this automated phone message to voters featuring an impersonator of president obama. you know what makes me mad? the thought of larry brooms in congress. reporter: the rough-and-tumble race may remind voters of will farrell duketing out in the movie the campaign. now that i m running for congress we ll be under a lot of scrutiny. anybody have anything they want to share with us? rncht the voters who have grown accustomed to nasty south carolina politics seem to have no problem taking their pick, whether it s turner you think he has a shot? absolutely. why not? there are only 16 running. reporter: or sanford. i m sorry he screwed up but i believe in him and i think he is our answer. done. reporter: the woman expected to win the democratic nod elizabeth colbert bush sister of comedian steven colbert has another way of describing low country campaigning. i think this race is so important and so pivotal. i think there s just a lot of