The Conservativist

The listing of Spartanburg candidates proved to be very valuable for the Primary. I have compiled a list of all candidates that are to be on the ballet on November 4th with links to their respective websites. If you see that I have missed any candidates or links, please feel free to contact me. I will be updating this throughout the season as more information comes available.

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United State President
Chuck Baldwin/ Darrell Castle (C)**
Bob Barr/ Wayne A. Root (L)
John McCain / TBD (R)
Ralph Nader / Matt Gonzalez (I)
Barack Obama / TBD (D)

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United States Senate
Bob Conley (D)
Lindsey Graham (R)

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United States House of Representatives, District 1
Henry E Brown Jr (R)
Linda Ketner (D)

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United States House of Representatives, District 2
Rob Miller (D)
Joe Wilson (R)

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United States House of Representatives, District 3
J Gresham Barrett (R)
Jane Ballard Dyer (D)

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United States House of Representatives, District 4
Paul Corden (D)
Bob Inglis (R)
C Faye Walters (G)

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United States House of Representatives, District 5
Albert F Spencer (R)
John Spratt (D)
Frank Waggoner (C)

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United States House of Representatives, District 6
James Clyburn (D)
Nancy Harrelson (R)

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Solicitor, Circuit 1
Benjy Lafond (R)
David M Pascoe (D)

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Solicitor, Circuit 2
Strom Thurmond Jr (R)

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Solicitor, Circuit 4
Will Rogers (D)

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Solicitor, Circuit 7
Trey Gowdy (R)

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Solicitor, Circuit 8
Jerry W Peace (R)
Robert Tinsley (D)

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Solicitor, Circuit 9
Scarlett A Wilson (R)

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Solicitor, Circuit 10
Chrissy Adams (R)

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Solicitor, Circuit 11
Donald V Myers (R)

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Solicitor, Circuit 14
Duffie Stone (R)

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Solicitor, Circuit 16
Kevin Brackett (R)
Philip W. Jamieson (D)

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State Senate District 1
Thomas C Alexander (R)
Polly Nicolay (CP)

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State Senate District 2
Larry A Martin (R)

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State Senate District 3
Kevin L Bryant (R)
Marshall Meadors (D)

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State Senate District 4
Billy ODell (R)
Leonardo Ortiz (D)

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State Senate District 5
Phil Shoopman (R)

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State Senate District 6
Mike Fair (R)

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State Senate District 7
Ralph Anderson (D)
John Langville (C)
Roan Garcia-Quintana (R)

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State Senate District 8
David Thomas (R)

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State Senate District 9
Danny Verdin (R)

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State Senate District 10
Dee Compton (R)
Floyd Nicholson (D)

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State Senate District 11
Mike Gardner (R)
Glenn Reese (D)

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State Senate District 12
Lee Bright (R)

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State Senate District 13
Shane Martin (R)
Jimmy Tobias (D)

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State Senate District 14
Harvey Peeler (R)

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State Senate District 15
Wes Hayes (R)

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State Senate District 16
Mick Mulvaney (R)
Mandy Powers Norrell (D)

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State Senate District 17
Creighton B Coleman (D)
Mark Bennett (R)

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State Senate District 18
Ronnie Cromer (R)
Michael Ray Ellisor (D)

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State Senate District 19
Chris Nelums (UC)
John L Scott Jr (D)

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State Senate District 20
John Courson (R)
Harvey Elwood (G)

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State Senate District 21
Darrell Jackson (D)

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State Senate District 22
Steve King (R)
Joel Lourie (D)

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State Senate District 23
Jake Knotts (R)

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State Senate District 24
Greg Ryberg (R)

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State Senate District 25
Greg Anderson (D)
Shane Massey (R)

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State Senate District 26
Margaret J Gamble (R)
Nikki Setzler (D)

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State Senate District 27
Vincent Sheheen (D)

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State Senate District 28
Dick F Elliott (D)
Bill McKown (R)

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State Senate District 29
Gerald Malloy (D)

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State Senate District 30
Kent Williams (D)

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State Senate District 31
Hugh Leatherman (R)

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State Senate District 32
John Yancey McGill (D)

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State Senate District 33
Luke Rankin (R)
Jara Uzenda (D)

