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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 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 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 ...
A little refresher: The State newspaper asked seven political observers in South Carolina to rank their top five candidates according to who they believe would have the best chance to win the ...
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.
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 ...
Because of the state population growth in the 2010 census, South Carolina regained its 7th district, which had remained unused since the Civil War. On January 6, 2023, a three-judge panel from the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina ruled that the current 1st district lines were unconstitutional due to racial gerrymandering ...
(a) 21 were members of the Union Reform Party of South Carolina and the other 3 were Independents from Anderson. Two of the Union Reform members from Chesterfield were later replaced by Republicans from a resolution passed in the House. (b) All 33 were members of the Conservative Party of South Carolina. (c) All 17 were Independent Democrats.