John Spratt

Democrat  •  14 Terms  •  Sworn In 1983
Last Term 2009 - 2010 View All

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12/29/10
RE: John Spratt

... Friday at noon for a special election to fill the District 16 seat, which hit the market after Mulvaney defeated 14-term US Rep. Joh...

Source: Lake Wylie Pilot
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12/29/10
New House Reps Say They'll Fulfill...

Mulvaney is replacing House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. John Spratt, DS.C., and will be the first Republican to represent South Carol...

Source: Courthouse News Service
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12/28/10
Elections round out SC stories in ...

Mick Mulvaney, who knocked off 28-year veteran Rep. John Spratt to become the first Republican to represent the 5th District since 1883....

Source: Myrtle Beach Sun News
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12/28/10
Storm water, Sportsplex, Spratt do...

Longtime Democratic US Rep. John Spratt ran for his 15th term in office representing the district, but frustration was mounting because ...

Source: Sumter Item
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12/28/10
Now Republicans Are Getting Corpor...

South Carolina state Senator Mick Mulvaney, who ousted 14-term Representative John Spratt, and Vicky Hartzler, who defeated 17-term incu...

Source: BusinessWeek
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12/27/10
RE: John Spratt

Mick Mulvaney, who knocked off 28-year veteran Rep. John Spratt to become the first Republican to represent the 5th District since 1883....

Source: Charlotte Observer
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12/27/10
The Return to Fiscal Sanity Began ...

(Budget Committee Chairman John Spratt will be especially missed.) But once the election was history, the ultra-partisan rhetoric subsid...

Source: Brookings Institution
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12/27/10
RE: John Spratt

US Rep. John Spratt, who survived the Republican surge of 1994 and seven GOP presidential waves, was swept from office Tuesday by Republ...

Source: Lake Wylie Pilot
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12/27/10
2010: The end of many eras

House Budget Committee Chairman John Spratt lost to Republican Mick Mulvaney in South Carolina (Mulvaney will be the first Republican to...

Source: Politico (blog)
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12/27/10
'Just call me Mick.'

... opposition that had stacked up against his then opponent, US Rep. John Spratt, a Democrat who had represented the 5th District for n...

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12/29/10
This Week in Health Care Reform Ea...

The Republican sweep extended from coast to coast and removed more than 30 Democratic incumbents from the House of Representatives, inclu...

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12/28/10
Could Reapportionment Help Losing ...

South Carolina's one-seat gain might tempt three Members who are leaving Congress. Rep. John Spratt, the former Budget chairman, lost his...

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12/28/10
Meet the 112th | The year in S.C. ...

State Rep. Nikki Haley, R-Lexington, in November was elected South Carolina's first woman and first nonwhite governor ever, a post she wi...

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12/28/10
SOUTH CAROLINA | Seven Republicans...

Filing opens Friday at noon for a special election to fill the District 16 seat, which hit the market after Mulvaney defeated 14-term U.S...

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12/28/10
Dissenting Times: Obama-resolutions

John Spratt [D, SC-5] Rep. Fortney Stark [D, CA-13] Rep. Bart Stupak [D, MI-1] Rep. Betty Sutton [D, OH-13] Rep. Michael Thompson [D, CA-...

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12/28/10
South Carolina Picks Up Congressio...

Whatever the reason, it was enough to change the demographics and rid the 5th district of Rep. John Spratt who had become a fixture on th...

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12/27/10
COLUMBIA, S.C. | Elections top Sou...

Alvin Greene notched an improbable win in the Democratic primary. And Sen. Mick Mulvaney knocked off 28-year veteran Rep. John Spratt to ...

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12/27/10
Elections top South Carolina's sto...

Mick Mulvaney, who knocked off 28-year veteran Rep. John Spratt to become the first Republican to represent the 5th District since 1883. ...

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12/27/10
This Week in Health Care Reform Ea...

The Republican sweep extended from coast to coast and removed more than 30 Democratic incumbents from the House of Representatives, inclu...

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12/26/10
Naughty and Nice: government spend...

Congress also failed to finalize a single appropriations bill. Rep. John Spratt (D-SC), who chaired the House Budget Committee, paid the ...

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Phone: 202-225-5501
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