Tagged: Campaign Finance

Local And State Elections
4:46 pm
Thu April 11, 2013

Haley Campaign Has $2M For SC Gov Election Rematch With Sheheen

Credit governor.sc.gov
South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley

South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley hasn't officially said she's running for re-election, but her campaign this week reported having $2 million cash on hand. She raised a quarter of that just in the last three months – much of it from out-of-state donors.

 

Winthrop Political Scientist Scott Huffmon says Haley is leveraging her national profile to position herself for a rematch of the 2010 race in which she narrowly beat Democratic State Senator Vincent Sheheen.

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Local And State Elections
6:30 pm
Thu January 17, 2013

Sen. Hartsell Cooperating With State Campaign Finance Investigation

Credit www.ncleg.net
State Senator Fletcher Hartsell (R-Cabarrus)

Last weekend, a report in the Raleigh News and Observer caught our attention.  State Senator Fletcher Hartsell of Concord had apparently spent nearly $100,000 of his campaign money to pay personal credit card bills over the last two years.

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