By FITSNews || S.C. Rep. Tim Scott has surged ahead of the competition in a crowded race for the S.C. first congressional district seat, according to a new poll released this week. The poll - conducted by National Research on behalf of the S.C. Club for Growth - shows Scott receiving 30 percent of
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Military Campaigning: A “Non-Uniform” Debate
By FITSNews || Last week's decision by S.C. lieutenant gubernatorial candidate Bill Connor to suspend his campaign for a week while he was called up to active duty with the U.S. military raised an issue we've been itching to address around here. Specifically - what are the advantages (and disadvantages)
Read story »GOP First District Candidates Blast Kennedy Shrine
By FITSNews || Our two favorite candidates in the crowded race to replace U.S. Rep. Henry Brown (RINO-Hanahan) have teamed up to criticize a particularly egregious example of Washington's failure to prioritize spending. Military mom/ Tea Party activist Katherine Jenerette and S.C. Rep. Tim Scott issued
Read story »Katherine Jenerette Invented The Tea Party
By FITSNews || Myrtle Beach (S.C.) military mom and GOP Congressional candidate Katherine Jenerette says she invented the tea party movement. Well, that's not exactly what she said, but she's doing everything she can to let voters know that her brand of Republican activism pre-dates the amorphous
Read story »Entire SC First District Running For SC First District
By FITSNews || "Nobody on the road ... nobody on the beach ..." Not in South Carolina, anyway ... they're all running for Congress! South Carolina's First Congressional District now has a whopping thirteen candidates vying to represent it, and we're still more than a month away from the filing
Read story »Pelosi In An Elevator?
By FITSNews || A comment made by a South Carolina Republican Congressional candidate about U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has Palmetto politicos buzzing, particularly after many perceived the comment as a threat of physical violence against the powerful Washington "leader." The controversy began
Read story »Two More For The SC First …
By FITSNews || Three months after announcing that he would run for S.C. Treasurer against incumbent Converse Chellis, Horry County certified public accountant Clark Parker has changed his mind. Parker said Sunday that he would instead join a crowded GOP field for the First Congressional District seat
Read story »Tim Scott Running For Congress
By FITSNews || It's official ... S.C. Rep. Tim Scott is no longer running for Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina. Instead, the former Charleston County Councilman and first-term state lawmaker will seek the First Congressional District seat being vacated by U.S. Rep. Henry Brown (RINO - Hanahan).
Read story »Campbell Child Support Questioned
By FITSNews || For those of you who've never had the distinct displeasure of making his acquaintance, former Columbia, S.C. lobbyist (and current First Congressional District candidate) Carroll A. "Tumpy" Campbell III is quite possibly the dimmest bulb to ever run for public office in South Carolina. Not
Read story »Scott “85 Percent” Settled On Congressional Bid
By FITSNews || S.C. Rep. Tim Scott - the lone African-American Republican at the S.C. State House - is "eighty-five percent" certain that he will mount a bid to become the lone African-American Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives. Multiple sources have confirmed to FITS that Scott is leaning
Read story »Jenerette Wins Poll Of Current SC First District Candidates
There's obviously a friggin' cattle call of Palmetto politicians considering (or about to enter) the U.S. First Congressional District race, but of the candidates who had announced their bids before U.S. Rep. Henry Brown's surprise retirement announcement a week ago, Tea party activist and military mom
Read story »Campsen, Merrill To Run For SC First Congressional District
S.C. State Senator Chip Campsen (R - Charleston) and former House Majority Leader Jimmy Merrill (RINO - Daniel Island) will both reportedly enter the race to replace U.S. Rep. Henry Brown in the U.S. Congress, sources tell FITS. Both candidates were making calls Monday and Tuesday to line up financial
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