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Elections
Lexington GOP Suspends Party Rule to Allow Support for Petition Candidates
Lexington County Republican Party officials can now support petition candidates after its executive committee voted to suspend a state party rule Monday, The State reports. Party of...
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Elections
Haley on Voter ID: 'We won't let this go'
A new South Carolina Voter ID law looks increasingly like a long shot to affect the November general election. The law, praised by S.C. Republicans as one of the top new pieces of le...
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DOJ Rejects S.C. Voter ID Law — Again
It looks like South Carolina's Voter ID law will get a day in court after Assistant U.S. Attoney General Thomas Perez again shot down the law under the voting rights act on Friday. I...
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DeMint Launching Super PAC
U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint will be pulling away from his Senate Conservatives Fund so that his pet project for growing like-minded GOPers in the chamber can achieve Super PAC status. For t...
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Dorchester Co. Democrats File Suit Against Local, State GOP
SUMMERVILLE — The Dorchester County Democratic Party filed a lawsuit Friday against the county Republican Party, chairwoman Carroll Duncan and a host of local and state GOP and elections ...
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2012 S.C. Legislative Session Disappointing, Say Republicans
The S.C. legislative session wrapping up this month in Columbia was disappointing to most influential Republicans who took part in our Red Palmetto survey last week. But unlike in Washing...
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Lexington Election Guide
As we look ahead to November’s elections, Lexington Patch is devoted to bring you the information you need about every race in town. Here's our start on the candidates and issues we...
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Elections
Eckstrom, Gunter Retain Seats
Lexington County Register of Deeds Debra Gunter, and County Treasurer Jim Eckstrom, managed to beat back challenges and retain their seats in Tuesday's party primary.Neither GOP incumbent...