Post by Logan on Jul 3, 2016 19:51:28 GMT -6
COLUMBIA, SC -- Lame duck? Not so fast, says S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley.
The Republican governor succeeded in ousting just two of the four incumbent state senators she campaigned against in June’s GOP primaries and runoffs.
But on Thursday, Haley declared her efforts victorious, saying her intervention pressured incumbents to discuss and then pass much-needed ethics reform this year. A Haley-affiliated political group raised more than $500,000 in an attempt to oust the incumbents.
“What you saw in the races was every one of the incumbents had to talk about ethics for the first time,” Haley said. “Even the ones who tried to kill it had no choice but to campaign on it, and, so, when that happened, they had to vote for it.”
But one of those ousted, state Sen. Wes Hayes, R-York, isn’t buying Haley’s victory lap.
Read more here: www.thestate.com/news/politics-government/article87391527.html
The Republican governor succeeded in ousting just two of the four incumbent state senators she campaigned against in June’s GOP primaries and runoffs.
But on Thursday, Haley declared her efforts victorious, saying her intervention pressured incumbents to discuss and then pass much-needed ethics reform this year. A Haley-affiliated political group raised more than $500,000 in an attempt to oust the incumbents.
“What you saw in the races was every one of the incumbents had to talk about ethics for the first time,” Haley said. “Even the ones who tried to kill it had no choice but to campaign on it, and, so, when that happened, they had to vote for it.”
But one of those ousted, state Sen. Wes Hayes, R-York, isn’t buying Haley’s victory lap.
Read more here: www.thestate.com/news/politics-government/article87391527.html