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The Governor of South Carolina is the chief executive of the state. The governor is elected to a four-year term and may serve up to two consecutive terms. The current governor is Republican Henry McMaster who succeeded to the office of Governor of South Carolina when Governor Nikki Haley resigned to become the United States Ambassador to the United Nations.
The following table indicates the parties of elected officials in the U.S. state of South Carolina: Governor; Lieutenant Governor; Secretary of State; Attorney General; Treasurer; Comptroller General; Superintendent of Education; Adjutant General (no longer elected after 2014; appointed by governor beginning in 2019) [1] Commissioner of Agriculture
The South Carolina General Assembly, also called the South Carolina Legislature, is the state legislature of the U.S. state of South Carolina. The legislature is bicameral and consists of the lower South Carolina House of Representatives and the upper South Carolina Senate. All together, the General Assembly consists of 170 members.
The following is a list of legislative terms of the South Carolina General Assembly, the law-making branch of government of the U.S. state of South Carolina. South Carolina became part of the United States on May 23, 1788 .
The planter elite struggled to adapt to a free labor system. The Republican Party of South Carolina was established during this time and controlled the politics of South Carolina throughout Reconstruction. Democrats mounted increasing violence and fraud at elections from 1868 through the period, in an effort to suppress the black and Republican ...
The SC House District 75 race features Democratic incumbent Rep. Heather Bauer and Republican nominee Kirkman Finlay. Here is what to know about the candidates.
The South Carolina Senate is the upper house of the South Carolina General Assembly, the lower house being the South Carolina House of Representatives. It consists of 46 senators elected from single member districts for four-year terms at the same time as United States presidential elections .
South Carolina political insiders have said campaigning in the Palmetto State is key for any serious candidate. “I’m a South Carolina defender, ultimately, and if someone is not on our ballot ...