Race for Trey Gowdy's seat is among the nation's most crowded congressional races

The race for the seat that U.S. Rep. Trey Gowdy is giving up will be one of the nation's most crowded congressional contests this year.

A total of 19 candidates have filed to run in South Carolina's 4th Congressional District, which includes Greenville and Spartanburg. That is just shy of the 22 candidates who competed in a March 6 primary for an open U.S. House of Representatives seat in Texas.

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Five Democrats filed to run for 4th Congressional District seat. They are Brandon Brown of Taylors, J.T. Davis of Simpsonville, Eric Graben of Greenville, Will Morin of Simpsonville and Doris Lee Turner of Greenville. They also will compete in a June 12 primary.

The Democratic and Republican nominees will compete in the Nov. 6 general election against American Party candidate Guy Furay.

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