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6 Dec, 5 tweets, 1 min read
As expected, Senate President Harvey Peeler has just resigned in order to take over Hugh Leatherman’s place on Senate Finance.

“We have work to do. I will see you on the floor.”
Sen. Thomas Alexander, who was first elected in ‘87, was just nominated to replace Peeler.
Sen. Gerald Malloy just wrapped up remarks supporting Alexander, whom Peeler nominated.

Several others have stepped up to second the nomination.
Alexander's replacement as he ascends to president:
Thomas Alexander meets the press for the first time as Senate President. Image

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9 Dec
Waiting for the start of a meeting of the SC House Ways and Means Committee, which is taking up legislation to bar private employers from enforcing vaccine mandates.

The bill was strongly condemned by the state's business community in a statement yesterday. Image
Hearing has started after a 26 minute delay. Tuesday's subcommittee amendment has been adopted by Ways and Means on party lines.

Watch this space for highlights. #SCPol
Under an additional amendment now being discussed, non-employee vendors will also be covered.

Workers fired for not being vaccinated would also have the ability to seek compensation for their court costs, legal fees -- similar to the state's worker's compensation statutes.
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8 Dec
A poll released yesterday by Las Vegas pollster SoCo Strategies shows @TomRiceSC7 and @GrahamAllen_1 virtually tied about a half-year out from the Republican primaries.

It's a race seen largely as a referendum on Rice's vote to impeach President Donald Trump.

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The pollster's findings note that Rice's favorables are below 20% for an incumbent. And they drop to 15% after voters are asked if they're aware he voted to impeach.

Interestingly, Allen has lower name recognition than candidates like @RussellWFry (who polled in single digits).
However, VERY early. 40% of voters are undecided. Of those who have decided, Tom Rice holds a 2-point lead over Allen.

Fry, a member of the SC House, also does better here, at 15%. But 70% stated they would refuse to vote for Rice. 30% would change their vote if Trump endorsed.
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7 Dec
per @AGAlanWilson's office, a federal judge in Georgia ruled to block vaccine requirement for federal contractors.

The case was brought by Wilson and Governor McMaster, along with AGs in several other states. Image
@AGAlanWilson This is the third such ruling by a federal judge. For background, the executive branch in South Carolina has pushed back against the feds quite transparently on this.

Last month, Gov. McMaster ordered a ban on Cabinet agencies enforcing vaccine mandates. postandcourier.com/politics/sc-go…
Mandates have also been a conversation at the statehouse. Activists pushed for lawmakers to take on preemptive action against the feds. postandcourier.com/politics/with-…

And in Ways & Means today, members will discuss outlawing the acceptance of federal funds to enforce federal mandates.
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15 Oct
Made a few formatting mistakes, let's try this again.

OCTOBER FUNDRAISING:

@LindseyGrahamSC raised $1.3m this quarter (spent a little over $1m) and has just under $12.9m on-hand.

@votetimscott: $9.6m this quarter, $14.4m on-hand. 42% of his total fundraising came this Q.
Congressional incumbents
@TeamJoeWilson: $103k/$144k
@VoteTimmons: $93k/$96k
@RalphNorman: $195k/$397k
@Duncan4Congress: $280k/$506k

Candidates
@GrahamAllen_1: $236k/$304k
Allen is taking on @TomRiceSC7, who raised $401k this quarter and has $1.85m on hand. However, Allen spent about $160k more than he raised this Q.

Ken Richardson, another candidate, raised $44k from 31 donors and has $116k on-hand, but is carrying $100k in debts to himself.
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15 Oct
Another anti-Biden vaccine mandate rally planned at the statehouse this Saturday.

This comes almost one month to the day of a similar rally on the Capitol steps that drew roughly 400 people, according to organizers.
Rep. Stewart Jones spoke at the last one. He posted this yesterday saying a small group of lawmakers are pushing for an emergency session to apparently preempt the federal orders.

Other states are looking at something similar, I know Wyoming is, while TN and KY already have.
Arkansas did back in August, and Connecticut's governor called for one as well, albeit on the opposite side of the issue. Interesting times.
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13 Oct
The resolution to raise the debt ceiling passed along party lines, 219-206. No Republicans voted for it.

Failure to pass would have shut down the govt. -- a reason some Senate Rs crossed over -- but this is largely a statement on the national debt by Rs against Dem spending.
Other SC Representatives are putting out short statements, threading here:

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