William Knight Bowers (born July 25, 1952) is an American politician. He is a former member of the

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from the 122nd District, serving from 2013 to 2018. He is a member of the

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. Before serving as a representative, Bowers earned a

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from

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, and

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and PhD degrees from the University of South Carolina.

Political career

In 1996, Bowers defeated three challengers in the Democratic primary. He went on to defeat

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Charlie Drawdy Jr. to win election to South Carolina State House district 120. He ran unopposed in both the primary and general election in 1998. He again defeated Drawdy in the 2000 election. He ran unopposed in 2002 and 2004. In 2006, he defeated Republican Joe Flowers. He again ran unopposed in 2008. In 2010, he defeated Republican Dan Lawrence. In 2012, Bowers was redistricted to District 122. He defeated incumbent

Curtis Brantley Curtis Brantley (born January 20, 1940) is an American former politician in the state of South Carolina. He served in the South Carolina House of Representatives The South Carolina House of Representatives is the lower house of the South Carolin ...

in the Democratic primary. He was unopposed in the general election. Bowers again defeated Brantley in 2014. He faced no opposition in the general election. In 2016, Bowers faced three other candidates in the Democratic primary, coming in first, but forced into a runoff. Bowers defeated Shedron Williams in the Democratic primary runoff. In 2018, Bowers lost to Williams in the Democratic primary. Williams went on to win the general election.

Election history

https://www.enr-scvotes.org/SC/75708/Web02-state.203322/#/cid/28244

References

Living people 1952 births Democratic Party members of the South Carolina House of Representatives 21st-century American legislators People from Hampton County, South Carolina {{SouthCarolina-politician-stub