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Smith wins second debate in Greenville. And if there were more, he’d win those, too

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 25, 2018 Press Contact: Brad Warthen, 803-315-1886 brad@bradwarthen.com GREENVILLE, S.C. – Tonight, James Smith has a lot in common with the Boston Red Sox. They’ve taken the first two games of the...

A challenge for tonight’s debate: What are you FOR, Henry?

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 25, 2018 Press Contact: Brad Warthen, 803-315-1886 brad@bradwarthen.com COLUMBIA, S.C. – Henry McMaster is on the attack again, reciting the things he’s against, and claiming – often with no basis – that...

What do you want — a governor who will fix ethics law, or one who broke it?

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 23, 2018 Press Contact: Brad Warthen, 803-315-1886 brad@bradwarthen.com COLUMBIA, S.C. – This week saw the beginning of the first actual trial to come out of the corruption investigation that has rocked the...

Even more South Carolinians have given up on finding jobs under Henry McMaster

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Oct. 22, 2018Press Contact: Brad Warthen, 803-315-1886 brad@jamessmith.com COLUMBIA, S.C. – We noted a couple of months back that the percentage of South Carolina’s working-age population actually participating in the labor force –...

State employees know who values the jobs they do (hint: it’s not Henry McMaster)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Oct. 17, 2018 Press Contact: Brad Warthen, 803-315-1886 brad@jamessmith.com COLUMBIA, S.C. – Yesterday, we told you about the fact that South Carolina teachers are backing James Smith and Mandy Powers Norrell for governor...

James and Mandy stand behind our teachers, and the teachers stand behind them

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Oct. 16, 2018 Press Contact: Brad Warthen, 803-315-1886 brad@jamessmith.com COLUMBIA, S.C. – There’s no question which candidates for governor and lieutenant governor support the job South Carolina public teachers do. James Smith and...

Why Mandy Powers Norrell will be SC’s best lieutenant governor yet

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Oct. 16, 2018 Press Contact: Brad Warthen, 803-315-1886 brad@jamessmith.com COLUMBIA, S.C. – People keep asking James Smith about his vision for Mandy Powers Norrell’s role as South Carolina’s next lieutenant governor. He has...

McMaster says ‘no’ to suffering people just so he can sound tough

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 15, 2018 Press Contact: Brad Warthen, 803-315-1886 brad@jamessmith.com COLUMBIA, S.C. – There are so many issues on which Henry McMaster cares more about his own political benefit than about the people of...

Abandoned Buildings Act: Yet another careless, clueless veto by Henry McMaster overridden

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 12, 2018 Press Contact: Brad Warthen, 803-315-1886 brad@jamessmith.com COLUMBIA, S.C. – This is the story of yet another Henry McMaster veto that was easily overridden by the Republican-led Legislature. It’s another case...