Former S.C. Rep. Boyd Brown (D-Fairfield) is considering running against U.S. Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-S.C.) for the Palmetto State’s fifth congressional district.
“I’ve been approached about it,” Brown told FITS, although he quickly added “I’m nowhere near jumping in.”
Brown, 27, served a pair of terms in the S.C. House during which time he actually proposed some sensible ethics reform legislation. He was also one of the most aggressive critics of S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley, repeatedly getting under the first-term chief executive’s skin. In fact Haley referred to Brown derisively as the “Lawmaker of Five Points” during an exchange over her recent appeasement of the state of Georgia’s port expansion plans.
Five Points is an area of downtown Columbia, S.C. frequented by college students (Haley was knocking Brown’s maturity).
Mulvaney – who upset powerful U.S. House budget committee chairman John Spratt in 2010 – won reelection convincingly in 2012. He is one of the most aggressive critics of Washington, D.C.’s broken bureaucracy – not to mention one of the most reliably pro-taxpayer, pro-free market, pro-liberty votes in the entire nation.
While Democrats are eager to pick up seats in the U.S. House, Brown’s bid against Mulvaney might actually undercut their bigger objective in South Carolina – which is upsetting Haley.
How’s that?
Well, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Vincent Sheheen – a rural S.C. Senator – doesn’t want abnormally high GOP turnout in the fifth district when he runs for governor in 2014.
If Brown runs, it means Mulvaney will run a full-scale campaign next year – one which will no doubt include a massive “get out the vote” (a.k.a. “GOTV”) effort aimed at dramatically boosting GOP participation.
That’s not going to help Sheheen … who would prefer as few competitive congressional races as possible next year.
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Mulvaney is slightly more tolerable than some of the other goobers like Duncan and Gowdy. Still, I’m open for alternatives.
Well, good luck with that. A Democrat running in any race but Clyburn’s district is nothing more than a complete waste of time.
Wrong. You don’t know the 5th District if that’s what you think.
Lots of niggra’s there?
The first bill Brown proposes if elected:
Government subsidized all you can eat buffets.
Just what we need–a representative who is a bigger prick than Mulvaney. Brown is a grade-A a__hole. He is good for an insulting sound bite, but he has the IQ of gnat. Truly a tool for his political party and lacking any substance. By the way he and his family have been representing Fairfield County for decades and we can see how well that has worked out for the citizens there. No jobs and a crappy education system–don’t think that will be his political tag-line.
Brown’s dad has had a role in FF for a long time, true. However, he’s only one of about & who have tried “running” things. He’s been the best, but can’t do it on his own.
It will be fun watching the little porker get sliced and diced.
Thank God!
Somebody with some common sense might run against that wacko: Mulvaney.
SC desperately needs some Democratic competition in this State.
At least it would give some of the moderate GOP followers some leverage in their candidate selections.
Now, if we could get rid of some more of those worthless freshman Teabag idiots we sent to Congress.
I would vote for Boyd if he had bought me that bourbon at Midtown in Charleston.
“Brown chose not to seek another term, so he could finish law school” — The State
However, the law school did not invite him back for another year
By all accounts, Mulvaney is doing a fine job. That said, politicians will ruin, like a gallon of milk, when kept around too long. Come back in about eight years and we’ll talk. For now, Mick seems to be doing just fine.
Whose reports would those be? He is a typical Tea-nut. He has done nothing since he was elected except embarrass the state. Mick is a first class taker. He loves his $172,000 a year government pay, his government retirement, and his government health care. He just needs to keep any more pigs away from the trough. You do that by cutting everyone else’s benefits except your own.