Rick Quinn Calls For Special Elections To Fill Senate Vacancies
S.C. Rep. Rick Quinn (R-Lexington) today submitted legislation for pre-filing to change the way vacancies are filled for the office of United States Senator. If...
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Bill Would Strip SC Governors Of Senate Appointment Power
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LEGISLATION WOULD REQUIRE FUTURE U.S. SENATE VACANCIES TO BE FILLED BY SPECIAL ELECTION Future United States Senate vacancies in South Carolina would be filled via...
Mark Sanford Mulls (Another) Gubernatorial Bid In 2014
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FORMER S.C. GOVERNOR COULD PLAY SPOILER Despite a very poor showing in recent statewide polling, former S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford continues to plot a political...
The Wire: 12/12/2012
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TIPS, COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS FROM FITS READERS Welcome to “The Wire!” We’re nine days away from the Mayan apocalypse, thirteen days away from Christmas and...
Jenny Sanford’s $400,000 Senate Seat?
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FORMER FIRST LADY BACKED 2010 “BAILOUT” OF NIKKI HALEY’S GUBERNATORIAL BID Former S.C. First Lady Jenny Sanford signed off on a $400,000 “bailout” of then-State...
Assessing Nikki Haley’s “Short List”
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GOVERNOR NARROWS U.S. SENATE FIELD TO FIVE NAMES Sources close to S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley have provided CNN with her “short list” of possible appointments...
Alan Wilson Is Not On “The List”
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BUT SHOULD HE BE? S.C. Attorney General Alan Wilson has not been contacted by Nikki Haley (or her political aide-de-camp, Tim Pearson) regarding the U.S....
David Wilkins: Still Being Vetted
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FORMER AMBASSADOR, SPEAKER STILL IN THE RUNNING FOR SENATE SEAT S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley is still vetting former U.S. Ambassador to Canada David Wilkins to...
SC Appointment Drama: The Latest
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NIKKI HALEY PLACES CONDITION ON WOULD-BE US SENATE APPOINTEES S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley released a statement this week saying that she didn’t want to “tie...
Nikki Haley Issues Statement On US Senate Seat
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Governor Nikki Haley today released the following statement regarding the process of filling the vacancy created by U.S. Senator Jim DeMint’s retirement:...