Nurse practitioner and Air Force National Guard officer Sheri Biggs has edged evangelical minister and televangelist Mark Burns in their June 25 runoff election in South Carolina’s Congressional District 3 (CD 3).
Ms. Biggs had garnered 51.1 percent of the tally, 27,649 votes, to Mr. Burns’ 48.9 percent, 26,474 votes when the race was called by the Associated Press about 9:20 p.m. EST with 95 percent of ballots counted.
The two were among eight Republican candidates in June 11’s South Carolina primary scrum for the open seat being vacated by Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-S.C.), who announced in early 2024 he would not seek an eighth term.
In South Carolina, a candidate must earn 50 percent plus one to win a party nod in a primary. If not, the top two hopefuls meet again in a runoff….