Joseph Bustos

Kerr previously served as director of health agency from 2003 through 2007 and worked for the agency for 22 years prior to this latest stint as the agency director.

Wilson, 77, has been in Congress since 2001 and previously served in the South Carolina state Senate.

Although Robert Kennedy Jr. initially sought the Democratic nomination, he decided to run as an independent and become the nominee for the Alliance Party of South Carolina.

In the Upstate, two more state representatives are poised to join the state Senate.

Kennedy’s campaign turned in more than 18,000 signatures to make the South Carolina ballot, when he needed 10,000 registered voter signatures.

Jim Clyburn says he took his ‘eyes off SC’ in 2022, vows not to do the same in 2024

The GOP race in the 3rd Congressional District is wide open after Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Duncan announced he would not run for reelection.

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson joined several other states in suing the Biden administration over the proposed rule change.

The state Supreme Court ruled in August that the state’s six-week fetal heartbeat law is constitutional, but said there is confusion over when a baby’s heartbeat begins.

The idea was proposed after colleges asked for $128 million to freeze tuition rates, but lawmakers could only offer a fraction.