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          <title>Graham, Conley clash on Iraq, Wall Street</title>
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Democrat Bob Conley cut a path far to the right of U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham on Saturday in their only planned debate, calling for &#8220;America first&#8221; policies as the candidates took sharply different views of U.S. involvement in Iraq, intervention on Wall Street and the global banking crisis.


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          <title>Florence City Council candidates sound off on issues</title>
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Four candidates &#8212; two Democrats and two Republicans &#8212; are running for two at-large city council seats open this fall.


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Being the next sheriff of Dillon County is a life-long dream for one candidate. For the other, it&#8217;s a chance to continue to serve the county that&#8217;s the only home he&#8217;s ever known.
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          <title>Pearce, Wukela run for mayor</title>
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Florence mayoral candidates Rocky Pearce and Stephen J. Wukela said they&#8217;re running for office to bring success and improvements to the city where they both grew up.
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          <title>Kirby, Dowling vie for Florence County Council District 4 seat</title>
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The race for Florence County Council&#8217;s District 4 seat is heating up as Republican Betty Dowling, a Florence School District 4 board member, is challenging incumbent Democrat Mitchell Kirby.
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          <title>McCain to visit NC for first time since May</title>
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Republican presidential candidate John McCain has scheduled a campaign stop in Wilmington, his first North Carolina visit with voters since May.


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          <title>No ruling issued on NC campaign finance request</title>
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A judge has been asked to prevent two Democratic groups from spending or receiving donations to support North Carolina legislative candidates for the rest of the fall campaign.


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          <title>Democratic S.C. House candidates Cooper, Wingard to speak</title>
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S.C. House candidates Zackery Cooper and Barry Wingard will be the special guest speakers at the upcoming Florence County Democratic Party&#8217;s First Monday Breakfast Club meeting.
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          <title>Republicans to open Florence headquarters</title>
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The Florence County Republican Party on Monday will hold the grand opening of its Florence campaign headquarters in the former TranSouth office at 112 Cherokee Road.
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President Bush worked to allay fears about the financial crisis on Friday then left the White House and headed south to raise nearly $2 million for the Republican Party in South Carolina and the battleground state of Florida.
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          <title>Sanford: Statehouse security gate cost a &#8216;waste&#8217;</title>
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Facing a budget shortfall of more than $400 million, Gov. Mark Sanford this week took aim at one agency for assigning a person to stand watch over a delivery gate near the Statehouse.
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After this election, North Carolina will stop using Social Security numbers to verify the identities of many new voters after questions arose this week about the legality of its registration practices.
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          <title>Blacks leading surge in new voter registrations</title>
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Amos Smith was driving to work Thursday morning when his invitation arrived by radio: &#8220;Come out here and make sure you register to vote,&#8221; coaxed the stars of WPEG-FM&#8217;s &#8220;Morning Maddhouse,&#8221; broadcasting from a parking lot off Wilkinson Boulevard.
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          <title>Voter registration explodes in Southeastern NC</title>
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Crowds of people. Unending stacks of registration forms. Phones ringing off the hook. Welcome to your local board of elections, only weeks before one of the most hyped presidential elections in recent U.S. history.
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          <title>Crawford, Wingard vie for S.C. House 63 seat</title>
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Kris Crawford, the Republican incumbent representing S.C. House District 63 in Florence County, will face Democrat Barry Wingard this November.&nbsp;
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          <title>Voter registration boom favors Obama</title>
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The surge in new voters that helped propel Barack Obama to his party&#8217;s presidential nomination is carrying over to the general election &#8212; 9 million newly registered voters who are overwhelmingly Democratic and could add up to a big victory on Election Day.
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          <title>Big Issue: Energy crisis hitting home</title>
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When oil topped $100 a barrel earlier this year, and gasoline prices soared above $4 a gallon, Americans cried out for relief.
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          <title>Elections chief defends NC voting systems</title>
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North Carolina elections officials say the state has not misused a Social Security Administration database to purge voters from its rolls.
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          <title>Six running for three seats on Pamplico Town Council</title>
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There are six candidates running for three seats on Pamplico Town Council. Members serve four-year terms.
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          <title>SC legislative leaders discuss cuts from budget</title>
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Cutting high school sports, conservation efforts and crimes investigated by state law enforcement are all possibilities in the looming state budget crisis.
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          <title>In new ad, Obama blames McCain for loss of NC mill jobs</title>
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Barack Obama stepped up his attack on John McCain&#8217;s economic policies Wednesday, airing a new TV ad in North Carolina that blamed McCain for the loss of thousands of manufacturing jobs in the 
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          <title>NC voter purges appear to be illegal</title>
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Tens of thousands of eligible voters in at least six swing states have been removed from the rolls or have been blocked from registering in ways that appear to violate federal law, according to a review of state records and Social Security data by The New York Times.
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          <title>Age of consent in question on ballot</title>
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An amendment on the November ballot could change the age at which an unwed girl can consent to sex.&nbsp;
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          <title>Ketner, Brown spar on economy, forest fire</title>
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The final televised showdown between 1st Congressional District hopefuls Linda Ketner and incumbent Henry Brown was a bit like their first: Much talk over the day&#8217;s big issue, the battered economy, and fresh sparks over a fire that Brown set almost five years ago.&nbsp;
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          <title>McCain, Obama campaign dollars flow to TV advertising</title>
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Heading into their final month of campaigning, Barack Obama last week outspent Republican presidential rival John McCain on television ads by 3 to 1 in battleground states like Florida and Virginia and by 8 to 1 in North Carolina.&nbsp;
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          <title>Board cuts $415M from SC budget estimate</title>
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Facing a credit crunch, skyrocketing gas prices and plummeting 401(k) values, consumers have cut spending and slowed state tax collections so much that state officials on Wednesday said they would downsize key budget estimates by $415 million.


