Winds light and variable.. The same businesses that rely on tourism spurred by our state’s beautiful waterways and natural landscape must also support the costs that make our state such a special place to be. You must uncheck an existing selection before making another selection. Editorial: Voters can't go wrong in SC House 115 special election Tuesday; here's our pick, The Berkeley Independent - Moncks Corner, SC. City Administrator, City of Folly Beach, {_btnLabelFor(compare1, _isInSelection(compare1))}, {_btnLabelFor(compare2, _isInSelection(compare2))}. John Lowe is a candidate for Senate District 38 in South Carolina. CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – No winner was selected during Tuesday’s runoff election for US House District 115. In a lot of ways, Folly is Charleston's beach. Daniel Anderson is a managing editor at Ballotpedia. Representatives make new … Until Joe Cunningham’s narrow victory that year, 6 out of 7 of the State’s federal Congressional representatives were Republicans. Partly cloudy this evening with more clouds for overnight. This graphic makes the problem clear: https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/redistricting-maps/south-carolina/#algorithmic-compact. Visit his Facebook page or email LoweCampaign@att.net. Click a candidate icon to find more information about the candidate. Winds light and variable. Current membership is made up of 79 Republicans and 44 Democrats, with one vacancy in District 115. She will fill the vacant seat for House District 115 left by Republican Peter McCoy when he took the job of U.S. Attorney for South Carolina. Both list protecting our environment as their top priority, which would serve their district, our community and, really, the entire state well. The pandemic has thrown education into turmoil and made it unclear precisely which policies the Legislature will need to pursue next to ensure that we provide a decent education to all children, regardless of where they live, which makes it more essential than ever that our legislators recognize that the question isn’t whether but how. This is the cornerstone of our democracy, and therefore a priority for our state and our nation. South Carolina House of Representatives – There are 124 part-time citizen legislators elected every two years to represent the state's 124 separate single-member districts. Wetmore will run as a Democrat. There is no playbook. Republican Josh Stokes and Democrat Spencer Wetmore are both attorneys who have involved themselves in the civic life of our community and developed a track record that can help guide voters to a smart choice. As important as what their priorities are is what their priorities aren’t: Ms. Wetmore isn’t out there demanding that we defund the police, for instance, and Mr. Stokes isn’t campaigning on promises to slash our taxes, which would leave us unable to afford to pay for essential public services … like, say, the police. I've spent a lot of sleepless nights worried about how my actions as Folly Beach City Administrator impacted the community. South Carolina House of Representatives District 115. I also think it is appropriate that businesses and private citizens alike share in costs for our overall environmental well-being. Editorials represent the institutional view of the newspaper. Often an OB-GYN may be a woman’s primary or only healthcare, and limiting federal funds from providers that also happen to provide abortion is an unrealistic limitation. See who won Charleston's Choice 2020. Post and Courier With which party are you running for office? As we continue to push for a Medicaid expansion in South Carolina, we must also ensure that federal exclusions do not limit a woman’s access to healthcare. He is new to politics but ready to negotiate for the public good. Out of all of this, we've all learned and grown. Our readers voted on Charleston's best. The special election is for the District 115 seat in the South Carolina House of Representatives on August 11, 2020. To start over, click a candidate icon. Folly in particular carries its own challenges as a town whose economy relies on people cycling in and out of our community on a daily and weekly basis. Let Ballotpedia deliver the news straight to your inbox. To compare two candidates, click the "compare" button. And the farther they get from the coast, the less they seem to recognize the danger that sea-level rise poses to our whole way of life. We get literally hundreds of emails, calls, and Facebook comments every week calling us idiots, dictators, and sometimes champions. Election Date November 2020. As usual, the truth is somewhere in the middle. We don't have enough tests to truly assess the situation, so we have to move slowly. Why are you running for office? Voters in House District 115 are used to having a smart mainstream lawmaker representing them in the S.C. House, and that tradition will continue after Tuesday's special election to fill the seat that Judiciary Chairman Peter McCoy vacated when he was named U.S. attorney. We must also ensure that women in rural areas of South Carolina also have health care access. (They will face off again on Nov. 3 for a full two-year term.). Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device. The South Carolina House of Representatives consists of 124 part-time citizen legislators elected every two years to represent our state's 124 separate single-member districts.