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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.
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.
Gov. Nikki Haley’s office Thursday all but accused House Speaker Bobby Harrell, R-Charleston, of a political vendetta. Meanwhile, Harrell’s office accused Haley of attempting to short-circuit a House Ethics Committee investigation into whether the governor broke state law.
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.
In the risky business of running for president, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are largely playing it safe.
State Rep. Ted Vick on Friday ended his bid to become the Democratic nominee for South Carolinas new 7th congressional district following his arrest Thursday in Columbia on charges of driving under the influence of alcohol and illegally carrying a gun.