Results of Ayres, McHenry & Associate’s South Carolina poll for last week of October. CLINTON — 37 percent OBAMA — 20 percent EDWARDS — 11 percent ROMNEY — 17 percent GIULIANI — 15 percent MCCAIN — 14 percent ...[Read More]

BEAUFORT COUNTY LEADERS ENDORSE JOHN MCCAIN FOR PRESIDENT For Immediate Release Contact: SC Press Office Tuesday, November 13, 2007 803-771-4465 COLUMBIA, SC -- U.S. Senator John McCain's presidential campaign today announced that Beaufort County Councilman Paul Sommerville and Beaufort City Councilman Mike Sutton have endorsed John McCain for President of the United States. In a joi...[Read More]

Erwin would have had to raise the equivalent of the GDP of a small country to compete with Graham. I wouldn't do it if I were he. As former chair of the state Democratic Party he bankrolled the state's operations for years out of his own pocket with little support. I'd buy myself an island before I went head to head with Graham. —Ian— Erwin says he won’t challenge Graham for U....[Read More]

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today voted against the Levin-Reed amendment which would have begun withdrawing American troops from Iraq in 120 days and requires the removal of most U.S. troops within the next nine months. The amendment failed by a vote of 47-47, 13 votes shy of the 60 needed for passage. “Levin-Reed was a case of armchair generals in Congress substitutin...[Read More]

Shannon S. Erickson 129 S. Hermitage Road Beaufort, South Carolina 29902 email: erickson4@charter.net Education: August 1977 to June 1981 West Florence High School Diploma Florence, South Carolina August 1981 to December 1982 Francis Marion University Core Classes Florence, South Carolina January 1995 to May 1997 University of South Carolina BA Early Child...[Read More]

DIANE P. DeWITT 1215 Boundary Street P.O. Box 1402 (Home Address) 507 Belleview Circle Beaufort, SC 29901 diane@dewittlawfirm.com EDUCATION 1983, Juris Doctor, University of South Carolina School of Law Admitted - South Carolina 1983 Admitted - United States District Court 1984 1980, B.S. Business Administration, University of South Carolina Major - Accounting; ...[Read More]

Jeremy Hsieh's profile of Randy Bates will run in Saturday's Beaufort Gazette, followed by Diane DeWitt on Sunday and Shannon Erickson on Monday. Here is the full bio information that Randy has provided The Gazette with and posted on other Web site. WHY I AM ASKING FOR YOUR VOTE AND SUPPORT By Randy Bates, Candidate for S. C. House of Representatives, District 124 As ...[Read More]

Republican House District 124 candidate Shannon Erickson will hold a press conference to make a major campaign announcement at 10 a.m. Monday. She will speak in front of her Lady's Island school, Hobbit Hill, Too, located at 5 Rue Du Bois on Lady's Island. ...[Read More]

The final campaign filings before the Sept. 4 Republican primary for the House District 124 seat are due this week. The three candidates are required to file their pre-primary campaign filings with the House Ethics Commission no later than 15 days before the election. As of Tuesday, House Ethics Commission officials said they had not received updated information from the three candidates, bu...[Read More]

The S.C. State Ethics Commission has resolved a second campaign ethics complaint filed against Beaufort County Councilwoman Laura Von Harten, the commission’s executive said Thursday. The complaint, filed by Randy Bates, a political adviser for Von Harten’s Republican opponent in the November 2006 County Council election, alleged Davis Folsom of Beaufort did not properly document campaign spe...[Read More]