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From the unwanted endorsement file, here’s S.C. Rep. Chip Limehouse (RINO-S.C.) working the phones on behalf of former S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford as his congressional race with Democrat Elizabeth Colbert-Busch comes down to the wire.
Check it …
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Yikes …
Limehouse, FITS readers recall, was the “biggest loser” in the Republican primary race for this seat, [...]
To his credit, Charleston, S.C. real estate broker Russell Guerard apparently made it clear he was running against S.C. Rep. Chip Limehouse (RINO-Charleston) long before the rotund “Republican in Name Only” belly flopped in last week’s South Carolina first congressional district primary.
Guerard has been “softly campaigning” against Limehouse for several months, sources tell FITS – [...]
Lots of cash was spent during the “Republican” primary for the South Carolina first congressional district last week … but who got the most value for their political investment?
Obviously former S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford and former Charleston County councilman Curtis Bostic walked away from the primary with sufficient votes to advance to Round 2 (a.k.a. [...]
S.C. Rep. Chip Limehouse (RINO-Charleston) was by far and a way the “Biggest Loser” in the South Carolina first congressional district race this week.
And we’re obviously talking votes … not body mass.
Limehouse shelled out more than $600,000 of his own money on the race – all to finish with just 3,269 votes. Do the math. [...]
Former S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford cruised into the Republican runoff for the Palmetto State’s first congressional district this week – easily outdistancing a crowded GOP field in completing the first step of his comeback bid.
Two more races now await him …
With 100 percent of precincts reporting in the South Carolina Lowcountry, Sanford scored 37 percent [...]
S.C. Rep. Peter McCoy (R-James Island) is not among the frontrunners in this week’s first congressional district primary race … but he makes a good point about some of his colleagues who are.
McCoy, as it turns out, was the only elected member of the S.C. General Assembly who bothered to show up for his government [...]
South Carolinians in the Lowcountry region of the state are voting in a special primary election today … the first step in determining who will replace recently appointed U.S. Sen. Tim Scott in the U.S. House of Representatives.
On the Democratic side, there’s little drama … Clemson University bureaucrat Elizabeth Colbert-Busch (sister of comedian Stephen Colbert) [...]
Until this week, S.C. Rep. Chip Limehouse (RINO-Charleston) was the lead sponsor of H.3052, one of several knee-jerk, anti-Second Amendment bills pushed by big government backers in response to last December’s Newtown, Connecticut school shooting.
Now? Not so much …
Limehouse’s name no longer appears alongside Democrats Wendell Gilliard and Mia McLeod as sponsors of the anti-handgun legislation, [...]
Desperate to revive his flagging U.S. congressional bid, rotund “Republican” Chip Limehouse (RINO-Charleston) pumped a whopping $200,025 into his campaign on March 7, according to federal campaign documents.
Take a look … (.pdf)
This hefty sum (from a hefty candidate) comes on top of the $400,000 Limehouse has already blown on this race – all to secure what’s [...]
Last week during our founding editor’s trip to Washington, D.C. he was provided with some broad strokes taken from a recent poll of Republican voters in South Carolina’s first congressional district.
This week we’ve got similar info from another first district poll, data which shows a very similar landscape …
According to these numbers (taken from a survey conducted [...]
At the beginning of the 2013 special election for South Carolina’s first congressional district, S.C. Rep. Chip Limehouse was generally considered to be one of the favorites in the abbreviated GOP primary race.
After all he’s a “Limehouse from Charleston,” people …
Ten weeks later, however, the rotund RINO’s campaign has been a major flop. In fact [...]
Candidates for South Carolina’s vacant first congressional district have loaned their campaigns hundreds of thousands of dollars, according to reports filed this week with the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
Former S.C. Sen. John Kuhn (RINO-Charleston) leads the way – loaning his campaign a whopping $500,000. Meanwhile S.C. Rep. Chip Limehouse (RINO-Charleston) loaned his campaign $400,000. Teddy [...]
