The Working Families has nominated Rob Groce for U.S. House in the First District, which contains Charleston.  See this story.  Groce is not the nominee of any other party.

The Working Families Party has never before run anyone for federal or state office in South Carolina who was not also the Democratic Party nominee.  In 2006, the Working Families Party had cross-endorsed two Democrats for U.S. House, and two Democrats for state legislature.  In 2008 the Working Families Party, even though ballot-qualified, did not appear on the South Carolina ballot.

This year, in the First District race, the Working Families Party had first nominated Robert Burton for in that race.  But Burton lost the Democratic primary in June 2010 to Ben Frasier.  Therefore, under state law, the WFP nomination of Burton was void.

This is the first time a ballot-qualified party in South Carolina has exercised its right to make a replacement nomination, after the first nomination was voided.  The ability of a party to make a new nomination, after its first nominee was barred, is an important gain for parties in South Carolina.  When the 4th circuit upheld the law that says a party loses a nominee if that nominee later tries and fails to get the nomination of another party, the 4th circuit justified its ruling by pointing out that the original party is not signficantly harmed by the law, because it is always free to find a new nominee.  However, until the 4th circuit said that, the State Election Commission had not allowed replacement nominations.

Rob Groce’s campaign web page is here.  Thanks to Dave Gillespie for the links.