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News
- S.C. Democrats head north; Obama, Clinton supporters hope to sway voters in N.C.
  
  May 5, 2008
  
  South Carolina confirmed U.S. Sen. Barack Obama as a major political force, a candidate who could not only win over white voters in Iowa but ...Read More
- Senate hopeful's residence disputed; Lawsuit seeks to oust McKown from fall ballot
  
  May 5, 2008
  
  Issues of where a Republican candidate for state Senate lives and for how long erupted into a legal scuffle Wednesday with the filing of a ...Read More
- Berkeley Dems work to rise from ashes
  
  April 8, 2008
  
  Berkeley County's Democratic Party was in such disarray a year ago that a County Council candidate trying to run as a Democrat couldn't find ...Read More
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Events Calendar
- 1st Congressional Democratic Women's Council Meeting
  
  May 17, 2008
  
  The Women's Council of the 1st Congressional District will meet to celebrate and empower women activists and candidates on Saturday, May 17. For more information about this event, contact Ilene ... Read More
- Jasper County Democratic Party Fish Fry
  
  May 17, 2008
  
  The Jasper County Democratic Party invites Democrats to attend its annual fish fry for great food and to meet our 2008 Democratic candidates. Read More
- Meet the Democratic Candidates Forum
  
  May 19, 2008
  
  All Democratic candidates wishing to represent Horry County are cordially invited to become an active participant, and speak on their own behalf at this two-hour forum. Enthusiastic ... Read More
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Notes from the Yellow Dog Blog

Telling it like it is: elected as a firebrand, Patterson retires as a statesman

Posted May 7, 2008

This is an incredible article by Roddie Burris at The State. Telling it like it is: elected as a firebrand, Patterson retires as a statesman After 34 years in the S.C. Legislature - all but 10 as a state senator - Columbia’s Kay Patterson is retiring from an institution that, he says, no longer fits him. “It’s [...]
South Carolina Children Need Your Help! Please Support The Constitutional Amendment For “High Quality” Education.

Posted April 25, 2008

South Carolinians have an opportunity to help improve our state’s public school system by signing a petition to replace SC’s current standard of “minimally adequate education.” This petition supports an amendment inserting “a high quality education, allowing each student to reach his highest potential” into our state constitution. Legislation to change the state constitution must be [...]