[Zack Nguyen]

My understanding is that Beasley was beaten specifically because Christian conservatives abandoned him in his re-election. I don't live in SC, so maybe you could tell me if this is true, and if the abandonment was justified.

[SC MOOSE]

Beasley lost because more Democrats voted in 1998 than in the past several elections. He actually received more votes in 1998 than when he won in 1994. The video poker spent gobbs of money on GOTV(I know just one spent 15 million) and that cost Beasley the election.