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Less than a week after agreed to certify her candidacy, the S.C. GOP is unlikely to start a court fight to get Katrina Shealy on the primary ballot, the partys chief said today. Shealy will have to decide whether to sue on her own for the right to face state Sen. Jake Knotts in June.
There is smoke. But is there fire? A fight once thought extinguished is in full swing over whether Gov. Nikki Haley illegally lobbied while a Lexington County state representative, exploiting her public office for personal financial gain.

The income of Gov. Nikki Haley and first gentleman Michael Haley rose sharply in 2011 – because of nearly $200,000 in book royalties paid to the Republican governor for her memoir – and so did the couple’s tax bill.
S.C. Republican Party Chairman Chad Connelly said its time to alter the partys slogan, We Pick Presidents after the states Republican voters defied a 32-year tradition in Januarys primary, choosing Newt Gingrich over now-presumptive nominee Mitt Romney.
The awkwardness of presidential politics was on full display Sunday morning as three former rivals of Mitt Romney were questioned about their past criticisms of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.
State Rep. Ted Vick on Friday ended his bid to become the Democratic nominee for South Carolinas new 7th Congressional District following his arrest in Columbia on charges of driving under the influence of alcohol and illegally carrying a gun.