Visit Charleston

Charleston is home to several festivals every year. Two of these festivals are known globally. They are Piccolo Spoleto and Spoleto Festival USA. These two festivals run concurrently and draw several thousand people to the Holy City. Here’s a little information on both festivals.
Spoleto Festival USA
According to Spoleto Festival USA’s web site, the festival, “has [...]

Death and Taxes

The South Carolina House and Senate are talking about cutting income taxes as their sessions come to an end. This potentially great news for South Carolinians. The only issue might be how they decide to cut the income tax. The House wants to cut income taxes for the top earners in the State while the [...]

Put the State on Your Plate

Borrowing the title of Emile Defelice’s campaign for Commissioner of Agriculture, I wanted to shed some spotlight on what the South Carolina Department of Agrilculture is doing right now. The have unveiled a new campaign to focus on certified South Carolina produce. Their goal is to get South Carolinians to buy produce from the State’s [...]

South Carolina Republican Debate

If you haven’t heard already, Columbia is hosting the first in the South Republican Debate. Fox News is broadcasting the event from the Koger Center tonight.
To view the debate online visit:
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Ceips Wins Senate Seat

According to the State Election Commission’s website, Representative Catherine Ceips has defeated challenger Weston Newton in the Republican Runoff for the Senate District 46 seat.
Ceips will now face off against Democrat Terry Thomas and Libertarian Greg Graziani.

More Endorsements for the Senate District 46 Special Election

With just one day away from the Republican Primary Runoff, Candidate Weston Newton has garnered even more support from Statehouse. Before the Senate District 46 Republican Primary Governor Sanford endorsed Newton. Now, just a day before the Republican Primary Runoff, SC Insurance Director Scott Richardson and State Representative Jo Anne Gilham have also endorsed Newton. [...]

Florence County Election Commission Interim Director Resigns

Mike Young, Interim Director of the Florence County Election Commission, has decided to resign today. Young cites that he and the election commission were unable to work out the details of a long-term contract. His last day as interim director could either be this week or next week.

SC Republican’s Prepare to Move Primary

South Carolina Republicans are watching Florida closely. Many state parties are toying with moving their primary closer to the start of 2008 – and some are even thinking of moving their’s to late 2007. This is causing SC Republicans to think about moving the South Carolina Republican Primary.
Currently the SC primaries hold the title of [...]

Senate District 46 Special Election Runoff

Republican candidates Catherine Ceips and Weston Newton will square off in a Runoff for the Senate District 46 seat. Below are the results of the Special Primary Election. The winner of the Special Republican Runoff would face Democrat Terry Thomas and Libertarian Greg Graziani on June 19th.
Catherine Ceips…3,467..31.7%
Richard Chalk………….924…8.4%
Weston Newton…3,656..33.4%
Tom Taylor…………..2,904..26.5%

Senate District 46 Special Election

A Special Election is being conducted today in Beaufort County. The Senate seat formerly held by Insurance Director Scott Richardson is up for grabs and several candidates are lobbying for the position.
Republican Party

Catherine Ceips
Richard Chalk
Weston Newton
Tom Taylor
Democratic Party
Terry Thomas
Libertarian Party
Greg Graziani
Governor Mark Sanford has thrown support behind Republican candidate Weston Newton. Also, it is [...]