By Mike McCombs
Over the next month and a half, the Democratic candidates for the biggest offices on the ballot for this November’s election will be making stops in Beaufort.
First, Krystle Matthews, running for the U.S. Senate against Republican incumbent Tim Scott, will be the special guest at the meeting Thursday, Aug. 18 of the Northern Beaufort County Democratic Club. The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. at Grace AME Chapel at 502 Charles Street in Beaufort.
Former Rep. Joe Cunningham, now the Democratic candidate for Govenor, and his running mate for Lieutenant Governor, Tally Casey, will hold a meet and greet at 9:30 a.m., Wednesday, Aug. 24 at the Black Chamber of Commerce at 711 Bladen Street in Beaufort. Cunningham is running against Gov. Henry McMaster.
At 1 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 10, Lisa Ellis, Democratic candidate for State School Superintendent, will hold a campaign event at Gilligan’s Seafood at 2601 Boundary Street in Beaufort. Ellis, a Richland 2 school district teacher and founder of the teachers organization SC for Ed, is running against Republican Ellen Weaver, the President and CEO of Palmetto Promise Institute, a conservative think tank.
And finally, Dr. Annie Andrews, the Democratic candidate for South Carolina’s First Congressional District, currently held by Nancy Mace, will hold a campaign event at 6 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 20 at the Gullah Farmers’ Cooperative at 41 Ball Park Road on St. Helena Island.
The general election is Tuesday, Nov. 8.
Mike McCombs is the Editor of The Island News and can be reached at TheIslandNews@gmail.com.
