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Tuesday, November 06, 2012  Tom Rice won the newly implemented 7th congressional district race Tuesday night.

Wednesday, October 10, 2012  It's been almost 20 years since a woman has represented South Carolina in the U.S. House of Representative. Congresswoman Elizabeth J. Patterson served from 1987-1993.  Gloria Bromell Tinubu is trying to go for the history books by not only being the most recent woman to represent us, but also the first African-American woman.

Tuesday, October 09, 2012  With just over a month to go until the November 6 general election, we're talking to the Republican and the Democrat who want to be the first member of Congress to represent South Carolina's new 7th Congressional District.

Tuesday, June 26, 2012  Horry County Council Chairman Tom Rice defeated Former Lt. Governor Andre Bauer in the 7th Congressional District Republican runoff election Tuesday night

Friday, June 15, 2012  Election officials are considering if they will order a runoff between the top two vote-getters in the Democratic race for South Carolina's new 7th congressional district.

Wednesday, June 13, 2012  As we reported Tuesday night, according to the South Carolina Election Commission, Gloria Tinubu won the Democratic Primary for the newly formed 7th Congressional District with 53 percent of the vote, but that's not sitting well with the head of the state Democratic Party, Dick Harpootlian.

Tuesday, June 12, 2012  The list of candidates for the 7th Congressional District is long, and it's drawing a majority of the voters out to the polls on Tuesday.

Monday, June 04, 2012  With no statewide races this primary season in South Carolina, most of the attention is focused on the primaries in the state's new 7th Congressional District.

Thursday, March 29, 2012  WPDE NewsChannel 15 and WMBF will co-host two congressional debates in June.

Tuesday, March 27, 2012  Mande Wilkes, an attorney and TV show host, announced Tuesday she was withdrawing from the race for the 7th Congressional District and endorsing former South Carolina Lt. Governor Andre Bauer.

Thursday, March 22, 2012  Former Coastal Carolina University football coach David Bennett is considering a run for South Carolina's new 7th Congressional District seat.

Sunday, March 04, 2012  South Carolina's new seventh congressional district doesn't just mean a new person from the state in the U.S. House. It also means dozens of state boards will get a new member.

Tuesday, January 24, 2012  NewsChannel 15 just learned that Chad Prosser, former Horry County Council Chairman and former director of the state's office of parks, recreation and tourism, is a candidate for South Carolina's newly formed 7th Congressional District.

Tuesday, January 10, 2012  There's yet another candidate for the new 7th Congressional District. Tuesday, Gloria Bromell Tinubu traveled across the Grand Strand and Pee Dee to announce her bid for the seat.

Tuesday, January 10, 2012  Republican Debbie Harwell, a candidate for the 7th Congressional District, announced that she was withdrawing from the race.