Posts Tagged ‘South Carolina’
SC: Republican AG Candidate Gets Newspaper Endorsement
Last Updated on Thursday, 28 October 2010 01:26 Written by rslcpol Thursday, 28 October 2010 01:26
From GreenvilleOnline.com:
Of the two major-party candidates running to replace Henry McMaster as the attorney general of South Carolina, Alan Wilson brings the most prosecutorial experience and solid leadership qualities to this race. Wilson had to win a tough Republican primary to earn the right to face Democrat Matthew Richardson. A third-party candidate also is in this race.
Wilson and Richardson fall short of the impressive credentials of the current office holder. Henry McMaster had been a successful U.S. attorney for South Carolina who proved his mettle early on in some corruption cases, and the attorney general before McMaster, Charlie Condon, had been a respected solicitor who represented Charleston and Berkeley counties.
While a bit more seasoning certainly would have been preferred, each candidate meets what voters should consider minimum requirements for the job. Although based in Columbia, Richardson is an attorney with the Greenville-based Wyche firm. He’s smart, has handled complex legal cases, and has a good understanding of the office he is seeking. He also has a legal pedigree that comes from being the grandson of the legendary Bubba Ness of Bamberg, an exceptionally tough judge who served as chief justice of the S.C. Supreme Court before retiring and returning to private practice.
Wilson has fewer years as an attorney under his belt — about seven compared to Richardson’s 12 years experience. And Wilson has his own political pedigree, that of being the son of Rep. Joe Wilson of the 2nd Congressional District.
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SC: Latest Poll Shows a Republican Sweep
Last Updated on Wednesday, 27 October 2010 10:32 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 27 October 2010 10:32
From StateHouse Report:
A new InsiderAdvantage/Statehouse Report poll released today suggests that South Carolina may well see a Republican sweep of all constitutional offices in the Nov. 2 general election.
That’s each of the nine statewide offices – from governor to the comptroller general and on down the ballot to the commissioner of agriculture.
The poll, conducted among 878 registered voters Tuesday night, shows a Democrat leading in only one race – Greenville lawyer and former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Education Frank Holleman in the race for superintendent of education.
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SC AG Candidates Agree on Lawsuits but differ on Politics
Last Updated on Monday, 18 October 2010 01:56 Written by rslcpol Monday, 18 October 2010 01:56
From scnow.com:
Compelling the federal government to open a nuclear waste dump in Nevada. Stopping the Obama administration’s health care reform package. Suing North Carolina over the use of a river that has water needed farther south.
When it comes to the candidates hoping to serve as South Carolina’s next attorney general, voters will have a tough time finding glaring differences between the legal objectives and personal biographies of Democrat Matthew Richardson and Republican Alan Wilson.
Both attorneys are 37. Both belong to notable political families. And both say the headline-grabbing lawsuits in which current Attorney General Henry McMaster has involved the state are well reasoned.
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SC: Lt. Governor Candidates Focus on Job Creation
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 10:41 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 15 September 2010 05:35
From The State:
Republican Ken Ard and Democrat Ashley Cooper face off Nov. 2 in the race for lieutenant governor, a position that includes presiding over the state Senate and overseeing the state’s Office on Aging.
The part-time job, which also includes stepping in for the governor if necessary, has an annual salary of $46,545.
Ard, a Florence County councilman since 2004, said he is a small business owner who wants to “run the state like a business,” starting with the Office on Aging.
The Pamplico resident said he would examine the office to make sure “tax dollars are being wisely spent.”
“We need to be about customer service and efficiency,” Ard said.
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SC AG Takes on the Feds
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 11:35 Written by rslcpol Monday, 16 August 2010 12:45
From the Post and Courier:
The health care lawsuit, in particular, seems to be the target of Republican attorneys general across the country, said Harvard Law School professor Charles Fried, who was a solicitor general under President Ronald Reagan.
“I do think the constitutional argument is a joke, not serious,” he told The News.
But McMaster thinks the federal government requiring citizens to buy something is worth fighting.
“If the Congress can require South Carolinians and others to go out and buy one thing, they can require them to go out and buy another and another or do all sorts of things that are not allowed under the Constitution,” said McMaster, who ran unsuccessfully this year for the GOP nomination for governor.
Legal experts say there is some validity to the states’ claims.
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Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Utah may Follow Arizona’s lead on Immigration
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 12:04 Written by rslcpol Thursday, 8 July 2010 11:32
From Washington Post:
Lawmakers in Oklahoma, South Carolina and Utah, which have already taken steps against illegal immigration, say that Arizona-style measures have a realistic chance of passing when their legislatures reconvene in 2011.
The Obama administration sued Arizona in federal court Tuesday, charging that the state law usurps federal authority, would hamper immigration enforcement and would lead to police harassment of those who have no proof of lawful status. The government asked that a federal judge stop the law from taking effect July 29.
Legislators in at least 17 other states introduced bills this year similar to the Arizona law, which allows officers to question anyone they suspect of being in the country illegally. But most of those measures are not considered likely to be adopted or signed by governors.
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SC: AG Takes on States Gangs
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 12:18 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 30 June 2010 12:52
From The State:
South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster says 20 people have been indicted as part of a fight against gangs in one town near the coast.
McMaster announced the indictments during a news conference in Walterboro. He says the 19 adults and one juvenile face charges ranging from perjury and obstruction of justice to arson and murder.
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SC: GOP Picks Lt. Governor Nominee
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 12:30 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 23 June 2010 01:26
From GreenvilleOnline.com:
Florence County Councilman Ken Ard was nominated as the GOP candidate for lieutenant governor and Midlands attorney Alan Wilson won the party’s nomination for attorney general.
With 44 of 46 counties reporting, Ard had 61 percent of the vote, according to unofficial results from the South Carolina Election Commission, defeating Orangeburg lawyer and Army veteran of Afghanistan Bill Connor.
“Thank you to the people of South Carolina,” Ard said on Twitter. “I’m proud to be our GOP nominee for November.”
Ard will face Democrat Ashley Cooper of Charleston.
Wilson, son of U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson, defeated Leighton Lord for attorney general, with 60 percent of the vote with 44 counties reporting and will face Democrat Matthew Richardson, a Columbia lawyer in November.
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SC: Republicans Pick their AG Candidate
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 12:30 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 23 June 2010 12:55
From TheSunNews.com:
– The son of Republican U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson won the GOP nomination for South Carolina’s attorney general Tuesday.
Alan Wilson got a hug from his dad, U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson, after hearing the news Tuesday night. But he credited his victory to dozens of volunteers who worked tirelessly for the former prosecutor and member of the South Carolina National Guard.
“I’m elated. I’m excited,” Wilson said. “This is just a wonderful night.”
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SC: Experts – AG Endorsement Will Widen Nikki Haley’s Lead
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 12:36 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 16 June 2010 01:10
From Greenvilleonline.com:
Political scientists say Attorney General Henry McMaster’s endorsement of state Rep. Nikki Haley for governor can’t do anything but put greater distance between her and Gresham Barrett, another establishment figure as a sitting congressman who was endorsed early on by the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce.
Barrett’s campaign, however, said it doesn’t matter. And other politicians with a long history of observing and living with South Carolina politics, such as former House Speaker Rex Carter of Greenville, say endorsements are overblown.
McMaster said he will campaign with Haley and help her raise funds, not just in the runoff but also in the fall election if she wins the runoff.
“I’m all in,” he said. “Any way I can help Nikki I will do it.”
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