Candidates who were disqualified from running in their party’s primary had until noon Monday to turn in their paperwork to appear on the November ballot as a “petition” candidate.
Overall, the South Carolina State Election Commission says 43 legislative candidates filed. Candidates must collect signatures representing five percent of voters in their district in order to be listed as a “petition” candidate. Nominating petitions for local offices are submitted directly to the county voter registration and election offices. Officials must complete the signature verification process by noon on August 15.
So far, election officials have only verified one candidate (Greenville County Democrat Raye Felder). Three others (Greg Hembree, Kevin Johnson, and Tom Young) won their party’s nomination on June 12, but say they are filing the petition paperwork as a precaution.
Here is a list of which candidates filed:
Verification Complete:
State House District 28 – Raye Felder (petition valid)
Verification Pending:
State Senate District 2 – Rex Rice
State Senate District 6 – Tommie Reece
State Senate District 7 – Ennis Fant
State Senate District 11 – Kerry Wood
State Senate District 15 – Joe Thompson
State Senate District 23 – Katrina Shealy
State Senate District 24 – Tom Young
State Senate District 28 – Greg Hembree
State Senate District 36 – Eleazer Carter
State Senate District 36 – Kevin Johnson
State Senate District 36 – Shaun Kent
State Senate District 41 – Wallace Burbage
State Senate District 41 – Walter Hundley
State House District 1 – John Dalen
State House District 3 – Ed Harris
State House District 8 – Ted W. Luckadoo
State House District 11 – Bob Shirley
State House District 13 – Robert Merritt
State House District 15 – Marian Redish
State House District 15 – Samuel Rivers, Jr.
State House District 25 – Tony Boyce
State House District 31 – John Lewis
State House District 33 – Evan Mulch
State House District 34 – Gaye Holt
State House District 36 – Jim McMillan
State House District 39 – Eddie McCain
State House District 39 – Phil Perry
State House District 44 – Joseph Coy
State House District 53 – Phil Powell
State House District 56 – Dennis DiSabato
State House District 56 – Mike Ryhal
State House District 64 – Willie Bethune
State House District 64 – Robert L. Ridgeway, III
State House District 81 – Jane Vaughters
State House District 103 – Tom Winslow
State House District 105 – Mike Connett
State House District 105 – Kevin Hardee
State House District 105 – Blake Hewitt
State House District 105 – Bert von Hermann
State House District 105 – Bill Wiegand
State House District 114 – John Steinberger
State House District 115 – Carol Tempel
