Here’s a surprise from last Tuesday’s voting: A political newcomer, Kambrell Garvin, knocked off a 10-year veteran of the South Carolina House, Rep. Joe McEachern, D-Richland County, for the Democratic nomination. Here’s another surprise: Garvin is a law student at ...

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COLUMBIA (AP) By securing the Republican gubernatorial nomination, South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has come a step closer to reaping the payoff of what may have been the biggest political risk of his life. McMaster has spent years in government ...

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COLUMBIA (AP) South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson has won the Republican nomination for a third term. Wilson beat state Rep. Todd Atwater in unofficial results in June 26’s runoff. Wilson picked up 48.6 percent of the vote in the June ...

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COLUMBIA (AP) The two-week sprint from the South Carolina primaries to the runoffs is ending. South Carolina voters will choose the Republican candidates for governor and attorney general in the runoff elections. Gov. Henry McMaster is fighting for his political ...

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COLUMBIA (AP) South Carolina voters aren’t done with primaries yet. On June 26, they will vote in runoffs to choose the likely replacement for U.S. Rep. Trey Gowdy and whether the state attorney general gets to run for another term. ...

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