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 [...]
Beam Chip Limehouse Up
SC-1: The Money Race
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 [...]
Ray Nash Wins SC-1 Straw Poll
The Republican Liberty Caucus of South Carolina conducted a straw poll at a debate held Thursday evening in North Charleston sponsored by the Republican Liberty Caucus, Patch, and the South Carolina Radio Network. The debate featured all Republican candidates except Curtis Bostic and was moderated by a panel led by South Carolina Treasurer Curtis Loftis.
The [...]
SC-1: Poll Positions
The crowded Republican race for South Carolina’s first congressional district has boiled down to a battle between five candidates, sources who polled the Lowcountry district earlier this week tell FITS.
S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford is still the top choice of most first district primary voters – although his support has dropped in recent weeks from the [...]
SC-1 Chip Limehouse Is Hiring
If you have no qualm electing a corrupt, corpulent “Republican in Name Only” to the U.S. Congress, then S.C. Rep. Chip Limehouse has a job for you …
Here’s a posting we found on a Washington, D.C. job board …
The ad doesn’t mention Limehouse by name, but its contact – Ryan Lambert – is a Limehouse [...]
First District Spot Targets “Career Politicians”
With a Notorious B.I.G. ripoff riff oozing sensuality in the background, an actor in a new South Carolina first congressional district television ad tries to woo back suspicious voters – while the spot’s narrator urges them to “break up” with career politicians instead.
“I know I’ve spent too much, but what’s a few trillion?” Mr. Sleazeball [...]
The SCGOP Primary “Scandal”
We don’t give a rat’s ass how South Carolina Republicans select their candidates for public office. We want the Republican Party to die, remember? Accordingly they (and the Democrats, for that matter) can draw straws or play tiddlywinks for all we care. Or they can continue their current method of bald-faced lying to our state’s [...]
Sixteen Candles … Err, Candidates
A superfluity of politicians (and wanna-be politicians) formally declared their intention to seek the GOP nomination for South Carolina’s first congressional district. This crowded race – which will nominate a “Republican” to fill the seat vacated by newly appointed U.S. Rep. Tim Scott – will be held on March 19.
Some of the candidates who filed [...]
Sixteen Candidates File For SC First District
Columbia, S.C.- 16 Republican candidates have filed in the special election for South Carolina’s 1st U.S. Congressional District. The candidates will meet in the March 19, 2013 Republican Primary. A runoff (if necessary) would be held on April 2, 2013 and the general election is May 7, 2013.
“We have a strong field of candidates to [...]
SC-1: McCoy Makes It Official
The incredibly crowded field for South Carolina’s first congressional district seat just got … “crowdeder?”
Yup. That’ll work.
S.C. Rep. Peter McCoy (R-James Island) is the latest candidate to throw his hat in the ring – joining former S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford, S.C. Sen. Larry Grooms (R-Berkeley), S.C. Rep. Chip Limehouse (RINO-Charleston), S.C. Rep. Andy Patrick (RINO-Beaufort), former S.C. Sen. John Kuhn, Charleston businessman Teddy Turner, Charleston [...]
The Wire: 1/23/2013
Welcome to the wire! You’ve arrived at our daily assemblage of tips, comments and questions (most of which are related to the incestuous yet always entertaining world of South Carolina politics).
We had some technical difficulties this morning so first off we’d like to apologize to our readers … we’d also like to reassure everyone the [...]
