The big news in this week’s new South Carolina first congressional district poll is that former S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford appears to have momentum on his side as his comeback campaign approaches its moment of decision.
The governor is now barely ahead of Democrat Elizabeth Colbert-Busch, according to the latest data from Public Policy Poling – [...]
Parsing The SC-1 Poll
Mark Sanford Leads Elizabeth Colbert-Busch
Mark Sanford has come from behind to take a slim lead over Democrat Elizabeth Colbert-Busch in the hotly contested special election for the South Carolina first congressional district, sources familiar with the former governor’s internal polling tell FITS.
Several sources close to the Sanford campaign confirmed a poll was in the field over the weekend, but [...]
Mark Sanford’s $320,000 Question
Former S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford is asking businesses in the South Carolina Lowcountry what his congressional campaign refers to as a “$320,000 question.”
Namely …
Could you create more than one job with $320,000?
Sanford’s interrogative comes (not surprisingly) at the expense of Elizabeth Colbert-Busch – his Democratic opponent in next month’s special election for the state’s first [...]
Tim Scott “100 Percent” Staying Out Of SC-1
Newly appointed U.S. Sen. Tim Scott will not weigh in on the South Carolina first congressional district runoff election between Mark Sanford and Curtis Bostic, sources close to the politician tell FITS.
Scott is “100 percent staying out” of the race, one of these sources told us.
“He’s not endorsing,” another confirmed.
That’s not surprising at all. Scott [...]
Major Endorsement Coming For Curtis Bostic?
Sources close to the campaign of fiscally liberal former Charleston County councilman Curtis Bostic tell FITS a “game changing” endorsement is coming his way as he battles former S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford for the GOP nomination in the state’s first congressional district.
Speculation immediately centered on the man Bostic and Sanford are seeking to follow into [...]
SC-1: Teddy Turner Kicked In A Door
First congressional district candidate Teddy Turner – son of liberal media mogul Ted Turner – kicked in a door at his estranged wife’s residence on Tradd Street during the summer of 2006.
What for? (And no … this isn’t a “knock-knock” joke).
According to an incident report, Turner kicked in the door because his then-wife Leslie Turner [...]
SC-1: Crazy Kuhn On A Plane
Former S.C. Senator and first district congressional candidate John Kuhn was booted from a passenger airliner three years ago for refusing to turn off a portable electronic device – delaying passengers for over an hour.
The incident occurred on October 30, 2009 at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia. At the time, Kuhn was one of several [...]
Curtis Bostic’s “Kentucky Kinzer Konnection”
In the race for South Carolina’s first congressional district, Charleston trial lawyer Curtis Bostic has received more than half of his financial contributions from members of one Kentucky family – the Kinzers.
According to Bostic’s campaign finance reports six members of the family – who own several Kentucky-based natural gas companies – donated $45,000 to his [...]
Tim Scott: Single Again
Easy ladies (or depending on the rumor mill you subscribe to, gentlemen) …
Sources close to Tim Scott tell FITS that South Carolina’s junior United States Senator is no longer dating Charleston, S.C. lingerie store owner Zee Patel. In other words he’s single … and ready to mingle.
“It’s been over,” one source said of the relationship, [...]
Grooms Launches Second Ad
Fresh off of last week’s big endorsements from U.S. Reps. Mick Mulvaney and Jeff Duncan, the congressional campaign of S.C. Sen. Larry Grooms is on the air with its second ad of the Lowcountry special election.
Grooms’ second spot – first reported by The Politico – is entitled “Proven,” and features the candidate speaking directly to [...]
Gowdy To Address Charleston Meeting
U.S. Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) will address an invitation only gathering of Republican donors and activists in Charleston, S.C. next month.
Gowdy, who represents the state’s fourth congressional district, will speak on March 11 to The Charleston Meeting – a gathering of GOP donors and activists organized by Republican politico Mallory Factor.
We rarely attend these get [...]
February 2013 Winthrop Poll Results
ROCK HILL, S.C. - The results of the latest Winthrop Poll, of 1,038 respondents living in South Carolina are in. The survey was in the field from Feb. 9-17, 2013.
After weights (for sex, age, and race) have been applied, results which use all respondents have a margin of error of approximately +/- 3.1% at the 95% confidence level. Results [...]
