Anti-Gun Nut South Carolina State Senator Larry Martin Loses Primary Run-Off
BY Herschel Smith
8 years, 4 months ago
Y’all know what I think about anti-gun nut South Carolina state senator Larry Martin. Well, good things do happen.
Former S.C. Rep. Rex Rice defeated powerful S.C. Senate judiciary committee chairman Larry Martin in a battle of dueling status quos in the Palmetto Upstate.
With all but three Pickens county precincts reporting, Rice won 6,010 votes (54 percent) compared to Martin’s 5,076 votes (46 percent) to claim the “Republican” nomination for S.C. Senate District 2 (map here).
Two weeks ago, Martin got 45 percent of the vote to Rice’s 33 percent in a four-way primary race. Because no candidate received a majority of the ballots cast, the top two finishers advanced to a head-to-head runoff election.
Rice’s victory was a major defeat for S.C. governor Nikki Haley – who endorsed Martin and campaigned extensively on his behalf.
Meanwhile it was a major victory for the political empire of neo-Confederate “Republican” consultant Richard Quinn, which will see one of its clients – liberal S.C. Senator Luke Rankin of Horry County – elevated to Martins’ post as judiciary chairman.
Will it change the ideological direction of the uber-liberal State Senate?
No … not even a little bit.
Martin was a fiscal liberal during his two-and-a-half decades in the chamber, while Rice was a fiscal liberal during his sixteen years in the S.C. House from 1994-2010.
So this author doesn’t think it will make one iota of difference. Perhaps not. But let it be known that we’ll be all over the next state senator from Pickens just like we were with Larry Martin if he turns out to be an establishment tool.
And I want to see open carry within the first 20 days of the next legislative session. If not, I’ll be all over all of the senators.
Congratulations to my South Carolina readers, Pat Hines, my son Joshua, and whomever else reading this in South Carolina. I really don’t have any idea how many S.C. readers I’ve got. Stay the course.
On June 30, 2016 at 6:36 pm, Haywood Jablome said:
RINO replacing RINO. I guess that is to be expected in the home of Grahmnesty!
On July 3, 2016 at 5:56 pm, GenEarly said:
I’m originally from NC, and both NC and SC are ‘peculiar’ places, with SC more so. “Conservatives” seem more interested in grilling, fishing, some hunting, and college football than politics. Once a scoundrel has been in office for awhile, people get used to him/her and like a broke in pair of shoes don’t see the need to change them for an unknown new shoe that could be a bigger mistake.
Hopefully Trump upset some of the political elitism comfort there in Columbia, but I doubt it. These political putzes only get the message when shown the door. Grahmnesty should have been gone 6 years ago, let alone retaining his buffoonery again.
On July 4, 2016 at 11:57 am, Ron Cole said:
It was no surprize to see it* on the list of The Bilderberg Group Meeting.
* grahmnesty