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 [...]
Ray Nash Wins SC-1 Straw Poll
SC-1: Nash Backs Nullification
Former Dorchester County (S.C.) Sheriff Ray Nash is endorsing the doctrine of nullification in response to “threats to our Second Amendment rights” and “health care reform being forced down the throats of the states.”
“The argument I think is quite valid,” Nash says in a video released by his campaign. “The Tenth Amendment says that any [...]
SC-1: Ruh-Roh, Ray Nash
Former Dorchester County, S.C. Sheriff Ray Nash says he’s a “conservative.” No surprise there, right? He’s a “Republican” running for Congress in South Carolina, making self-identification as a “conservative” practically an involuntary response. Nash also lists “rampant fiscal irresponsibility” as one of the major problems with the federal government.
Heard that before? Of course …
But does this [...]
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 [...]
SC-1: Former Lowcountry Sheriff Jumps Into Race
AFGHAN SECURITY ADVISOR GIVES UP EMBASSY GIG TO SEEK CONGRESSIONAL SEAT
It’s not often that a U.S. Congressional campaign is launched from a foreign country, but that’s exactly what happened this week in the increasingly bizarre (and crowded) race for South Carolina’s first congressional district.
Ray Nash – former sheriff of Dorchester County and a criminal justice [...]
Ray Nash Announces SC-1 Candidacy
January 15, 2013
Kabul, Afghanistan
Ray Nash, former Sheriff of Dorchester County, is resigning his position as the Criminal Justice Adviser for the US Embassy in Kabul to announce his candidacy for the First Congressional Seat vacated by Tim Scott. “Due to the recent attacks on our Constitutional freedoms, I was gravely concerned that I would no [...]
