Cunningham Picks Up South Carolina House Seat for Democrats

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

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

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

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

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