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Rep.-elect, Tim Scott, R-S.C., left, leads following a Republican news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Nov. 18, 2010. From left are Scott, House Minority Whip Eric Cantor, Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, House Speaker-in-waiting John Boehner of Ohio, Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and Rep.-elect Kristi Noem, R-S.D. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)

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Rep.-elect Tim Scott, R-S.C., right, is hugged by his mother Frances Scott, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Nov. 19, 2010, after she drew number 44, her son's high school football number, for her son as the incoming House of Representatives members drew in a lottery to pick their office space. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)

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Tim Scott celebrates his victory on Tuesday. He will become the first black Republican congressman from South Carolina since Reconstruction. (Associated Press)

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Tim Scott

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The Republican candidate for South Carolina's 1st Congressional District, state Rep. Tim Scott, defeated the late Sen. Strom Thurmond's son Paul on Tuesday in the GOP runoff for the House seat nomination. Mr. Scott will face Democrat Ben Frasier, who also is black, in November. (Associated Press)