The Latest: Minimal DNC role may have helped Democrat in SC
Republicans held onto Mick Mulvaney's South Carolina congressional seat in Tuesday's special election, but by a narrower margin than they may have expected.
College of Charleston political scientist Gibbs Knotts says more national party activity in this deep red state may have turned centrist voters away.
Mulvaney rode a tea party wave to victory in the 5th District in 2010, defeating a three-decade Democratic incumbent.