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Despite Democratic claims of solid unity among members, some top candidates for office either showed up and quickly fled the national convention in Boston, or shunned it entirely. Most of the no-shows came from the South, or other conservative red state areas, and are seeking to distance themselves from the liberal Kerry-Edwards ticket. According to the Los Angeles Times, some of the party's most promising U.S. Senate candidates in the South opted to stay home and campaign in an effort to avoid being connected to their party's far-left nominees. Wrote the Times, "Many have staked out positions on such issues...

Tenenbaum promises to defend port if elected Senate candidate, manager part ways BY SCHUYLER KROPF Of The Post and Courier Staff With a crew of port workers lined up behind her, Democrat U.S. Senate candidate Inez Tenenbaum pledged to be the successor to retiring Sen. Fritz Hollings in the fight to defend the Port of Charleston. "There can be no greater tribute to Sen. Hollings than to carry on his legacy of protecting our ports," Tenenbaum said during a press conference Thursday at the Charleston Maritime Center. Her comments came as the campaign hit a setback. Campaign manager Carol Butler...

Senate Hopefuls Are Convention No-Shows Some Fear Being Tied to Democratic Ticket By Charles Babington Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, July 26, 2004; Page A01 BOSTON, July 25 -- Boston is the place for Democrats this week, but some will be conspicuous by their absence Thursday night, when John F. Kerry accepts the presidential nomination. The top Democratic candidates from seven of the eight most competitive Senate races will be back home, as will dozens of House candidates. Publicly, these candidates say they need to spend every possible minute campaigning at home. Privately, some acknowledge they do not want to...

Edwards' coattails questionable WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- In tapping John Edwards to be his running mate, John Kerry stoked growing hopes among Democrats for achieving a Senate majority in the November elections. No doubt, Democratic prospects have improved since the start of the year when most prognosticators expected Republicans to pad their narrow 51-48 majority by at least a seat or two. But overturning GOP control still looks like a tough job. Jennifer Duffy, who tracks Senate races for the closely watched Cook Political Report, sees a 30 to 35 percent chance Democrats will achieve a Senate majority. In January,...

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Inez Tenenbaum is urging members of Congress to support a quota buyout for tobacco farmers. "The quota system that was designed as a lifeline for tobacco growers has become a noose around their necks. And while folks in the Pee Dee struggle, Washington refuses to untie the knot," Tenenbaum said in a statement. Tenenbaum was set to travel to a Pee Dee farm Monday with the president of the South Carolina Tobacco Growers Association, Johnny Shelley, to talk about her plan to bring relief to the crippled industry. She wants private tobacco companies to pay farmers...

South Carolina's GOP Senate Primary Forces Beasley Into Runoff NewsMax.com Wires Wednesday, June 9, 2004 Hoping for a political comeback, former South Carolina Gov. David Beasley found himself unable to clinch a primary victory and was forced into a runoff in his bid to win the Republican nomination for one of the nation's most closely watched Senate seats. Tuesday's primary put Beasley up against three-term Rep. Jim DeMint in the GOP's effort to grab the longtime Democrat seat held by retiring Sen. Ernest "Fritz" Hollings. Education Superintendent Inez Tenenbaum won the Democrats' nomination. Beasley got 37 percent of the vote,...

Democrat Inez Tenenbaum staked out an independent course for herself Saturday in her first major address since announcing her candidacy for the U.S. Senate. Her message was clear: She’ll be her own person. “I will go to Washington and serve not on behalf of one party or one ideology,” she said, “but on behalf of one person and one state. “That is where I stand. I won’t back down. I won’t compromise,” Tenenbaum vowed in a 20-minute speech before some 2,000 delegates, alternates and guests attending the South Carolina Democratic Convention. Tenenbaum is seeking her party’s nomination for the U.S....

The U.S. Senate campaign of Inez Tenenbaum is going to great lengths to distance itself from John Kerry, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee. “They just don’t want to be seen anywhere near the guy,” says Winthrop University political scientist Scott Huffmon. Tenenbaum’s campaign views Kerry, a Massachusetts liberal, as a hazard to her political health. Tenenbaum, the state’s popular education superintendent, is seeking the Democratic nomination to fill the seat of U.S. Sen. Fritz Hollings, the Charleston Democrat who is retiring. Tenenbaum’s supporters are said to have discouraged any visits here by Kerry. His presence, they maintain, would harm Tenenbaum,...

<p>COLUMBIA, S.C., April 14 (UPI) -- A Republican poll shows former South Carolina Gov. David Beasley ahead of Democrat Inez Tenenbaum for a U.S. Senate seat.</p> <p>The survey shows Beasley, who served one term as governor, leads Tenenbaum, the state education superintendent, 48 percent to 33 percent, with 20 percent undecided.</p>

<p>COLUMBIA, S.C. — State Education Superintendent Inez Tenenbaum said Wednesday she will run for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Sen. Ernest "Fritz" Hollings' seat.</p> <p>The 52-year-old Tenenbaum said her decision had hinged on Hollings, who said earlier this month he would not seek re-election to the seat he first won in 1966.</p>

<p>COLUMBIA — State Superintendent of Education Inez Tenenbaum said Tuesday she is considering seeking the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate if Sen. Ernest Hollings decides not to run.</p> <p>Tenenbaum, who is serving her second four-year term, said she has had numerous people urge her to run. She said she's "enthusiastic" about running if Hollings decides to retire.</p>

If not Fritz, then who? That's the question Democrats keep asking themselves if U.S. Sen. Fritz Hollings, South Carolina's 81-year-old senior senator, chooses not to seek re-election to a seventh full term. The Charleston senator has been mulling his future ever since Democrats took a drubbing at the polls last November. When Republicans regained control of the Senate, Hollings lost his coveted job as chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee -- and the clout, influence and prestige that go with it. At home, Republicans regained the governor's office, took six of the eight constitutional offices, and retained...