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          <title>Official: Florence County received thousands of voter applications</title>
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Florence County has processed about 2,300 voter registration forms and could have a backlog of 5,000 to 7,000 additional applications, said Steve Love, interim county voter registration and elections director.
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          <title>Perdue unveils more NC government reforms</title>
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Beverly Perdue says she would stop state Board of Transportation members from voting on most individual projects if she&#8217;s elected governor. The Democratic nominee on Wednesday announced several executive orders and directives she would issue on her first day in office.


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          <title>NC now a battleground after GOP slips</title>
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There&#8217;s a good reason that Barack Obama stayed in Asheville to prepare for this week&#8217;s presidential debate. The Democratic presidential nominee and his campaign believe they can win North Carolina and its 15 electoral votes in November.
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          <title>SC black voter registration doubles pace of whites</title>
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Black people in South Carolina registered to vote at nearly twice the rate of whites over the past 10 months, according to state Election Commission data that could bode well for Democratic Sen. Barack Obama in a solidly Republican state.
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          <title>Brunswick candidates discuss roads, creationism, annexation</title>
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No county commissioner candidate at an elections forum Tuesday night disagreed that funding road projects is the hottest issue in Brunswick County. And all commissioner candidates, with the exception of Charles Warren, who was absent, said the problem of delayed or unfunded road projects required lobbying state legislators and shouldn&#8217;t burden county taxpayers.
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          <title>Two of three NC governor candidates to debate again</title>
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The Republican and Libertarian candidates for governor were scheduled to meet Wednesday night for a one-hour forum that will air live on the University of North Carolina Television network.
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          <title>SC governor says linking him to &#8216;60s radical is bogus</title>
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South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has landed in the middle of a back and forth between the Obama and McCain campaigns over Obama&#8217;s link to a 1960s-era radical.
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Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin plans a campaign stop in Greenville on Tuesday as she tries to buoy her party&#8217;s ticket in a state that Democrats hope to capture for the first time in three decades.
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<guid>http://www.scnow.com/scp/news/politics/north_carolina/article/palin_campaigning_in_greenville_to_defend_nc/16150/#When:12:38:00Z</guid>
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The wife of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is back in North Carolina to speak to military families.
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          <pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:42:00 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.scnow.com/scp/news/politics/north_carolina/article/michelle_obama_in_nc_to_talk_to_military_families/16151/#When:10:42:00Z</guid>
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Voters in S.C. House District 60 will have two choices Nov. 4: re-elect Republican Rep. Phillip Lowe, whose top priority is fixing the economy, or vote for challenger Zackery Cooper, a Democrat whose main concern is improving public education.
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Florence&#8217;s mayoral candidates say improving public safety is a priority that requires city leaders to make better use of funding and resources.
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          <title>In NC, Obama says McCain &#8216;running out of time&#8217;</title>
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Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama said Sunday his Republican rival, John McCain, is &#8220;out of touch, out of ideas, and running out of time.&#8221;
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<guid>http://www.scnow.com/scp/news/politics/north_carolina/article/in_nc_obama_says_mccain_running_out_of_time/16055/#When:23:26:00Z</guid>
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          <title>School district leadership posts up for grabs</title>
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Five Pee Dee school districts will have school board elections during the November general election.


