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          <description><![CDATA[Republican Sen. Elizabeth Dole is back on the airwaves with her third campaign ad, dismissing Democratic claims that Dole hasn&#8217;t been effective.
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          <description><![CDATA[South Carolina Republicans are setting up regional offices to support presidential nominee-in-waiting John McCain.


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          <description><![CDATA[Former House Speaker David Wilkins of Greenville says he won&#8217;t run for governor when he returns to South Carolina after serving as U.S. ambassador to Canada.


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          <description><![CDATA[Democrat Barack Obama said Tuesday he will &#8220;need to win&#8221; in North Carolina in November, asking supporters to fight for the White House as both presidential candidates continue to open their wallets to compete in the state.
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          <title>NC governor candidates debate issues on television</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[North Carolina&#8217;s two major-party candidates for governor continued to spar over plans to open the coast to oil and natural gas drilling Tuesday night during the first live televised debate of the general election.
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          <description><![CDATA[Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama plans a town hall meeting in Raleigh to discuss his plan for dealing with the nation&#8217;s economy.


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          <description><![CDATA[A retired naval officer from North Carolina is among 10 people who will be backstage during the Democratic National Convention when presidential candidate Barack Obama accepts the party&#8217;s nomination.


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          <title>GOP again challenges Lowcountry independent candidate</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[The Republican Party has filed a new challenge against an independent candidate seeking to take on GOP candidate Mike Rose for a state senate seat.


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          <description><![CDATA[Republican gubernatorial candidate Pat McCrory began airing a television advertisement Wednesday about offshore drilling that he said is designed to neutralize another commercial that makes no mention of the issue.


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          <description><![CDATA[U.S. House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn of South Carolina will speak at the Democratic National Convention in Denver.


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          <title>Burr, Bob Dole speak at GOP office openings</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[Tapping into some Olympic pride, U.S. Sen. Richard Burr urged fellow Republicans on Monday to work like a gold-medal team during the fall campaign to get John McCain, Elizabeth Dole and Pat McCrory elected.


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          <title>Pearce, Wukela to vie for Florence mayoral office</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[In less than three months, voters will head to the polls to decide who will be the next mayor of the City of Florence.
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          <title>Wukela, Pearce prepare to face off in November</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s official: Stephen J. Wukela and Rocky Pearce will face each other in this November&#8217;s Florence mayoral election, and both candidates are ready for an intense campaign on a door-to-door level.


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          <title>Florentines look to November with mayoral race legal battle over</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[At the end of a long legal battle over Florence&#8217;s Democratic mayoral primary, city residents are looking toward a hard-fought battle in November&#8217;s general election.
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          <pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:15:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>City council prepares for next meeting</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[The Hartsville City Council held one of its shortest work sessions in recent history Tuesday night.&nbsp;
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          <title>S.C. Supreme Court denies Willis&#8217; appeal</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[The S.C. Supreme Court has denied Florence Mayor Frank Willis&#8217; appeal in which he sought a new Democratic mayoral primary against Stephen J. Wukela.


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          <title>Council decides on jetport</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[After a long period of discussion and consideration of other options, Darlington County Council decided secondary runway 10/34 will come up at the Darlington County Jetport.
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          <title>Hayes&#8217; Democratic challenger launching 1st TV ad</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[Democratic congressional challenger Larry Kissell points to his district&#8217;s economic woes as reason for voters to oust incumbent GOP Rep. Robin Hayes in the candidate&#8217;s first television ad, set to air Tuesday.
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          <title>Willis, Wukela wait to see whether S.C. high court will hear appeal</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[Stephen J. Wukela and incumbent Florence mayor Frank Willis have sent the S.C. Supreme Court their final briefs on Willis&#8217; appeal regarding Florence&#8217;s Democratic mayoral primary and are waiting to see whether the high court will hear the case.
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          <pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:44:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Submitting signatures marks only tip of iceberg for petition candidates</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[When Rocky Pearce submitted nearly 2,000 signatures in favor of his petition candidacy for Florence mayor, it was just the beginning of Florence County elections officials&#8217; petition candidate certification process.
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          <title>National Democrats launch ads targeting Dole</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[National Democratic campaign leaders are launching an ad campaign targeting Republican Sen. Elizabeth Dole.


