Post by Logan on Jun 18, 2016 8:31:52 GMT -6
Politician accused of bribery-related crime challenges election loss
Dick Withington is challenging the results in one of two Republican primary races he lost in Horry County Tuesday claiming that negative publicity prior to Election Day cost him the campaign for the 4th district county council seat.
Withington was arrested in March on a bribery-related charge after he accepted money during an undercover sting operation, that was prompted by an email he sent to several Horry County councilmen including his opponent, asking for “maybe $20,000” to “drop out of the race,” the incident report said.
The 73-year-old Myrtle Beach man filed the protest Thursday with the Horry County Republican Party claiming “irregularities” that were instigated by his opponent, Horry County Councilman Gary Loftus.
Loftus won his reelection bid with 73 percent of the vote compared to Withington’s 27 percent.
Read more here: www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/politics-government/article84409242.html
Dick Withington is challenging the results in one of two Republican primary races he lost in Horry County Tuesday claiming that negative publicity prior to Election Day cost him the campaign for the 4th district county council seat.
Withington was arrested in March on a bribery-related charge after he accepted money during an undercover sting operation, that was prompted by an email he sent to several Horry County councilmen including his opponent, asking for “maybe $20,000” to “drop out of the race,” the incident report said.
The 73-year-old Myrtle Beach man filed the protest Thursday with the Horry County Republican Party claiming “irregularities” that were instigated by his opponent, Horry County Councilman Gary Loftus.
Loftus won his reelection bid with 73 percent of the vote compared to Withington’s 27 percent.
Read more here: www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/politics-government/article84409242.html