A group of Columbia nonprofits is warning residents about Project 2025, a conservative political agenda pushed by the Heritage Foundation and others that could act as a policy guide for the next Republican presidential administration.
This Upstate district hasn't voted Democrat for Congress in decades. Can Kathryn Harvey change that?
Spartanburg Democratic Party Chairwoman Kathryn Harvey is the first serious Democrat to run for South Carolina's 4th Congressional District in years. Running in a conservative district versus GOP incumbent William Timmons, she believes she can compete — even as history and conventional wisdom says the exact opposite.
Caitlin "Caite" Upton of Lexington said in a social media post that it was a shame that her tongue-tied answer is "still being brought up." JD Vance has refused to apologize.
Vice President Kamala Harris held a rally in Savannah on Aug. 29. She pushed Medicaid expansion and abortion rights. The Democratic presidential nominee said she and President Joe Biden are working around the clock on a hostage deal and a ceasefire in Gaza.
Vice President Kamala Harris set to arrive in Savannah to kick off two-day campaign tour, ending with Thursday rally.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. won't appear on South Carolina's November ballot after the Alliance Party, torn between upholding its principles and pursuing political gains, decided to withdraw his nomination after days of internal debate.
"I like Lindsey. I don't care what he says, OK?" Trump shot back in Pennsylvania, adding, "Lindsey wouldn't have been elected if I didn’t endorse him." It marked yet another chapter in Trump and Graham's ever-evolving political relationship.
Congressman Jim Clyburn of South Carolina delivered a primetime speech during night one of the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. "We owe him a great debt of gratitude," Clyburn said.
As one of the youngest delegates at the Democratic National Convention this week, Annika Krovi's passion for public service is both precocious and profound. At just 17, she has already cut her teeth on political campaigns and led a national political organization some 11,000 members strong.
South Carolina Democrats are heading to Chicago to unite behind a presidential ticket they never picked, never voted for and just weeks ago could hardly have imagined. But there is joy. "It's like a revival," the chair said.
Vice President Kamala Harris has chosen Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate, looking to strengthen the Democratic ticket in Midwestern states, AP sources say.
Kamala Harris is now Democratic presidential nominee, will face off against Donald Trump in November
Vice President Kamala Harris' coronation as the Democrats' standard-bearer for the 2024 presidential election is now official after the Democratic National Committee announced the formal results of the online voting by delegates on Monday night.Â
Hundreds of boats gathered in the Cooper River before parading around the peninsula and toward Fort Sumter in support of former President Donald Trump.
A powerful, lawyer-funded lobbying group used a network of non-related political action committees to inject thousands of dollars into various statehouse campaigns without violating donor limits. As it turns out, it's none too hard to do.Â
Katrina Shealy, the first woman to ever lead a South Carolina Senate committee and the last remaining Republican woman in the South Carolina Senate, lost her seat in Tuesday night's runoff election.Â
Here's the results of the Republican runoff for Charleston County Sheriff between Greg Kitchens and Carl Ritchie as polls close in South Carolina at 7 p.m.
Upstate Pastor Mark Burns could very well become South Carolina's next Congressman. He's also nearly $1 million in debt, with no clear evidence he will be able to pay it back.Â
Of the three GOP "Sister Senators," two were ousted in the June 11 primaries dominated by their votes against a near-total abortion ban. A third is locked a runoff. The results could have considerable implications.
Incumbent U.S. Rep. William Timmons fended off State Rep. Adam Morgan to hold his place as the Republican nominee for the District 4 seat he has held for the past six years.
One of South Carolina's most contentious Republican primaries remains in a dead heat late into election night.Â
See tonight's results in the Columbia area's Democratic Statehouse primary results as candidates vie to fill a number of open blue seats around the Midlands. Â
See tonight's results in the Columbia area's Republican Statehouse primary results, as GOP candidates continue the civil war between the Freedom Caucus and the House Republican majority.Â
First District Solicitor David Pascoe faced a rare primary challenge from Austin Nichols in a campaign seen as a proxy battle between Pascoe and Columbia Democratic kingmaker Todd Rutherford.Â
South Carolina voters head to the polls on June 11. The results of the party primaries will have revelations for Republicans and Democrats alike.
