Didn’t see a FR thread on this, Former SC Governor Jim Edwards, the first Republican Governor of the state since Reconstruction, died on Dec 26th.
One of only 2 GOP Governors at the time that backed Reagan over Ford. RIP.
http://www.newsmax.com/JohnGizzi/governor-south-carolina-reagan-republicans/2014/12/29/id/615304/
Former SC Governor Jim Edwards, actually worth writing about.
RIP.
I saw it on the Wikipedia deaths page. It’s curious that both the first GOP Governors since Reconstruction in AL (Guy Hunt) and SC (Edwards) largely won their elections due to the Democrat primary winners being stricken from the ballot. Unfortunately at the time, SC Governors weren’t allowed to seek a second term yet, so that was why Dem Dick Riley eased into the job in 1979 (and received more media coverage).
It’s too bad he didn’t challenge buffoonish Fritz Hollings in 1980 for the Senate seat.
RIP to Gov. Edwards.