William Gregory Steube ( born May 19 , 1978 ) is an American Republican politician from Florida and the U.S. Representative from Florida 's 17th congressional district , serving since January 3 , 2019 . Prior to his election to Congress , he served as a member of the Florida Senate for two years , representing Sarasota County and western Charlotte County . He previously served three terms in the Florida House of Representatives , representing the Sarasota-Manatee area from 2010 to 2016 .
Florida 's 17th congressional district is an electoral district for the U.S. Congress , located in south-central Florida . The district includes a large area of central Florida from eastern Tampa Bay to the western shores of Lake Okeechobee . This district includes North Port , Punta Gorda , Venice , and Okeechobee . From 2003 to 2013 it was located in South Florida , and was a majority African American district . It included the southern parts of Broward County and the eastern parts of Miami-Dade County . Included within the district were Pembroke Pines , Hollywood , Miramar , and North Miami . Most of this district is now the 24th District . The current 17th was created after the 2010 census from portions of the old 12th and 16th Districts . Most of the district 's territory came from the western portion of the old 16th . That district 's second-term congressman , Republican Tom Rooney , ran for reelection in the 17th in 2012 and won . He was re-elected in 2014 and 2016 , but did not for re-election in 2018 . Greg Steube was elected on November 6th .
The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina were held on November 6 , 2018 , to elect the seven U.S . Representatives from the state of South Carolina , one from each of the state 's seven congressional districts . The elections coincided with a gubernatorial election , as well as other elections to the House of Representatives , elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections . The state congressional delegation changed from 6-1 for Republicans to 5-2 for Republicans . The last time Democrats held 2 seats in the state was in 2010 .
The 4th Congressional District of South Carolina is a congressional district in upstate South Carolina bordering North Carolina . It includes parts of Greenville and Spartanburg counties . The district is characterized by the two major cities of Greenville and Spartanburg . The district is the state 's wealthiest district and one of its most conservative . In the late 20th century , it has been in Republican hands since 1979 , aside from a six-year stint by Democrat Liz J. Patterson , the daughter of former Senator Olin Johnston . Even before the Republicans finally took control of the seat , the 4th had been a rather conservative district . Like in most of the state , the old-line Southern Democrats began splitting their tickets as early as the 1940s . However , this area 's white conservatives became increasingly willing to support Republicans at the state and local level as early as the 1970s , well before the rest of the state swung Republican . The district is a major destination for presidential candidates in election years , as South Carolina is one of the first states to hold a presidential primary . Republican William Timmons has represented the district since January 3 , 2019 . He succeeded Republican Trey Gowdy who did not seek reelection .