2001 South Carolina's 2nd congressional district special election

2001 South Carolina's 2nd congressional district special election

← 2000 December 18, 2001 2002 →
 
Nominee Joe Wilson Brent Weaver
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 40,355 14,034
Percentage 73.1% 25.4%

U.S. Representative before election

Floyd Spence
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Joe Wilson
Republican

The 2001 South Carolina 2nd congressional district special election was held on December 18, 2001, to select a Representative for the 2nd congressional district to serve out the remainder of the term for the 107th Congress. The special election resulted from the death of 16-term Republican incumbent Floyd Spence on August 16, 2001. Joe Wilson, a state senator from Lexington County and a former aide to Spence, won the Republican primary and went on to win the general election against Democratic challenger Brent Weaver.