Posted on 06/15/2022 1:46:05 AM PDT by cotton1706
Multiple “Republican” incumbents in the South Carolina House of Representatives were defeated in the GOP primary election on Tuesday evening – although several of these vulnerable politicians managed to hang on against spirited primary challenges.
Arguably the biggest name to fall? Former House ways and means chairman Brian White – a fiscal liberal who was handily defeated by challenger April Cromer in the race for S.C. House District 6 in Anderson County.
With 100 percent of precincts reporting, Cromer received 2,565 votes (or 59.64 percent of all ballots cast) compared to White’s 1,736 votes (40.36 percent).
As I noted in a preview of this race earlier this year, Cromer – an auditor for her family’s business – is expected to be a fiscally conservative leader in the increasingly left-leaning GOP caucus. White (above) wasn’t the only Anderson County lawmaker to go down in defeat …
West Cox, who represents S.C. House District 10, was defeated by challenger Thomas Beach. A realtor and staunch social conservative, Beach received 1,658 votes (or 50.35 percent all ballots cast) in this three-way primary – narrowly winning the nomination outright. Cox finished a distant second with 1,053 votes (31.98 percent) in that race.
Another fiscally liberal veteran “Republican” to go down in defeat on Tuesday evening was Rita Allison – chairwoman of the House education committee. Allison, 80, was bested by political newcomer Rob Harris – who received 1,426 votes (or 53.97 percent of all ballots cast). Allison got 1,216 votes (46.03 percent).
Allison lost despite receiving the endorsement of governor Henry McMaster.
Suspended state representative Rick Martin – who is staring down a criminal investigation into allegations of misconduct in office and contributing to the delinquency of a minor – also lost his seat in the legislature on Tuesday night.
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Lizard Cheney would call this an insurrection and call for the prosecution of the insurrectionists.
Why the quotation marks? A "RAT" writer?
Well, if America is going to be saved it will have to be women who do it..
Only Mace slithered away back into the darkness. I had a feeling she might when our good friends at Faux were featuring her.
“Why the quotation marks? A “RAT” writer?”
I don’t think so. I think the writer was using the quotation marks to identify what many call Rino Republicans. Republicans, I identify as GOPe or Republicrats.
It looks to be decreasingly left leaning GOP Caucus, not increasingly
“Why the quotation marks? A “RAT” writer?”
Because those that were ousted were liberal republicans, RINO’s, so not real republicans.
Assistant Democrats. The writer forgot the /s tag.
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