South Carolina voters head to primary to fill vacant Mick Mulvaney seat
Ten Democrats and Republicans are seeking their parties' nominations to fill the congressional seat vacated by Mick Mulvaney.
Polls open at 7 a.m. Tuesday in South Carolina's 5th congressional district, which stretches north of Columbia to the Charlotte suburbs. Voters can cast ballots up until 7 p.m.
The seat opened earlier this year when Mulvaney was confirmed as White House budget director. Prior to Mulavaney's 2010 election, swept in by a tea party wave, the seat was held by Democrats for more than 100 years.
If needed, runoff elections will happen in two weeks. The winners face four third-party contenders in the June 20 general election.