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          <pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:43:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Florence candidate certification date change gets initial approval</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[Florence City Council has unanimously passed first reading of an ordinance to change the deadline from Aug. 15 to Sept. 5 for political parties to certify candidates to the city&#8217;s elections commission.
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          <description><![CDATA[The S.C. Supreme Court has granted incumbent Florence Mayor Frank Willis&#8217; motion to expedite his appeal of a circuit judge&#8217;s ruling on the city&#8217;s Democratic mayoral primary.
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          <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:14:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>N.C. state employees union backs Perdue for governor</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[A union for state employees has endorsed Democrat Beverly Perdue for governor. The State Employees Association of North Carolina said Monday its political action committee&#8217;s endorsement was approved by the association&#8217;s board over the weekend.
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          <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:54:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Libertarian invited to TV debate for N.C. governor</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[The Libertarian candidate for governor has been invited to join Republican Pat McCrory and Democrat Beverly Perdue in a televised debate.


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          <title>DNC chair: Troops in Iraq will always be in combat</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean said Friday that U.S. troops can&#8217;t stay in Iraq for the next 100 years because they would always be engaged in some form of combat.
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          <title>Nader brings campaign to South Carolina</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[White House hopeful Ralph Nader is talking up the shortcomings of the candidates that are sure to beat him in November.
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          <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Willis&#8217; appeal reaches S.C. Supreme Court</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[Florence Mayor Frank Willis has filed an appeal with the S.C. Supreme Court following a circuit judge&#8217;s dismissal of his appeal regarding the city&#8217;s Democratic mayoral primary.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:05:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Obama launching S.C. effort</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[Barack Obama is launching the South Carolina leg of his presidential campaign. The Illinois senator&#8217;s campaign and the Democratic Party held a sign-up program for volunteers Tuesday night at the party&#8217;s headquarters in Columbia.
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          <title>County Council approves ordinance</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[The Darlington County Council approved second reading of an ordinance that would require all individuals appointed by the Darlington County Council to serve on boards and commissions to be and remain legal residents of Darlington County. 


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          <title>S.C. senator slammed for blog linking bin Laden, Obama</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[A Republican state senator from South Carolina is being criticized for a post on his blog that shows photos of Barack Obama and Osama bin Laden wearing similar clothing, along with a line that states the difference between the two is &#8220;a little B.S.&#8221;
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          <title>N.C. voting group says expanded early voting needed</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[An election reform group says local officials must hire more staff and open more early voting sites or people will face long lines in November.


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          <title>With N.C. Legislature done, &#8216;09 challenges begin</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[Democrats adjourned the General Assembly citing their usual list of accomplishments, which they&#8217;ll use in appealing to voters to stay in charge of the Legislature for the next two years.


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          <description><![CDATA[A new report on the major networks&#8217; coverage of the presidential campaign is raising questions about fairness. The Tyndall Report is a news monitoring service that includes ABC&#8217;s, CBS&#8217;s and NBC&#8217;s nightly newscasts. The report found that the networks spent 114 minutes covering Barack Obama and 48 minutes covering John McCain since June.
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          <description><![CDATA[Twelfth Circuit Judge Michael Nettles has denied incumbent Florence Mayor Frank Willis&#8217; request to reconsider his ruling Monday, in which he dismissed Willis&#8217; appeal in the Florence mayoral primary election.


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          <description><![CDATA[Hartsville Mayor Michael Holt mentions annexation at every city council meeting.
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          <description><![CDATA[ If Barack Obama&#8217;s historic campaign to become the first black president boosts black turnout as drastically as he predicts, he could crack decades of Republican dominance across the South. That&#8217;s a big &#8220;if.&#8221;
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          <description><![CDATA[U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham&#8217;s campaign says it has $3.6 million left for a fall campaign after the primary against Republican Buddy Witherspoon.


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          <description><![CDATA[State Treasurer Richard Moore officially endorsed Beverly Perdue for governor Wednesday, two months after their expensive and acrimonious Democratic primary campaign in which Moore questioned her commitment to party principles.
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          <description><![CDATA[Florence Mayor Frank Willis has decided he&#8217;ll appeal a decision handed down Monday by 12th Circuit Judge Michael Nettles, in which Nettles dismissed Willis&#8217; appeal in the Florence mayoral primary election.
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          <description><![CDATA[Betty C. Smith defeated six candidates Tuesday in a special election held to fill a Lake View Town Council seat, council member Billy Sanderson said.&nbsp;
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          <description><![CDATA[South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford knows he bumbled a CNN Sunday talk show interview as the cable network took a look at potential running mates for Arizona Sen. John McCain and Illinois Sen. Barack Obama.
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          <description><![CDATA[Fomer Myrtle Beach mayor, Mark McBride, told News13 today that he did not get enough signatures needed to turn in his petition for the U.S. Senate race.
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          <description><![CDATA[Former Florence mayor Rocky Pearce has gathered enough signatures to become a petition candidate in the city&#8217;s mayoral election in November.
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          <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:13:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <description><![CDATA[Campaign officials for perennial presidential candidate Ralph Nader say he has enough signatures to get on the South Carolina ballot.


