tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43609128515951453242024-10-24T05:50:35.411-04:00Chairman's BlogJim Jerowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02925108528289552616noreply@blogger.comBlogger141125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4360912851595145324.post-36068426721789418792011-05-26T14:07:00.000-04:002011-05-26T14:07:42.047-04:00

SOUTH CAROLINA REPUBLICAN PARTY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Matt Moore 803.988.8440 Wednesday, May 25, 2011 Columbia, SC - SCGOP Chairman Chad Connelly today announced Matt Moore as SCGOP Executive Director.  Moore previously served as SCGOP Transition Director. "Job number one for our South Carolina Republican Party is to build on our historic victories while upholding our

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Congressman Tim Scott is featured in a New York Times article titled “Close-Knit, New to the House, and Resistant to Blending In” published on April 10, 2011. Please see below for an excerpt: “The new lawmakers — Mr. Gowdy and Representatives Jeff Duncan, Mick Mulvaney and Tim Scott — are making their own mark, both within their freshman caucus, where they are well liked and respected (Mr.

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Congressman Tim Scott will have a "Monthly Constituent Outreach" session.  The first session will be held at the Waccamaw Neck Regional Council of Governments office located at 1230 Highmarket Street in Georgetown on Wednesday, April 13th.  A congressional staffer will be available from 12:30 PM to 4:00 PM. If you have concerns or questions, come and express them to Congressman Scott's

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Georgetown County Republicans unanimously elected Jim Jerow as party chairman at their convention today. A Pawleys Island resident, Jerow is the past president of the Waccamaw Neck Republican Club and was chairman of the successful SCGOP Victory 2010 effort in Georgetown County last fall. He replaces Tom Swatzel, who honored a two-term pledge limit by not seeking reelection. Glen O'Connell

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Roland Lambert, Georgetown County GOP Executive Committeeman and President of the Lower Georgetown County Republican Club, made a hole-in-one on Sunday, April 3rd while playing a round of golf at the Cherry Hill Golf Course. Congratulations to Roland!

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An excerpt from the article: “At the College, Ryan is modest, says (Professor) Stewart. After Election Day last semester, it was left to Stewart to inform her master’s in public administration students that their classmate was now an elected official. Despite his commitments to campaigning and holding office, Ryan has been a model student, she says, and is unique in that while most of her

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Congressman Tim Scott was featured in a Post & Courier article on Sunday, March 20th entitled "Scott & Clyburn: New and old in S.C. politics converge," that compared Scott with old guard Democratic Congressman Jim Clyburn. Here's an excerpt: "At 45, Scott is fresh and vibrant, a standout in Congress' conservative freshman class. He also is one of two black Republicans elected to the U.S

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Published in the Georgetown Times- February 20, 2011 Local fees, rates, taxes It appears that Mayor Jack Scoville is afflicted by a touch of amnesia concerning the fact that Georgetown City fees, utility rates, and taxes skyrocketed under the Democrat Party-controlled city council over the last several years. From FY 2007 to FY 2010 city residents and business owners were hammered by the

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Published in the Charleston Post & Courier- Friday, February 18, 2011 BY JIM DeMINT WASHINGTON — The Muppets are in town. No, not for a show. They are in Washington to do business. Inside the Beltway, 'Sesame Street' turns into K Street and Elmo is a lobbyist. Last year, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting was allocated $420 million by Congress. And President Obama is asking

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 14, 2011 Contact: Tom Swatzel (843) 222-7456 GEORGETOWN- The Georgetown County Republican Party announced today that candidates for Georgetown City Council can file with the GOP starting at noon on March 7th. Three city council seats, currently held by Democrats Rudolph Bradley, Clarence Smalls, and Peggy Wayne, are up for election this year. "Clearly a lot of

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A recent Coastal Observer article highlighted that in the upset win of Republican Kevin Ryan over 14-year incumbent Democrat Vida Miller for state House, Miller outspent both Ryan and the county GOP combined by a two to one margin. The Georgetown GOP spent nearly $20,000 on an effective postcard campaign to make voters aware of Miller’s extremely liberal voting record. Here's the link to the

