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Two South Carolina Republican gubernatorial candidates and two GOP candidates running for other offices in the 2010 election mingled with Northern Beaufort County residents in Port Royal on Sunday and explained why they believe voters should support them at the polls next year.

On the same day U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that she had secured the votes to pass a health care bill , thousands gathered in front of the U.S. Capitol to protest the measure and demand that lawmakers "kill the bill." Rep.

S.C. Attorney General Henry McMaster and State Rep. Nikki Haley, R-Lexington, have said they will sign a letter, written by one of their fellow Republican candidates for governor, opposing the transfer of terrorism suspects form Cuba to a Charleston naval prison.

U.S. Rep. Gresham Barrett found out Wednesday his Republican rivals for governor are willing to disagree even when they agree on an issue - housing terrorism suspects in Charleston.

Ten candidates vying to be governor of South Carolina left little doubt Tuesday of the importance of natural resources and the environment.

Ten gubernatorial candidates from the Republican and Democratic parties shared a stage at a primary debate in Orangeburg, S.C. Tuesday night - the first time that's happened in South Carolina history.

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mullins McLeod has flatly rejected a request by Congressman Gresham Barrett for candidates to sign a letter stating their opposition to bringing terror suspects to South Carolina.

Offshore oil drilling, wind and nuclear power and global warming brought together five Democrat and five Republican candidates for governor in an unusual bipartisan debate Tuesday.

Allegations of a major pay-to-play scandal are brewing along the S.C. Coast, one involving hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions which appear to have been funneled to various politicians through a maze of "shell" corporations - all as a reward for pushing through an $18 million tax hike.

Ten South Carolina gubernatorial candidates, five Republicans and five Democrats, are scheduled to gather this evening at Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College for a joint debate exactly one full year before the 2010 election.

Attorney General Henry McMaster says he wants to put South Carolina back on the path to prosperity.

At 13, Nikki Haley became the bookkeeper for her family's Bamberg clothing store, in charge of payroll, taxes and more.

Published: Sunday, November 1, 2009 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, October 31, 2009 at 9:10 p.m. Here's how South Carolina members of Congress voted on major issues in the week ending Oct.

The White House said Friday no decisions have been made about transferring detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the Navy brig in Charleston or other prisons on the U.S. mainland.

The White House said Friday no decisions have been made about transferring detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the Navy brig in Charleston or other prisons on the U.S. mainland.

Every Thursday Dr. Neal Thigpen provides his insights on the week's top political stories.

An opportunity to talk one-on-one with four of the five Republican candidates for governor made invitations to a GOP fund-raiser last week a hot ticket.

Funding could pose a roadblock for Valley Public Service Authority in taking over the rundown Avondale Mills water system, the authority's board of commissioners learned in a meeting Tuesday night.

Business owner Monty Felix finds himself in a weird position these days - a small-government supporter asking the government for some help.

After spending eight months regurgitating a bunch of 1994 "Republican" talking points with a not-so-bright look on his face, U.S. Rep.