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Revision as of 19:40, 30 November 2005 by Jengod (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Addison Graves "Joe" Wilson (born July 31, 1947) is a Republican politician from the U.S. state of South Carolina, currently representing the state's 2nd Congressional district (map), in the U.S. House. The district is based in the state capital, Columbia, and stretches to the resort towns of Beaufort and Hilton Head Island.
Wilson was born in Charleston, South Carolina and he graduated from Washington and Lee University in 1969. Wilson worked as an aide to Congressman Floyd Spence and Senator Strom Thurmond. He was elected to the South Carolina state senate in 1984 as a Republican from Lexington County, and never missed a sitting in 17 years.
Congressman Spence died in 2001 and Wilson ran for Spence's seat in the House of Representatives. He won the December 18 special election easily and was sworn in the next day. During a debate on the possibility of going to war in Iraq, Wilson called Congressman Bob Filner "viscerally anti-American" and claimed that he had a "hatred of America" after Filner suggested the United States supplied chemical and biological weapons to Saddam Hussein. Wilson said later that he didn't intend to insult Filner. He was unopposed for a full term in 2002.
Wilson was mentioned as a possible candidate for retiring Senator Fritz Hollings' seat in 2004, but he decided to run for a second full term and handily beat his opponents, Democrat Michael Ray Ellisor and Constitution Party nominee Steve Lefemine.
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