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Rep. Kevin Ryan, 22, who beat Vida Miller, learns ropes as youngest S.C. House member rbehre@postandcourier.com Monday, December 13, 2010 State Rep. Kevin Ryan knows who some think he won the District 108 House race only because he had an "R" next to his name in a tea party year. But the Pawleys Island Republican believes there was more to his winning 52 percent of the vote Nov. 2 to oust

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Elections prove S.C. is verging on being a one-party state By Robert Behre The Post & Courier- Sunday, November 7, 2010 As South Carolina's major statewide Democratic candidates paraded into the International Longshoremen's Association hall just 19 hours before the polls opened, a rock song blared to fire up the crowd. The song, Chicago's "Alive Again," would be no harbinger of how the

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Election Day was outstanding for Republicans in Georgetown County. All Republicans on the ballot in the county won except for Jim Pratt in the Sixth Congressional race against Jim Clyburn. Kevin Ryan overwhelmed Vida Miller in Georgetown County to become the youngest member of the state House. From a state perspective, Republicans were elected to all of the state constitutional offices- quite

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The Sun News- November 3, 2010 By Gina Vasselli A 22-year-old Republican challenger defeated a 14-year incumbent Democrat to represent District 108 in the S.C. House of Representatives. Vida Miller conceded defeat to Kevin Ryan on Tuesday, even without results from Charleston County's voters. "I knew it was going to be close from our poll numbers," Miller said. "I wish him well." Numbers

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Tomorrow is about electing candidates to office in Washington and Columbia that will fight against the Obama agenda and represent the conservative values of our nation, state, and community. I'm convinced that if we get our voters to the polls, Republicans will win. But we can't take victory for granted. Please ask your friends and neighbors to vote and vote straight Republican so we can defeat

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"Kevin Ryan has an understanding of state government that is almost startling. A self-described 'policy nerd,' Ryan would fit in well with the reform-minded conservative legislators he admires." Myrtle Beach Sun News editorial http://www.thesunnews.com/2010/10/30/1781961/no-job-for-a-rookie.html

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By Yvonne Wenger Charleston Post & Courier- Friday, October 29, 2010 COLUMBIA — More than a dozen Republican activists have pushed back against social conservative Cyndi Mosteller and her group of Nikki Haley critics. Jill Kelso, executive committeewoman for Georgetown County Republicans, has gathered GOP leaders from Charleston, Berkeley and Dorchester counties, as well as from around

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The Georgetown County Republican Party is running a radio ad that highlights Democrat Vida Miller’s extremely liberal record. The ad focuses on her refusal to support the S.C. Marriage Protection Amendment, support for increasing the gas tax, votes for wasteful pork barrel spending, the fact that she sponsored a bill that would give state-issued, taxpayer funded debit cards to politicians to

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Miller forced to return illegal contributions from HMO in August FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 20, 2010 GEORGETOWN--The Georgetown County Republican Party on Wednesday called on Democratic state Rep. Vida Miller to return campaign contributions from a Georgetown based medical transportation firm that violate limits set by state law. This after Miller had to return campaign contributions in

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Published in the October 13, 2010 edition of the Georgetown Times Supporters of liberal Democrat Rep. Vida Miller have characterized recent mailers by the Georgetown County Republican Party as “untrue” and containing “innuendo.” We meticulously researched Rep. Miller’s record on various public policy issues and believe voters are entitled to know the truth about her actual voting record in

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At a time when politicians are trying to impose higher taxes, in the midst of one of the worst economic recessions in history, it's refreshing to see that GOP state House candidate Kevin Ryan has signed pledges to oppose all tax increases. Kevin signed "Taxpayer Protection Pledges" from both the Americans for Tax Reform and the S.C. Association of Taxpayers. He joins Sen. Jim DeMint, Nikki Haley

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 27, 2010 GEORGETOWN-- The Georgetown County Republican Party today called on former county Democratic Party Chairman Jamie Sanderson to apologize to county voters that supported the S.C. Marriage Protection Amendment for calling their support of the 2006 constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage "homophobia." "Your depiction of the 77 percent of

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 27, 2010 PAWLEYS ISLAND- U.S. Senator Jim DeMint today endorsed Republican State House candidate Kevin Ryan's conservative stance in his District 108 race against incumbent Democrat Vida Miller. "If we are going to change the way business is done in Columbia and Washington, we've got to change the people we send there. Kevin Ryan is a strong conservative who

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