The two-week filing period for the vacant 5th District congressional seat opens at noon today.
Candidates may file through noon March 13 at the State Election Commission, 1122 Lady Street in Columbia.
The district includes Lancaster, Cherokee, Chester, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lee, Newberry, Spartanburg, Sumter, Union and York counties.
Rep. Mick Mulvaney of Indian Land resigned the seat Feb. 16 after he was confirmed as President Trump’s director of the Office of Management and Budget.