The latest Winthrop poll has shown declining support among South Carolinians for abortion as well as top Republican leaders entering the summer months. Whether the numbers will translate to the ballot box, however, is questionable.Â
CAMDEN — When veteran Democratic lawmaker Thomas McElveen announced his retirement from the South Carolina Senate in a surprise newspaper column earlier this spring, people knew it would attra…
Chardale Murray, a former South Carolina state representative and the current mayor of Hollywood, is accused of using official town resources to endorse her brother, Democrat Charlie Murray Jr., in a hotly contested race for her former Statehouse seat.
State Republicans are excluding District 3 candidate Michael LaPierre from the ballot due to their longstanding residency rule, but it's not the first time that a Republican candidate has run outside of their district.
Florence County Sen. Mike Reichenbach is up for reelection after his first term in office. He'll face a former Florence County judge in the general election.Â
A trio of federal judges ruled March 28 that the 2024 elections in South Carolina's 1st and 6th congressional districts will go forward with their current boundaries as the Supreme Court has yet to rule whether those lines are unconstitutional.
The city of Charleston is disbanding its Municipal Election Commission, which certifies local elections, and is giving its authority to the Charleston County Board of Voter Registration and Elections, which already handles every other facet of elections.
As his reelection campaign against Republican primary challenger S.C. Rep. Adam Morgan heats up, U.S. Rep. William Timmons has used a centuries-old tactic of using taxpayer funds to get his message out.
The court Monday rejected state attempts to hold the Republican former president accountable for the Capitol riot. The justices ruled a day before the Super Tuesday primaries that states cannot invoke a post-Civil War constitutional provision to keep presidential candidates from appearing on ballots.
Donald Trump's campaign has vowed not to talk about her anymore, but Nikki Haley is still campaigning across the country — and plenty of Republican voters are coming to hear what she has to say.
High-profile Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene criticized the resources Nikki Haley is receiving from Democrats and praised Donald Trump during a speech to Greenville County Republican women Feb. 22.
The S.C. Senate passed a medical cannabis bill after refusing to move one in 2023. It is similar to one it passed in 2022.Â
Democrats and independents were critical to presidential hopeful Nikki Haley's success in the recent New Hampshire primaries. Leaving a blue state for a red one, does she have any chance of replicating that formula?Â
Nikki Haley stopped in Newberry Saturday to pitch voters on why she's the better option over "four more years of chaos" under Trump.Â
Former U.N. Ambassador and S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley has requested Secret Service protection after receiving a growing number of threats during her 2024 presidential campaign.
Donald Trump has a well-worn playbook against women who challenge him. For now, it's Nikki Haley's turn.
Democrats in South Carolina must work harder than ever to survive in an era of Republican domination
Democrats in South Carolina may be holding the nation's first presidential primary. But the party is struggling inside the Southern state. Democrats have lost 31 straight statewide elections in South Carolina.Â
Nikki Haley's path to the Republican presidential nomination is rapidly shrinking. But Haley vows to stay in the race indefinitely. And the harder Haley fights, the more Republican officials fear she may hurt Donald Trump's long-term prospects in the all-but-certain general election against Democratic President Joe Biden.
South Carolina voters will take to the polls Feb. 3 to have their voices heard in Democrats' inaugural First-in-the-Nation primary. Here's a rundown of what to expect.
Tiny events, needling from his fellow party members, drowned out at dinners: long-shot Democratic presidential candidate Dean Phillips' lonely swing through South Carolina.
A defense attorney and former magistrate won the Democratic primary for a vacant North Charleston-based S.C. House of Representatives district special election by a comfortable margin Jan. 30.
A pair of Democrats will face off Jan. 30 in a special election primary to fill a S.C. House of Representatives seat in North Charleston left vacant after Deon Tedder was elected to fill a state Senate seat in November.
First Lady Jill Biden talked up her husband Joe Biden's vision for public education in a campaign stop in West Columbia Friday, looking to drive Democrats' excitement ahead of South Carolina's first-in-the-nation primary.Â
A flood of SC elected officials who had previously endorsed Ron DeSantis or Tim Scott or withheld their endorsement, threw their support to Donald Trump in recent days, even as Nikki Haley pledged to fight on.
Former President Donald Trump continues to question why Nikki Haley is still in the GOP race against him.
Tiny Dixville Notch, N.H., votes at midnight. In this year's GOP primary, all six of the town's voters picked former S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley. Polls show she might not get so lucky in the rest of the state.
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