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State Senate District 34
Raymond Cleary (R)

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State Senate District 35
Phil Leventis (D)
Karen Michalik (R)

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State Senate District 36
John C Land III (D)

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State Senate District 37
Larry Grooms (R)

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State Senate District 38
Bill Collins (I)
Mike Rose (R)

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State Senate District 39
John Matthews (D)

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State Senate District 40
Brad Hutto (D)
John E Strickland (R)

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State Senate District 41
Glenn McConnell (R)

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State Senate District 42
Robert Ford (D)
Scotty Sheriff (R)

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State Senate District 43
Chip Campsen (R)

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State Senate District 44
Paul G Campbell Jr (R)

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State Senate District 45
Clementa Pinckney (D)

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State Senate District 46
Tom Davis (R)
Kent D Fletcher (D)

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State House District 1
Bill Whitmire (R)

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State House District 2
Bill Sandifer (R)

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State House District 3
Jason Gale (D)
B R Skelton (R)

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State House District 4
Davey Hiott (R)

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State House District 5
Phil Owens (R)

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State House District 6
Brian White (R)

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State House District 7
Michael W Gambrell (R)
Richard Kelly (D)

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State House District 8
Don C Bowen (R)
Tom Dobbins (D)

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State House District 9
Michael D Thompson (R)

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State House District 10
Dan Cooper (R)

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State House District 11
Paul L Agnew (D)

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State House District 12
Anne Parks (D)

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State House District 13
Gene Pinson (R)

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State House District 14
Mike Pitts (R)

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State House District 15
Jeff Duncan (R)

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State House District 16
Michael Turner Jr (D)
Mark N Willis (R)

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State House District 17
Harry Cato (R)

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State House District 18
Tommy Stringer (R)

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State House District 19
Dwight A Loftis (R)

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State House District 20
Dan Hamilton (R)

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State House District 21
Bill Wylie (R)

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State House District 22
Wendy Nanney (R)

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State House District 23
Justin Alexander (R)
Chandra Dillard (D)

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State House District 24
Bruce W Bannister (R)

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State House District 25
Karl B Allen (D)
Rick Freeman (R)

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State House District 26
Rex F Rice (R)

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State House District 27
Garry R Smith (R)

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State House District 28
Eric M Bedingfield (R)
Jonathan David Smith (D)

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State House District 29
Dennis C Moss (D)
Danny Stacy (R)

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State House District 30
Bobby D Beattie (R)
Olin Phillips (D)

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State House District 31
Harold Mitchell Jr (D)

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State House District 32
Derham Cole Jr (R)
Will Rothschild (D)

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State House District 33
Weldon Davis (D)
Lanny Littlejohn (R)

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State House District 34
Mike Forrester (R)
Ronnie R Hart (D)***

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State House District 35
Keith Kelly (R)

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State House District 36
Rita Allison (R)

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State House District 37
Eric Hayler (D)
Steve Parker (R)

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State House District 38
Mark N Chambers (D)
Joey Millwood (R)

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State House District 39
Steve Cain (D)
Marion B Frye (R)

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State House District 40
Walt McLeod (D)

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State House District 41
Boyd Brown (D)
Sean Schaeffner (R)

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State House District 42
Mike Anthony (D)

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State House District 43
Greg Delleney (R)

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State House District 44
James M Neal (D)

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State House District 45
Deborah Long (R)
Fred Thomas (D)

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State House District 46
Herb Crump (D)
Gary Simrill (R)

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State House District 47
Herb Kirsh (D)

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State House District 48
Carl L Gullick (R)

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State House District 49
John R King (D)
Marvin Rogers (R)

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State House District 50
Grady Brown (D)

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State House District 51
David Weeks (D)

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State House District 52
Laurie Slade Funderburk (D)

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State House District 53
Ted Martin Vick (D)

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State House District 54
Douglas Jennings Jr (D)

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State House District 55
(D) Jackie E Hayes
(I) Kenny McLaughlin

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State House District 56
Denny W Neilson (D)

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State House District 57
Jim Battle (D)

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State House District 58
Liston D Barfield (R)
Fonzie Lewis (D)

