SC Senate update: possible Democratic candidates

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South Carolina State Democratic chairman Joe Erwin told The Hill this week that “several” Democrats are lining up to run for the Senate if Sen. Ernest Hollings fails to seek an eighth term next year.

Erwin would not disclose names. But Inez Tenenbaum, South Carolina’s superintendent of education, has been among those mentioned as a possible Democratic contender.

State Sen. Tom Moore, from Clearwater, also would make for a good candidate, Democratic state Sen. John Land III, the minority leader in Columbia, said Monday.

“He gave some thought to running for the seat Lindsay Graham won,” Land said of Moore. Graham won his first Senate term in 2002.

more...http://www.hillnews.com/campaign/070803_state.aspx

[styersc]

1. IMHO

I wish that we could convince Mayor Riley from Chas. to run. But the only candidate on this list with a shot is Inez.

[ButterflyBlood]

2. If Hollings doesn't run, Tenenbaum is our only chance

[displacedyankeedem]

3. Tenenbaum

She really wants to be Governor, but would make a great Senator on the education committee, plus she would make DeMint(my idiot of a House member) look like a moron in the process. She's great because she's popular and doesn't have to fight for statewide name recognition like DeMint does.