First state run primary sees few glitches amid new district maps
Voters faced mixups from new districts and precinct locations as the first state run primary under 1990 census maps drew light to moderate turnout. Some overwhelmed precincts ran out of ballots while others found voters in different districts and confused by eligibility in Democratic and GOP races.
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Columbia
Wron
Charleston
U.S. Justice Department
Election Commission
Garry Baum
Abbeville
Clarendon
McCormick
Baum
Clarendon County
House of Representatives
Vote Projection Missed Yet Final Tabulation Met Deadline
Aiken County Elections Commission executive director Denton T. Johnson overestimated turnout in the Tuesday primaries but delivered final countywide results before midnight at 10 39 p m After a slow start the 59 precincts and absentee box tally was completed and announced Johnson boasted I told you so while others noted the turnout at 34 12 percent of about 52 200 registered voters and praised the rapid reporting efforts by election workers and party leaders in Aiken County Georgia
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Aiken
Johnson
Hartnett Wins GOP Nomination to Challenge Hollings
Tommy Hartnett easily won the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate, defeating physics professor Charles Thompson and driving a fierce race against Sen. Ernest F. Hollings. Hartnett led by strong margins across the state, including a sizable win in Aiken County as final counts rolled in.
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Tommy Hartnett
Ernest F. Hollings
U.S. Senate
Fritz Hollings
Charles Thompson
Hartnett
Thompson
Aiken County
Hartnett Leads in Senate Race as Hollings Backed
Hartnett posted 9 182 votes to 3 292 for Thompson with 99 percent counted, while Hollings ran unopposed in the primary. Hartnett, aiming to unseat the 26 year senator, plans fall debates and a statewide tour as Republicans target Hollings’ record on the Persian Gulf vote.
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Thompson
Thompson Ha
GOP
Sen
Hollings
Senate
Sen. Hollings
Persian Gulf
Five Assembly Incumbents Lose As Voters Turnout Rises
Five legislative incumbents fell in primary contests as voters shifted after reapportionment and corruption era reforms. State Sen. Eugene Carmichael, once convicted in a vote fraud case, lost to Dick Elliott in District 28, while Rep. Sarah Manly, Rep. Jarvis Klapman, Rep. Mike Baxley, and Rep. Kenneth Kennedy were defeated in other districts. Districts 25 and 70 races reflected redrawn lines and close tallies, with elements of runoff and undecided outcomes lingering amid a broad shift in the Statehouse.
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Columbia
Eugene Carmichael
Statehouse
Carmichael
Lake View
Dick Elliott
North Myrtle Beach
Elliott
State Senate
Dillon County
Jack Lindsay
Dillon
Horry
Marlboro
Sarah Manly
Greenville
Jarvis Klapman
Margaret Gamble
Lexington County
Mike Baxley
Kim Burch
Kenneth Kennedy
Joseph Neal
Richland
Sumter
Sumter County
Glenn McConnell
Charleston
John Rama
Roland Corning
Michael Letts
Letts
Corning
Mike Mullinax
D-Anderson
Anderson County
Manly
W.B. ‘McMahan
Lapman
Gamble
Lexington
Baxley
Hartsville
Burch
Pageland
Chesterfield
Darlington
Kershaw
Lee
Mullinax
Robert Waldrop
Wade Kelley
Clyburn Leads bid in SC6 primary for Congress
South Carolina voters avoided runoff as Jim Clyburn won about half the vote in the 6th District GOP primary while John Chase surged to 57 percent in a crowded field. Bob Inglis and Bill Horne captured GOP nominations in the 4th and 5th Districts. The August vote followed redistricting creating SC's first predominantly black district.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Jim Clyburn
Congress
Florence
John Chase
Upstate
Bob Ingli
Liz Patterson
Bill Horne
Ernest Archer
Horne
John Spratt
Tornado Rips LaPlace. Destruction Across Parish
Andrew meteorologist at the National Hurricane Center warns of a storm surge up to 15 feet near the eye and heavy rain. A tornado carved a seven mile path through LaPlace, with nine homes and offices destroyed. Seventeen injured were hospitalized as Grand Isle's barrier island area faces flooding and outages.
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National Hurricane Center
Junius Crochet
Morgan City
LaPlace
New Orleans
Arnold Labat
St John the Baptist Parish
Lucille Perilloux
River Parishes Medical Center
Rose McDuffie
New Orleans-area
Grand Isle
Barrier
FEMA Ready Red Cross Says Resources Strained
FEMA reports 57 million set aside for Florida relief from Hurricane Andrew with potential costs unknown. Red Cross seeks 20 million from public to cover rising disaster aid expenses after sheltering thousands in Florida and New Orleans.
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Red Cross
Washington
Florida
Gulf Coast
American Red Cross
Publi
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Congress
Grant C. Peterson
Donald W. Jones
Red Ori
Aiken Residents Rally for Hurricane Aid Effort
Area residents mobilize to aid Hurricane Andrew victims mirroring past relief drives. The Aiken Jaycees collect items at the Jaycee Hut and the Golden Harvest Food Bank urges donations of nonperishables, diapers, formulas, and funds while church groups and national agencies coordinate cash and in kind support.
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Joe O'Conor
Golden Harvest Food Bank
Aiken
Vaucluse Road
Rick Martin
Warrenville
Andrew
Martin
Department
Adventist Community Services
Andrews University
Berrian Springs
Mich
Catholic Charities USA
King St
Suite
Alexandria
Church World Service
P.O
Elkhart
Ind
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North Au
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Maxwell
Doug Borsich
Dent Johnson
Carroll Campbell
Campbell
Nick Theodore
Assembly
By the
Miami
Gulf of Mexico
Cutler Ridge
Jay Baker
Philip Lord
Savannah River Forest
Hurricane Town
Pat O'Bannon
SAFS
Disaster Relief Fund
Washington, D.C
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