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State House District 59
Terry Alexander (D)

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State House District 60
Zackery Cooper (D)
Phillip Lowe (R)

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State House District 61
Lester Branham Jr (D)

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State House District 62
Robert Q Williams (D)

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State House District 63
Kris Crawford (R)
Barry Wingard (D)

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State House District 64
Cathy Harvin (D)
Britton S Pruett (R)

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State House District 65
Jay Lucas (R)

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State House District 66
Gilda Cobb-Hunter (D)
Tim Hawkins (R)

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State House District 67
Murrell Smith (R)

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State House District 68
Thad Viers (R)

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State House District 69
Ted Pitts (R)

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State House District 70
Joe Neal (D)

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State House District 71
Nathan Ballentine (R)

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State House District 72
James Smith (D)

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State House District 73
Chris Hart (D)

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State House District 74
J Todd Rutherford (D)
Antonio Williams (G)

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State House District 75
Jim Harrison (R)

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State House District 76
Leon Howard (D)
Victor Kocher (L)

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State House District 77
Michael Koska (R)
Joe McEachern (D)

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State House District 78
Joan Brady (R)

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State House District 79
Anton Gunn (D)
David Herndon (R)
John J C Nelums (UC)

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State House District 80
Jimmy C Bales (D)

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State House District 81
Tom Young (R)

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State House District 82
William Bill Clyburn (D)
Brian Doyle (I)

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State House District 83
Judy Hamilton (D)
Don Smith (R)

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State House District 84
Russell W Curry (D)
James Roland Smith (R)

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State House District 85
Chip Huggins (R)
Jim Nelson (D)

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State House District 86
Jim Stewart (R)

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State House District 87
Edgar Gomez (D)
Nikki Haley (R)

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State House District 88
Mac Toole (R)

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State House District 89
Kenny Bingham (R)

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State House District 90
Bakari Sellers (D)

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State House District 91
Lonnie Hosey (D)

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State House District 92
Joe Daning (R)

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State House District 93
Harry L Ott Jr (D)

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State House District 94
Jenny Horne (R)

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State House District 95
Jerry N Govan Jr (D)

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State House District 96
Kit Spires (R)

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State House District 97
George Bailey (R)
Patsy G Knight (D)

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State House District 98
Annette D Young (R)
Jeff Young (D)

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State House District 99
Jim Merrill (R)

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State House District 100
C David Umphlett Jr (R)

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State House District 101
Kenneth Ken Kennedy (D)

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State House District 102
Joe Jefferson Jr (D)

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State House District 103
Carl L Anderson (D)

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State House District 104
Tracy R Edge (R)
Patricia Matthews (C)

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State House District 105
George M Hearn (R)

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State House District 106
Nelson Hardwick (R)

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State House District 107
Alan Clemmons (R)

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State House District 108
Jill Kelso (R)
Vida Miller (D)

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State House District 109
David Mack III (D)
Steven Smith (R)

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State House District 110
Chip Limehouse (R)

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State House District 111
Wendell G Gilliard (D)
Clay N Middleton (WF)*

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State House District 112
Mike Sottile (R)

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State House District 113
J Seth Witherspoon (D)

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State House District 114
Bobby Harrell (R)

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State House District 115
Anne Peterson Hutto (D)
Eugene Platt (G/WF)*
Wallace B Scarborough (R)

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State House District 116
Robert L Brown (D)

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State House District 117
Tim Scott (R)

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State House District 118
Bill Herbkersman (R)

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State House District 119
Chris H Cannon (R)
Leon Stavrinkis (D)

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State House District 120
Bill Bowers (D)

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State House District 121
N Bonnie Adams (R)

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State House District 122
Curtis Brantley (D)

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State House District 123
Richard Chalk (R)

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State House District 124
Jim Brown (D)
Shannon Erickson (R)

** Will not appear on ballot (according to scvotes.gov)
*** Dropped out of race

Can someone tell me who Congressman Bob Inglis is Representing?

I continue to be utterly surprised by the bases acceptance of Mr. Inglis’ “green” values. Conservation is good but there should be a fine line in the means that are taken to “change” the system. That means should be one that does not adversely affect your constituency. Yet his “green” values are infringing on the the traditional values of less tax, less spending, and open markets.

