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SOUTH
CAROLINA
Your
complete directory of South Carolina candidates for Governor,
United State Senator and Congress in the current election cycle
... state political parties ... the official state election office
... and state news sources.

CANDIDATE
DIRECTORY LEGEND:
Bold = Active Candidate
Italics = Potential Candidate
* = Incumbent
= Winner
(Incumbent Party Listed First)
Filing
Deadline (Major Parties): March 2010
Filing Deadline (Independents): July 2010
Filing Deadline (Other Parties): August 2010
Primary: June 2010
Runoff: June 2010
This
page was last updated on June 29, 2009

STATE
CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS:
GOVERNOR:
[ Mark
Sanford (R)* - Term-Limited in 2010. ]
Gresham Barrett (R) -
Congressman, Ex-State Rep., Businessman & Army Veteran
Andre Bauer (R) - Lt.
Governor, Ex-State Sen., Ex-State Rep. & Teacher
Chip Campsen (R) - State
Sen., Ex-State Rep., Attorney & Businessman
Tom Davis (R) - State
Sen. & Ex-Gubernatorial Chief of Staff
Larry
Grooms (R) - State Sen. & Businessman
Nikki Haley (R) - State Rep.
& Businesswoman
Henry McMaster (R)
- Attorney General, Ex-State GOP Chair & Ex-US Attorney
Brent Nelson (R) - College
Professor
Amos Elliott (D) - Minister
Robert Ford (D)
- State Sen., Ex-Charleston City Councilman, Real Estate Developer
& Ex-Civil Rights Activist
Brad
Hutto (D) - State Sen. & Attorney
Joel Lourie (D) - State
Sen., Ex-State Rep. & Businessman
Mullins McLeod (D) - Attorney
& Democratic Activist
Harry
Ott (D) - State House Minority Leader, Calhoun County School
Board Member & Farmer
Jim Rex (D) - State Superintendent
of Education
Vincent Sheheen
(D) - State Sen., Ex-State Rep. & Attorney
Inez Tenenbaum (D) - Ex-State Superintendent of Education,
Attorney, Ex-Teacher & '04 US Sen. Nominee
Next
State Constitutional Officer Elections in 2010.

LIEUTENANT
GOVERNOR:
Andre Bauer (R)* -
(Campaign Site)
Bill Connor (R) - Attorney
& Army Reserve Officer
Ralph Norman (R) - Ex-State Rep., Real Estate Developer &
'06 Congressional Nominee
Ted Pitts (R) - State Rep.,
Realtor & National Guard Veteran
SECRETARY
OF STATE:
Mark Hammond (R)*
STATE
TREASURER:
Converse
Chellis (R)*
ATTORNEY
GENERAL:
Henry McMaster (R)*
- (Campaign Site)
COMPTROLLER
GENERAL:
Richard Eckstrom (R)*

STATE
SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION:
Jim
Rex (D)* - (Campaign
Site)
ADJUTANT
GENERAL:
Stan Spears (R)*
- (Campaign Site)
Dean Allen (R) - Author,
Financial Planner, GOP Activist & Vietnam War Veteran
STATE
AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER:
Hugh Weathers (R)*-
(Campaign Site)
SOUTH CAROLINA
GENERAL ASSEMBLY:
State
House ( Republican
Caucus - Democratic Caucus
)
State Senate (
Republican Caucus - Democratic
Caucus )
U.S.
SENATOR:
Jim
DeMint (R)* - (Campaign
Site) - Next Election in 2010.
Brad
Hutto (D) - State Sen. & Attorney
Mike Ruckes (D) -
Retired Auto Company Executive

