For reasons surpassing understanding, S.C. Sen. John Courson (RINO-Richland) desperately wants to become the next lieutenant governor of South Carolina ... and Palmetto State Democrats (a.k.a. the real kingmakers in our "Republican-controlled" state government) are desperate to oblige him. In fact,
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Not since former S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford gave new meaning to the term "hiking the Appalachian Trail" (or since our founding editor gave new meaning to the term "paying obeisance") has South Carolina seen a political detonation quite like the one that rocked the state last week. The resignation of Lt.
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Just when you thought the craziest day in South Carolina politics couldn't get any crazier ... here's another twist to try and follow. Sources close to Glenn McConnell - who was "elevated" to the lieutenant governor's office by the resignation of Ken Ard early Friday - will file as a candidate for
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Powerful S.C. Senate President Glenn McConnell has surrendered his leadership position in the State Senate for the political impotence of the South Carolina lieutenant governor's office - an unexpected move that will no doubt have seismic repercussions across state government. Defying conventional
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As reported exclusively by FITS, S.C. Lt. Gov. Ken Ard resigned his office on Friday in the wake of a criminal investigation into multiple campaign finance violations - as well as the lies he told trying to conceal those violations from investigators. The "Republican in Name Only" from Pamplico, S.C.
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SOUTH CAROLINA LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR STEPPING DOWN AMID CRIMINAL PROBE As reported exclusively by FITS earlier this week, S.C. Lt. Gov. Ken Ard (RINO-Pamplico) will resign his office on Friday - the culmination of a months-long grand jury investigation into major campaign finance irregularities and (more
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In 2002, then-candidate Mark Sanford proposed that governors and lieutenant governors in South Carolina ought to run on the same ticket. A decade later, the Palmetto State is poised to discover why its legislative leaders should have listened to him. As the hours tick down prior to the expected
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S.C. Lt. Governor Ken Ard (RINO-Pamplico) has reached a plea agreement with the Attorney General's office relating to an ongoing criminal probe of his campaign finance problems - a deal that will result in the state's second-highest ranking official resigning his office within the next 48 hours. No
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One of the most self-serving, fiscally-liberal, morally-bankrupt politicians ever to take the floor of the South Carolina Senate (and trust us ... that's saying something) wants to come back after a four-year hiatus. John Hawkins (RINO-Spartanburg) - a left-leaning personal injury lawyer who retired
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Greg Ryberg - a curmudgeony, confrontational presence in the S.C. State Senate for the last two decades - will not seek reelection in 2012, according to The Aiken Standard. "It has been a reward to have 20 years of service. The next 20 I'm going to spend with my wife and family," the irascible lawmaker
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SENATE PRESIDENT LATEST PALMETTO POLITICO SIDELINED BY TICK BITE Five months after U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson (RINO-SC) was sidelined with Lyme disease stemming from a tick bite, another prominent elected official in the Palmetto State has been knocked out of action by one of these pesky Ixodes scapularises. "You
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Multiple sources tell FITS that attorneys for S.C. Lt. Gov. Ken Ard (RINO-Pamplico) have privately confirmed the scandal-scarred elected official's involvement in a "cash for contributions" scam - although they reportedly told investigators that they believe the shady arrangement to be "100 percent legal." First
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