(My-yahn) | SCETV South Carolina Statehouse reporter Prev work: @thestate @greenvillenews @aikenstandard

Joined July 2013
One of the best.
The formidable Sammy Fretwell, South Carolina’s finest environmental reporter in generations, says good-bye Monday to The State after being laid off after an almost 50-year career
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Endorsement alert: former South Carolina governors Jim Hodges (a Democrat) and David Beasley (a Republican) endorse @AnnieAndrewsMD for Senate over Darline Graham. Hodges, the last Democrat to serve as governor, defeated Beasley back in 1998. Ad here: m.youtube.com/watch?v=ARZ5yG…
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Trump's going back to South Carolina for a second midterm rally: He'll be in Rock Hill on Thursday, per the RNC This is also the media market for Charlotte, NC
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South Carolina reports 501,944 voters cast an early ballot in the state's first week of two weeks of no-excuse early voting w/ Greenville and Charleston still leading. Early voting ends Oct. 31. Total general election early voting ballots cast: 2022: 561,563 2024: 1.47 million
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For the first time!
South Carolina AD Jeremiah Donati tells the Board of Trustees that, for the first time in 7 years, USC is conducting an active traffic study for WBS game days. "We are going to improve pregame and postgame traffic," Donati said.
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Summerville PD has asked SLED to investigate ex-officer and current Democratic statehouse candidate Montez Aiken following allegations he sent inappropriate text messages to former students while he was employed as a school resource officer. postandcourier.com/politics/…
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Darline Graham says at SC presser she didn’t bring up Trump waiving Russia sanctions, her brother’s legislation, despite flying with Trump on AF1. “There were several other people around so I did not have a chance to speak to him about that…That’s a private conversation.”
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South Carolina has now logged 280,000+ early voters. Oct. 19: 98,129 Oct. 20: 93,877 Oct. 21: 88,108 southcarolinapublicradio.org…
Assuming SEC still updating the page, but appears that nearly 94,000 people voted on South Carolina's second day of early voting, bringing the total number of early voters so far to nearly 192,000. Charleston and Greenville leading the pack. scvotes.gov/wp-content/uploa…
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Assuming SEC still updating the page, but appears that nearly 94,000 people voted on South Carolina's second day of early voting, bringing the total number of early voters so far to nearly 192,000. Charleston and Greenville leading the pack. scvotes.gov/wp-content/uploa…
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.@scvotes Executive Director Conway Belangia on whether you could wear a costume when voting early on Halloween, which is the last day of early voting: "Don't think you're going to walk in there as a Lone Ranger and leave your mask on. You're going to have to take it off."
Midterm early voting has started. What South Carolina's election director wants you to know We talked poll workers, election security and the latest on the DOJ voter ask, plus whether you can sport your Halloween costume on the last day of early voting 🎃 southcarolinapublicradio.org…
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Pretty big number for the first day of early voting in South Carolina per @scvotes scvotes.gov/wp-content/uploa…
Spoke this afternoon with Conway Belangia, the State Election Commission executive director, who said if today's early voting numbers are any indication, the state could log 2.2M to 2.3M voters. "Excellent" for a midterm election, he says. Interview coming soon.
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Graham camp's response to last night's ProPublica article.
Any allegations of quid-pro-quo behavior or wrongdoing by the late Senator Lindsey Graham or his staff are simply false. It’s embarrassing that ProPublica, a George Soros funded operation, is legitimizing the ravings of a convicted felon, Martin Kao, who clearly would have said anything to save himself. Adding insult to injury, ProPublica has chosen to publish this story when Senator Graham cannot defend himself because he tragically passed away in July. While it may not be convenient for ProPublica’s narrative or Martin Kao’s attempt to escape responsibility for his criminal activities, the federal funding in question was requested by the University of South Carolina and supported by the U.S. Navy. And finally, Senator Lindsey Graham’s office was never contacted by the FBI.
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Midterm early voting has started. What South Carolina's election director wants you to know We talked poll workers, election security and the latest on the DOJ voter ask, plus whether you can sport your Halloween costume on the last day of early voting 🎃 southcarolinapublicradio.org…
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The 2028 maybes keep on coming to South Carolina. SC Democratic Party advises this morning that Sen. Elissa Slotkin will visit Dorchester County Wednesday as early voting is underway before Election Day.
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Spoke this afternoon with Conway Belangia, the State Election Commission executive director, who said if today's early voting numbers are any indication, the state could log 2.2M to 2.3M voters. "Excellent" for a midterm election, he says. Interview coming soon.
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