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==U.S. House of Representatives==

==U.S. House of Representatives==

Patterson ran for the House in the [[1986 Midterm Elections]], facing Republican [[Bill Workman]] in the general election. Campaigning on a mostly [[moderate]] platform which included advocating for [[fiscal conservatism]] though liberal on [[abortion]],<ref>[https://history.house.gov/People/Detail/19412 PATTERSON, Elizabeth J.]. ''US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives''. Retrieved June 30, 2021.</ref> she narrowly won by four percentage points.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=46247 SC - District 04 Race - Nov 04, 1986]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved June 30, 2021.</ref> Years later in a 2017 interview, she reflected:<ref>[https://history.house.gov/Oral-History/Women/Representative-Patterson/ The Honorable Elizabeth J. Patterson]. ''US House of Representatives''. Retrieved June 30, 2021.</ref>

Patterson ran for the House in the [[1986 Midterm Elections]], facing Republican [[Bill Workman]] in the general election. Campaigning on a mostly [[moderate]] platform which included advocating for [[fiscal conservatism]] though liberal on [[abortion]],<ref>[https://history.house.gov/People/Detail/19412 PATTERSON, Elizabeth J.]. ''US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives''. Retrieved June 30, 2021.</ref> she narrowly won by four percentage points.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=46247 SC - District 04 Race - Nov 04, 1986]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved June 30, 2021.</ref>  

 

In a 2017 interview, Patterson reflected on her first House campaign:<ref>[https://history.house.gov/Oral-History/Women/Representative-Patterson/ The Honorable Elizabeth J. Patterson]. ''US House of Representatives''. Retrieved June 30, 2021.</ref>

{{cquote|We did a poll, first of all, to see if I had a chance. And the poll said that people still remembered my dad. That a certain age remembered my dad and what he did, and that they would support me because of that.}}

{{cquote|We did a poll, first of all, to see if I had a chance. And the poll said that people still remembered my dad. That a certain age remembered my dad and what he did, and that they would support me because of that.}}

Johnston attempted to bring back the [[white primary]] after the [[United States Supreme Court]] ruled them unconstitutional in ''[[Smith v. Allwright]]''.<ref name=eji/> He won election to the U.S. Senate in 1944 by boasting himself as being more staunchly racist than then-incumbent segregationist Democrat Ellison D. Smith.

Johnston attempted to bring back the [[white primary]] after the [[United States Supreme Court]] ruled them unconstitutional in ''[[Smith v. Allwright]]''.<ref name=eji/> He won election to the U.S. Senate in 1944 by boasting himself as being more staunchly white supremacist than incumbent Democrat Ellison D. Smith, a demagogic racist.

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