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          <pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 18:36:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Getting the know the two men running for Florence County Sheriff, Jimmy Gregg and Kenney Boone.&nbsp;
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          <pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 17:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.scnow.com/scp/news/politics/local_govtpolitics/article/boone_gregg_vie_for_florence_county_sheriffs_office/15992/#When:21:00:00Z</guid>
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          <title>SC Rep. Barrett plans to vote for bailout</title>
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Economic necessity and tax breaks helped make a $700 billion banking system bailout attractive enough for U.S. Rep. Gresham Barrett, R-S.C., to change his no vote to a yes. Barrett said Thursday night he plans to vote for the package Friday.


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<guid>http://www.scnow.com/scp/news/politics/south_carolina/article/sc_rep_barrett_plans_to_vote_for_bailout/15911/#When:12:49:00Z</guid>
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          <title>Michelle Obama learns about her slave ancestors, herself and her country</title>
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GEORGETOWN&#8212;The old plantation where Michelle Obama&#8217;s great-great-grandfather lived is tucked behind the tire stores and veterinary clinics of U.S. Highway 521. But its history and grounds have been meticulously preserved, down to the dikes that once controlled the flow of water into its expansive rice fields.&nbsp;
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Florence County councilman Mitchell Kirby of Timmonsville, who is seeking re-election, will be the guest speaker at the Florence County Democratic Party&#8217;s First Monday Breakfast Club for October.
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<guid>http://www.scnow.com/scp/news/politics/local_govtpolitics/article/councilman_kirby_to_speak_at_democratic_breakfast/15864/#When:16:24:00Z</guid>
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The deadline in South Carolina to register to vote in the Nov. 4 general election is Saturday, Oct. 4. Click here for complete details.
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The deadline in South Carolina to register to vote in the Nov. 4 general election is Saturday, Oct. 4. Click here for complete details.

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          <title>Mayors of large NC cities, towns back Perdue</title>
          <link>http://www.scnow.com/scp/news/politics/north_carolina/article/mayors_of_large_nc_cities_towns_back_perdue/15841/</link>
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The mayors of several of North Carolina&#8217;s largest cities have endorsed Democrat Beverly Perdue for governor, not fellow municipal leader Pat McCrory.


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          <title>Palin to make first campaign appearance in Carolinas</title>
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Newspaper reports the Republican Vice Presidential candidate will speak at East Carolina University next week
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          <title>New voters in S.C. could help Obama</title>
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Former Democratic National Committee chairman Don Fowler isn&#8217;t ready to bet money on Barack Obama winning the Palmetto State in the Nov. 4 presidential election. But Fowler said a confluence of factors makes it possible that this stronghold of Deep South conservatism could fall from the ranks of the GOP.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:15:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>McCrory defends gas shortage response in Charlotte</title>
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Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory is defending how he&#8217;s handled the gasoline shortage in his city. The Republican candidate for governor says he believes he made the right decision not to order rationing while stations have run out of gas or customers wait in lines.


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          <pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 09:17:00 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.scnow.com/scp/news/politics/north_carolina/article/mccrory_defends_gas_shortage_response_in_charlotte/15720/#When:13:17:00Z</guid>
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          <title>NC Republicans, 3 Democrats help defeat bailout</title>
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Three of North Carolina&#8217;s seven House Democrats joined their Republican counterparts in voting against a now-defeated $700 billion emergency package for the country&#8217;s financial sector Monday.


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          <pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:56:00 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.scnow.com/scp/news/politics/north_carolina/article/nc_republicans_3_democrats_help_defeat_bailout/15618/#When:22:56:00Z</guid>
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          <title>Clyburn blames Republicans for defeat of bailout</title>
          <link>http://www.scnow.com/scp/news/politics/south_carolina/article/brown_wilson_and_inglis_back_700_billion_bailout_measure/15606/</link>
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The House on Monday defeated a $700 billion plan to buy bad debt from Wall Street, despite the support of all but one lawmaker from South Carolina.&nbsp;
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          <pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:48:00 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.scnow.com/scp/news/politics/south_carolina/article/brown_wilson_and_inglis_back_700_billion_bailout_measure/15606/#When:21:48:00Z</guid>
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          <title>Dole&#8217;s effectiveness in Senate questioned</title>
          <link>http://www.charlotteobserver.com/100/story/220415.html</link>
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U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole has been telling economic advisers, media, constituents and anyone else who will listen that she knew years ago this financial crisis was coming.
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          <pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:55:01 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>NC lawmakers at odds over bailout proposals</title>
          <link>http://www.scnow.com/scp/news/politics/north_carolina/article/nc_lawmakers_at_odds_over_bailout_proposals/15498/</link>
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The Bush administration and Congress restarted negotiations Friday over a $700 billion Wall Street bailout, as opposition from House conservatives to using taxpayer money to purchase securities linked to bad mortgages mounted. As negotiations continued, North Carolina lawmakers were in sharp disagreement over the proposal.
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          <title>Wukela to speak at Democratic breakfast event</title>
          <link>http://www.scnow.com/scp/news/politics/local_govtpolitics/article/wukela_to_speak_at_democratic_breakfast_event/15294/</link>
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Democratic Florence mayoral nominee Stephen J. Wukela will be the guest speaker Monday at the Florence County Democratic Party&#8217;s First Monday Breakfast Club.
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          <title>Obama, Biden to campaign in Greensboro</title>
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Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama and running mate Joe Biden are returning to North Carolina. The two plan to hold a rally in Greensboro on Saturday. Obama was in Charlotte last Saturday, while his wife, Michelle, and Biden visited the state earlier this month.
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          <title>DeMint, Graham take different sides on meltdown</title>
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South Carolina&#8217;s senators are on different sides of the financial rescue package being pushed to ease a financial meltdown on Wall Street.


