South Carolina Gop Primary

Republicans In Key Primary State May Go Rogue In 2012

The State | Adam Beam | Posted 10.02.2011

Since 1980, the Republican presidential nominee has won every contested S.C. GOP primary -- a record that has given the Palmetto State's vote a kingma...

Nikki Haley To Veto South Carolina Primary Election Bill

AP | JIM DAVENPORT | Posted 08.27.2011

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Two officials close to South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley say she will veto a plan to use taxpayer money to pay for the first-in-t...

Key State Could Kill 2012 GOP Primary Election

The State | John O'Conner | Posted 08.26.2011

South Carolina's much-watched first-in-the-South Republican presidential primary could become a far less important first-in-the-South caucus....

Nikki Haley Not Satisfied With GOP 2012 Messaging

The Hill | Jordan Fabian | Posted 06.26.2011

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) said Monday she is not satisfied with the message that the crop of GOP presidential hopefuls has brought to her st...

Anti-Establishment Forces Could Rewrite GOP Playbook In Key Primary State

The Washington Post | Nia-Malika Henderson | Posted 05.25.2011

South Carolina has always been the GOP establishment's fire wall in presidential politics, where insurgents go to die, where the Empire strikes back, ...

Gresham Barrett's South Carolina Gubernatorial Ad Calls Candidate 'A Christian' Who 'Wont Embarrass Us' (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Jeremy Binckes | Posted 05.25.2011

The paint had not even dried on Tuesday's primary, and in preparation for a runoff election in the South Carolina governor's race, Republican candidat...

Election 2010: Speeches From The June 8 Primary Night

Posted 05.25.2011

The June 8 primary provided political fireworks across the country. In South Carolina, GOP gubernatorial candidate Nikki Haley overcame rumors of inf...

Nikki Haley: South Carolina Runoff Challenger Gresham Barrett Vows Not To Be Pushed Out Of Race

Posted 05.25.2011

(AP) - The second-place finisher in the South Carolina Republican gubernatorial primary says he is staying in the runoff. U.S. Rep. Gresham Barrett s...

South Carolina Runoff: Nikki Haley, Gresham Barrett To Compete For Republican Governor's Nomination

AP | JIM DAVENPORT | Posted 05.25.2011

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina legislator Nikki Haley has weathered unsubstantiated claims of physical relationships with two men to advance to...

Nikki Haley Primary Race: South Carolina Republican In Tough Fight For Governor Nomination

Posted 05.25.2011

(AP) - The Republican gubernatorial race that has turned nasty over the last few weeks was overshadowing all others Tuesday as South Carolina voters w...

Henry McMaster, South Carolina GOP Candidate For Governor, Calls Race 'Embarrassing'

The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011

South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster, who is vying for the Republican nomination for governor, came out on Friday and called the divisive po...

Thomas B. Edsall

Huckabee Embraces Confederate Flag To Woo White Evangelicals

HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 05.25.2011

Columbia, S. Car. -- The populist campaign of Mike Huckabee, seeking to mobilize an insurgency of white evangelicals against the Republican establishm...