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          <description><![CDATA[The citizens of Society Hill elected two new members to town council in a special runoff election Tuesday. 

Tommy Bradshaw and Cameron Michael will fill the two vacant seats.
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          <title>McCrory has half the cash available to Perdue</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[Republican gubernatorial candidate Pat McCrory reports having more than $700,000 in campaign cash at the end of June, about half the amount available to his Democratic rival.
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          <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:17:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Proposed orders submitted in Florence mayoral primary election case</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[Attorneys for both incumbent Florence Mayor Frank Willis and challenger Stephen J. Wukela have submitted proposed orders stating how they think the law should determine the Florence mayoral primary election.


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          <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:28:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>67,000 cited for traffic, criminal violations in N.C.</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[State and local law enforcement officers cited almost 2,000 motorists for driving while impaired during the Fourth of July holiday in North Carolina.


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          <link>http://www.scnow.com/scp/news/politics/south_carolina/article/sc_governor_has_17_million_in_campaign_account/10575/</link>
          <description><![CDATA[Gov. Mark Sanford doesn&#8217;t have his sights set on a state political race anytime soon, but he&#8217;s still got a pile of cash.


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          <description><![CDATA[Hartsville City Council held first reading of two separate ordinances at its regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday night. 


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          <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:03:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <description><![CDATA[The Darlington County Council has heard and discussed issues regarding the Darlington County Jetport many times, and it appears that discussion won&#8217;t subside anytime in the near future.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <description><![CDATA[Two of Barack Obama&#8217;s top South Carolina supporters said Monday the Illinois senator will put paid staff on the ground in the Palmetto State.


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          <description><![CDATA[The airplane carrying Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama to Charlotte made a precautionary landing in St. Louis on Monday after the crew had a problem keeping the nose up on takeoff from Chicago.
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          <title>Black Republican group uses MLK to promote itself in S.C, Fla.</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[A black Republican group has put up billboards in Florida and South Carolina saying the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was a Republican, a claim that black leaders say is ridiculous.
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          <title>Former mayor Pearce plans to enter Florence mayoral race</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[Former Florence mayor Rocky Pearce is seeking signatures to become a petition candidate in Florence&#8217;s November mayoral election.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:28:00 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.scnow.com/scp/news/politics/local_govtpolitics/article/former_mayor_pearce_plans_to_enter_florence_mayoral_race/10205/#When:16:28:00Z</guid>
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          <description><![CDATA[Twelfth Circuit Judge Michael Nettles has announced he will issue a ruling July 14 on incumbent Frank Willis&#8217; appeal in the Florence mayoral race, the results of which show Willis trailing Stephen J. Wukela by one vote.
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<guid>http://www.scnow.com/scp/news/politics/local_govtpolitics/article/judge_to_issue_ruling_on_florence_mayoral_primary_july_14/10153/#When:15:51:00Z</guid>
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          <description><![CDATA[A Florence judge will hear Mayor Frank Willis&#8217; latest appeal Wednesday regarding the mayoral primary. Willis lost by one vote in the June 10 primary to challenger Stephen Wukela. 


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          <description><![CDATA[The S.C. Democratic Party has confirmed that Barry Wingard will be its nominee to face incumbent Republican Kris Crawford in the S.C. House 63 contest this fall.
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          <description><![CDATA[A circuit court judge will hear incumbent Frank Willis&#8217; appeal in the Florence mayoral race, in which Willis has protested results showing him trailing Stephen J. Wukela by one vote.
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          <description><![CDATA[Darlington Police Capt. Wayne Byrd will change offices in November. After the general election, he will take over as the new Darlington County Sheriff. 


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          <description><![CDATA[Florence Mayor Frank Willis has appealed an S.C. Democratic Party board&#8217;s decision to deny his protest of this month&#8217;s primary results, which show him trailing Stephen J. Wukela by one vote.
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          <description><![CDATA[Former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole said Wednesday that North Carolina conservatives must redouble their efforts if they hope to see Republicans in office on both the federal and state level come next year.


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          <description><![CDATA[South Carolina Republicans have chosen a man who worked for Sen. Lindsey Graham&#8217;s successful 2002 campaign to run the party&#8217;s efforts to win in 2008.


