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3/25/02 SC GOP under FEC investigation, documents subpoenaed... Copyright 2002, Palmetto Journal Larry Richter, candidate for attorney general, launched a salvo Monday afternoon against SC GOP Chairman Henry McMaster, who is expected to enter the AG's race. Palmetto Journal obtained, before anyone else in the media, a copy of a 4-page private memo Richter faxed to Republican candidates and members of the State Executive Committee. In that document, Richter points out that he had been tipped off last week to contact the Federal Election Commission over alleged mismanagement of SC GOP finances. Richter points out that he discovered that the...

Another website, Upstate Common Voice, reported today that Sen. John Hawkins would be dropping out of the Attorney General's race either today or Tuesday. As of Monday evening, no such announcement has taken place. In fact, sources close to the situation tell us that no such announcement is forthcoming on Tuesday either. As we told you yesterday (3/10), Larry Richter had a quot;colorfulquot; time as a circuit court judge. Several issues came up when Richter appeared before the Judicial Screening Committee prior to what would have been his re-election campaign in the General Assembly. The issue that attracted the most...

SC Attorney General's Race Heats Up Again Within the last two weeks, the tone of the Republican race for Attorney General has gotten quite nasty. With so many allegations being made about almost everyone in the race, we thought we'd present some of the information we'd discovered in the last week or two. In the Charleston Post amp; Courier last week, Jon Ozmint banked on Republican hatred of SC Democratic Party Chairman Dick Harpootlian aiding his campaign by attacking him instead of any of his opponents. According to the 3/5/02 story, Ozmint called Harpootlian quot;the Prince of Darknessquot; and quot;the...