re: Why do people make character jokes about Auburn University

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i forgot he ran unapposed.

but if he had been opposed, he would have still won with a lot of white voters.

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He didn't run unopposed for the Senate. He was appointed, not originally elected, by the governor because he was a minority:

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On December 17, 2012, South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley announced she would appoint Scott to replace retiring Senator Jim DeMint

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"It is important to me, as a minority female, that Congressman Scott earned this seat, he earned this seat for the person that he is. He earned this seat with the results he has shown."

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