Lindsey
Graham (R)* - (Campaign
Site) - Next Election in 2014.
U.S.
CONGRESS:
District
1:
Henry Brown (R)*
- (Campaign Site)
Carroll “Tumpy”
Campbell III (R) - Ex-State Ports Authority Board Member,
Businessman & Son of Ex-Gov. Campbell
Katherine Jenerette (R)
- Ex-Congressional Aide, Gulf War Veteran, '08 Candidate &
'04 State Sen. Nominee
Paul
Thurmond (R) - Charleston County Commissioner, Attorney &
Son of Ex-US Sen. Strom Thurmond
Mike Barber (D) - Ex-State Rep.
Robert Burton (D) - Ex-Housing Authority Commissioner, USAF Reserve
Officer & Iraq War Veteran
Leon Stavrinakis (D)
- State Rep., Ex-Charleston County Councilman & Attorney
District
2:
A.G.
"Joe" Wilson (R)* - (Campaign
Site)
Rob Miller (D)
- Iraq War Veteran & '08 Nominee

District
3:
[ J.
Gresham Barrett (R)* - Candidate for Governor in 2010. ]
Richard Cash (R)
- Evangelical Pastor & Pro-Life Activist
Jeff Duncan (R) - State
Rep., Realtor & Auctioneer
James Galyean (R) -
Attorney & Ex-Congressional Aide
Shane Massey (R) - State
Sen. & Attorney
Rex Rice (R) - State Rep. &
Businessman
Michael
Thompson (R) - State Rep. & Freight Salesman
Mike Vasovski (R)
- Physician & Ron Paul Campaign Activist
Tommy
Carson III (Independent) - Anti-Tax Activist & '08 Candidate
District
4:
Bob Inglis (R)*
- (Campaign Site)
Trey Gowdy (R) - Spartanburg
County Solicitor
Christina Jeffrey (R)
- College Professor, GOP Activist, '08 State Rep. Candidate &
'99 Candidate
Jim Lee (R) -
IT Consultant, Ex-School Board Member & USAF Reservist
Rick Mahler (R) -
Businessman
Andrew Smart (R) -
Businessman
David Thomas (R) - State
Sen., Ex-Greenville City Councilman & Attorney
Tim Carnes (Independent)
- Computer Database Administrator, Baptist Pastor & '08 Candidate
Ted Christian (Independent)
- Stock Market Investor, Ex-Aeronautical Engineer & '08 Candidate

District
5:
John
Spratt (D)* - (Campaign
Site)
Albert Spencer (R)
- College Professor & '04/'08 Nominee
District
6:
Jim Clyburn (D)*
- (House Leadership Site)
- (Campaign Site)
STATE
POLITICAL PARTIES:
Constitution
Party of South Carolina
South Carolina Democratic Party
South Carolina Green Party
Libertarian Party of
South Carolina
South Carolina Republican Party
South Carolina Working Families Party
STATE
ELECTION OFFICE:
SCVotes.org
STATE
NEWS SOURCES:
Aiken
Standard
Anderson Independent-Mail
Beaufort Gazette
Carolina Morning News
(Beaufort)
Charleston City
Paper (Alternative)
Charleston Mercury
Charleston Post & Courier
Chester News & Reporter
Columbia Point
(Alternative)
Columbia The State
FitsNews.com (Conservative)
Florence Morning News
Greenville News
Greenwood Index-Journal
Greenville Magazine
Hartsville Messenger
Hilton Head Island Packet
Kingstree News
Lancaster News
Lexington County
Chronicle
Myrtle Beach Sun-News
Orangeburg Times and Democrat
Palmetto Journal (Politics)
Pawley's Island Coastal
Observer
SCHeadlines.com
SCHotline.com
SCPols.com
Seneca Daily Journal-Messenger
South Carolina's Information
Highway
Spartanburg Herald-Journal
Sumter Item
Union Daily Times
WCBD TV-2 (NBC - Charleston)
WCIV TV-4 (ABC - Charleston)
WCSC TV-5 (CBS - Charleston)
WLTX TV-19 (CBS - Columbia)
WOLO TV-25 (ABC - Columbia)
WPDE TV-15 (ABC - Florence/Myrtle
Beach)
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