Back in the early 90s I took a class where one of his younger relatives taught. He couldn’t stand John Spratt because he was fat, bald, and worth 8 million bucks or something close. I would love to see that worthless dim put out to pasture. There are enough fools in this state that love him anyway.
SC-5 will almost certainly go Republican in the first election after Spratt retires, but why wait for that?
The district is becoming, more each year, a suburban Charlotte district. All counties surrounding Mecklenburg (Charlotte’s county) , most in NC but also including York and Lancaster in SC-5, vote strongly GOP at the Presidential level; SC-5 went for W. twice, and for McCain.
Spratt, for reasons unclear to me, hasn’t drawn strong candidates in opposition, but Mulvaney may be an exception. Spratt remains the favorite, due to his long tenure and name recognition, but an upset is not out of the question. Mulvaney needs to tie Spratt to Pelosi, again and again.