- Memorial Day, 2008

At a Memorial Day Let’s Talk, Bob was discussing energy with approximately nine people at Wades Restaurant in Spartanburg. At one point Mr. Inglis was challenged about his policy on ANWR. Facts were presented that if we had begun drilling when he was in Congress the first time, we could have almost replaced the oil we were importing from Saudi Arabia (ANWR could produce 1M barrels/day, Saudi imports = 1.4M barrells/day in 2006). If we were about energy independence why are we not drilling (ANWR or elsewhere)?

The Congressman responded stating that if we had increased our production, OPEC would cut their production and nothing would be accomplished. Prices would remain as high as they are now. I countered stating “Why can we not do two things at one time, drill more to reduce our foreign dependence and still develop the alternative fuels”.

Inglis replied if we drill more, prices will drop and the initiative to develop alternatives would be delayed.

Isn’t this a contradiction of his earlier statements? I confronted the Congressman on the issue. Mr. Inglis stated that he was contradicting himself but he never provided what he believed the result of increased production would be.

- June 9th, 2008

Congressman Inglis held a conference call and for the first time he admitted that the problem with oil is the weak dollar. Yet, he nor Congress seems willing to take on the problem of the fledging dollar.

- June 23rd, 2008

I took the opportunity to ask the Congressman to elaborate further on his statements from the conference call concerning the falling dollar on oil. Inglis proceeded to defer the question to an economic specialist who stated that the dollar was partly at fault. I challenged further to see a balanced budget to no avail.

I followed up this question with one concerning the new mileage standards passed earlier in the year. I questioned whether or not the standards were based on traditional gasoline or on the less efficient ethanol blends. He responded by stating they were based on traditional gasoline. Understand that the ethanol blends are less efficient resulting in a tank of gas not going as far. Who’s pockets are being lined by this law?

And the tipping point for me on Monday was when Mr. Inglis stated that he supported the Lieberman/Warner Cap and Trade policy as long as China and India were included. In Mr. Inglis’ green world now campaign, he wants to place a tax on industries that have a carbon footprint. It would put a tax on everything around the world coming into America. So what does that do to the price of gasoline? Exactly, increases your cost. It is estimated that the bill would increase your gas costs 13 cents within 4 years. Not to mention the costs on other products that are passed down to the consumer.

In my additional research, this isn’t the first time Mr. Inglis has expressed these views. He has been a supporter of a cap-and-trade policy for a few years now, just do a search for “bob inglis cap-and-trade”.

When will Mr. Inglis begin to look and see the direction that he is pointing us. It appears that he does not care about the pocket book of the citizens of America, much less those in Upstate, SC. I agree, we must get off of our foreign dependence, but by taxing and regulating, which stifles the economy, is not the solution.

A quick review of Inglis’ positions

• Regulation - Inglis supports the Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs that cost more and requires special cleaning when one fails due to mercury
• Regualation & Taxation - Cap and trade policy as long as it includes China and India.
• Taxation - Would not declare that he would fight and work for a balanced budget

Well, it looks like it has become pretty official in the land of the Upstate. The incumbent blues continues as we seek Jim Ritchie and Rock Adams go down in defeat this evening. Another newcomer brought out the votes and beat a veteran in a battle for Senate District 12 ( Lee Bright over Scott Talley).

The final tally…only 3 Republican seats will have individuals with General Assembly experience. My advice to the winners…

Remember who voted you in, remember what you stand for, because the people of Spartanburg are no longer afraid to oust the incumbents.

Compliments of the Spartanburg Herald Journal and USC Upstate

Renewable forms of energy, including solar, wind, and biofuel, will be the topic for a forum to be held on the campus of University of South Carolina Upstate at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Campus Life Center Ballroom.

The forum is free and open to the public, and it will include speakers from the South Carolina Energy Office, and the Departments of Geological Sciences and Mechanical Engineering at the University of South Carolina. Following the short presentations, the discussion will be open to comments and questions from the audience.

Attendees also will be able to view displays — sponsored by environmental organizations and energy groups — about renewable energy and energy efficiency.

For more information call 803-777-2221 or e-mail toumey@sc.edu