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          <pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:21:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Former NC state Sen. Harrington dies at 89</title>
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Former state Sen. J.J. &#8220;Monk&#8221; Harrington, who championed rural eastern North Carolina during more than two decades in office, has died. He was 89.


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          <title>Television ads intensify in NC governor&#8217;s race</title>
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Democratic candidate Beverly Perdue is running a television commercial critical of Republican Pat McCrory&#8217;s opposition to embryonic stem cell research. The Republican Governors Association also is running a TV ad saying Perdue supports the &#8220;status quo&#8221; on offshore drilling, raising taxes and spending.
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          <pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:31:00 EDT</pubDate>
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With South Carolina safely shepherding U.S. Sen. John McCain to the Republican presidential nomination, the political focus turns to the next big race: governor in 2010.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 08:18:00 EDT</pubDate>
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South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has landed a speaking role at the Republican National Convention. Sanford spokesman Joel Sawyer said Friday that Sanford will speak Monday evening in Minneapolis-St. Paul on behalf of the Republican Governors Association.


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          <title>Conley says SC&#8217;s Dems controlled by far left</title>
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Democrat U.S. Senate candidate Bob Conley says the state&#8217;s Democratic Party is controlled by people on the far left who have Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham on their side.


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House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn told delegates in Denver that real national security requires &#8220;visionary leadership,&#8221; not arsenals of weapons, miles of chain-link fences or shallow tough-talking.


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North Carolina lawmakers voted Wednesday to override a governor&#8217;s veto for the first time in state history, overruling Gov. Mike Easley&#8217;s rejection of a new law easing restrictions on towing boats.


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Former Rep. Thomas Wright was found guilty of felony obstruction of justice on Wednesday and sentenced to prison after his second conviction this year for political corruption.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:05:00 EDT</pubDate>
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U.S. House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn says no one needs to try to bring Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Bob Conley into line with the rest of the ticket. Conley supported Ron Paul in the GOP primary and has declined to say he supports Democrat Barack Obama&#8217;s White House bid.
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          <title>Libertarian presidential candidate to visit S.C.</title>
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Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr will visit Charleston next month.
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A November win by Barack Obama is shaping up to be as important to S.C. Democrats who want to run for governor as fundraising ability and name recognition.
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          <pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:30:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Report names NC&#8217;s most influential lobbyists</title>
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The Democratic candidate vying to unseat U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham has challenged the incumbent to a series of debates this fall and threatened to talk to a cardboard cutout of the Republican if the senator won&#8217;t commit to any of the events.
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North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr is off to Minnesota to help prepare the Republican party&#8217;s platform. Burr is co-chairman of the GOP&#8217;s Platform Committee.
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When Wilber Lee Jeffcoat was a teenage cashier at a Swansea feed store in the 1950s, a white customer once refused to hand money to him, instead insisting on giving it to the white owner. Moments like those shaped the activist in Jeffcoat. But Jeffcoat, now 70, never thought he would see what he is about to witness in Denver, starting Monday.
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Instead of dealing with heated issues on the campaign trail, the folks in Myrtle Beach suggest Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain meet where it gets really hot &#8212; in front of a simulated volcano on a miniature golf course.
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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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South Carolina Republicans are setting up regional offices to support presidential nominee-in-waiting John McCain.


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Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama made an unannounced stop in Greensboro on Wednesday, greeting voters at a farmer&#8217;s market while taking care to avoid questions about plans to name a running mate.


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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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U.S. House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn of South Carolina will speak at the Democratic National Convention in Denver.


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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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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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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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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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The Hartsville City Council held one of its shortest work sessions in recent history Tuesday night.&nbsp;
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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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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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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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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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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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National Democratic campaign leaders are launching an ad campaign targeting Republican Sen. Elizabeth Dole.


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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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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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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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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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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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