South Carolina primary 2022

The South Carolina primary 2022 is on June 14, 2022, and features many opportunities to defeat RINO incumbents. Because South Carolina requires a runoff if no candidate exceeds 50%, and runoffs are often more conservative in outcome, it is an ideal place to "primary" a liberal Republican.

Here is a growing list of the key races:

## Contents

* 1 Congress
* 2 State legislature
* 3 Primary challengers
* 4 References

## Congress[edit]

Two congressional races are targeted for conservative upsets of the RINO incumbents:[1]

* Katie Arrington v. incumbent Nancy Mace, 1st Congressional District.[2]
* State Rep. Russell Fry v. incumbent Tom Rice, 7th Congressional District.[2]

## State legislature[edit]

170 total voting members:

* House: 124 representatives (81 Republican, 43 Democrat) - elected every two years
* Leadership: Speaker, James H. "Jay" Lucas; Republican Speaker pro tempore, Tommy Pope; Republican Majority Leader Gary Simrill
* Senate: 46 senators (30 Republican, 16 Democrat) - elected every presidential year, for four years
* Leadership: President of the Senate, Thomas C. Alexander; Republican Majority Leader, A. Shane Massey

## Primary challengers[edit]

The candidate filing period is from March 16 to 30. The primary is on June 14.[3]

* Cole Kazmarski of Waterloo is running against Stewart Jones of Laurens in House District 14.[4]
* Thomas Beach of Powdersville, a former U.S. Army Airborne Ranger, is running against second-term lawmaker West Cox (who voted with LGBTQ by opposing a bill to protect women’s sports, as sponsored by Rep. Ashley Trantham) of Piedmont in House District 10.[4]

## References[edit]

1. ↑ https://www.fitsnews.com/2022/03/13/maga-palooza-returns-to-south-carolina/
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://www.postandcourier.com/politics/trump-tells-sc-supporters-to-throw-his-rivals-out-of-office-in-june-14-primary/article_8dd2f1da-a251-11ec-b1ba-bbd933868349.html
3. ↑ https://www.heraldonline.com/news/politics-government/article258700598.html
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://www.fitsnews.com/2021/11/05/south-carolina-lawmakers-are-already-drawing-2022-challengers/