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Spencer Wetmore Is Democrats’ Best Chance To Flip Lowcountry Blue

Spencer Wetmore Is Democrats’ Best Chance To Flip Lowcountry Blue

Voters on James Island, Folly Beach, Kiawah Island, and Seabrook Island will head to the polls this Tuesday, August 11th for the Special Election for SC House District 115. Democrat Spencer Wetmore and Republican Josh Stokes will face off for Peter McCoy’s seat after the former state representative was appointed…

Rep. Krystle Matthews runs for her own reasons

Rep. Krystle Matthews runs for her own reasons

Parent and Boeing engineering planner Krystle Matthews decided to run to represent Charleston and Berkeley counties in House District 117 on a whim in 2018. Since then, she’s gained statewide acclaim as a champion of women’s rights and as a legislator who doesn’t back down. The Palmetto Insider recently had…

House Democrats Fight Citizen’s Arrest Statute

House Democrats Fight Citizen’s Arrest Statute

On Tuesday, the South Carolina House of Representatives reconvened after weeks of being out of session due to COVID-19, and House Democrats took the opportunity to address the controversial statute of citizen’s arrest. The statute has been called into question in recent weeks due to the death of Ahmaud Arbery,…

PALMETTO PROFILE: Bernie Sanders

PALMETTO PROFILE: Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders has been a United States Senator for Vermont since 2007 and is currently the longest-serving Independent in congressional history. This is the senator’s second time running for the Democratic nomination, with a loss to Hillary Clinton in 2016. Sanders has gained fame across the country with his progressive…