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<guid>http://www.scnow.com/scp/news/politics/south_carolina/article/mowry_to_lead_republican_2008_sc_election_efforts/9753/#When:21:11:00Z</guid>
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          <description><![CDATA[The 94 House Democrats who reversed course last week and supported retroactive legal immunity for telephone companies under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act received an average of $8,359 in campaign contributions from the companies&#8212;and some received much more.&nbsp;
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<guid>http://www.scnow.com/scp/news/politics/south_carolina/article/phone_giants_gave_liberally_to_lawmakers_during_wiretapping_debate_clyburn_/9747/#When:19:52:00Z</guid>
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          <description><![CDATA[Hartsville attorney and State Sen. for Seat 29 Gerald Malloy finally got closure in an issue that began in August 2004.&nbsp;
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          <description><![CDATA[A Republican state senator who&#8217;s known as a plainspoken bulldog won the fight of his political life Tuesday in a runoff that largely focused on his rocky relationship with Gov. Mark Sanford.


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          <title>Marlboro County residents vote &#8216;no&#8217; for landfill</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[Marlboro County residents made their voices heard Tuesday with a resounding &#8220;no&#8221; to the proposed Wallace landfill. The non-binding referendum asked voters to give their opinions on whether they wanted the proposed landfill to come to their county.
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          <description><![CDATA[Voters are returning to the polls to choose the party nominee in 11 legislative races across South Carolina. Election Commission spokesman Chris Whitmire said no problems have been reported since polls opened at 7 a.m. Tuesday.


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          <description><![CDATA[The Hartsville Downtown Development Association is looking to expand its efforts and continue to expand Hartsville by seeking to join the Darlington County Economic Development Partnership.
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          <description><![CDATA[Democratic sheriffs candidates Wayne Byrd and Tom Gainey demonstrated their differences in a debate held Wednesday at St. John&#8217;s Elementary in Darlington.&nbsp;
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          <description><![CDATA[The South Carolina Democratic Party is losing its executive director and has a replacement ready to take over.
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          <description><![CDATA[The S.C. Democratic Party has confirmed it will hold a hearing Saturday regarding Florence Mayor Frank Willis&#8217; protest of last week&#8217;s primary.
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          <description><![CDATA[The Darlington County Voter Registration and Elections office held a recount of the votes for the Darlington County Council Seat District 7 Republican Primary race between David Stanton and Alex &#8220;Buz&#8221; Shaw. 


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          <description><![CDATA[Campaigning for the runoff for the Democratic nomination for Darlington County Sheriff between Darlington Police Capt. Wayne Byrd and Chief Deputy Tom Gainey will officially begin tonight at 7 p.m.&nbsp;
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          <description><![CDATA[The Darlington County Council  Monday night approved a grant and construction bid to make lighting improvements at the county airport.


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          <description><![CDATA[Bob Conley, a Democratic newcomer to South Carolina politics, will take on Republican U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham in November after a recount Monday gave Conley a narrow victory over a primary opponent.
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          <description><![CDATA[President Bush will stop in North Carolina this week to campaign for GOP governor&#8217;s candidate Pat McCrory. The White House said Monday that Bush will attend a reception for McCrory at a private residence in Raleigh.&nbsp;
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          <description><![CDATA[South Carolina election officials conducted a recount Monday to settle a squeaker of a Democratic primary as two rivals sought the right to face U.S. Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham in November.
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          <description><![CDATA[Four years out of office have done little to dampen former U.S. Sen. Ernest F. &#8220;Fritz&#8221; Hollings&#8217; fury over the nation&#8217;s soaring debt and the flight of industry to low-wage nations &#8212; or his passion for the good he thinks government still can and should do.
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          <description><![CDATA[U.S. Rep. James Clyburn, criticized in the past for using tax dollars to fund pet projects, has set aside at least $6.2 million in federal budgets this decade for projects that could directly benefit his friends and family members, an analysis by The Sun News shows.
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          <description><![CDATA[Democratic Congressional candidate Larry Kissell pumped up his campaign Sunday by selling gas for $1.22 a gallon, highlighting the energy votes of Republican incumbent Rep. Robin Hayes.


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          <description><![CDATA[South Carolina election officials are meeting Friday to certify the results of this week&#8217;s votes in the Republican and Democratic primaries for federal and state offices.


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          <description><![CDATA[After all votes were counted on Tuesday night, incumbent Alex &#8220;Buz&#8221; Shaw took in four more votes than challenger David Stanton.&nbsp;
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          <description><![CDATA[Wayne Byrd and Tom Gainey will face each other in a runoff for sheriff on Tuesday, June 24.
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          <description><![CDATA[South Carolina Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer says he&#8217;s willing to put up the money needed for the state to start printing religious &#8220;I Believe&#8221; license plates.


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          <description><![CDATA[The unofficial results from Horry County with all the precincts reporting have Howard Bond with 322 votes, Liz Gilland with 2,442, and Luke Rankin with 5,994.


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