Tim Scott wins nomination to become first black Republican congressman since 2003

[The Straight Story]

Tim Scott wins nomination to become first black Republican congressman since 2003

Tim Scott is on track to become the first black Republican in Congress since 2003 -- and the first from the South since Reconstruction -- after beating one of the biggest names in South Carolina politics to win a Republican congressional nomination.

It was a victory for conservative Republican insurgents and a sign of the changing of the guard in the South: Scott, a member of the South Carolina state House, defeated Paul Thurmond, son of the late Sen. Strom Thurmond, who retired from the Senate at age 100 in 2003. Thurmond ran for president in 1948 on a segregationist platform.

A member of the Charleston County Council,the younger Thurmond had the backing of much of South Carolina's GOP establishment. Two Republicans who represented the coastal Carolina district in Congress, Arthur Ravenel and Thomas Hartnett, endorsed him. So did several of the GOP hopefuls whom he and Scott eliminated in the primary election earlier this month. Among those throwing their support to Thurmond was another South Carolina legacy: Carroll Campbell, namesake son of a former governor.

Scott had national conservative support. Sarah Palin endorsed him, as did the anti-tax Club for Growth.

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2010/06/scott-thurmond-black-republican-house/1

[MadMaddie]

1. well he can chill with Michael Steele when they meet

at gatherings of Repugs.

or

Would they avoid each other to avoid the stereotype of blacks hanging with blacks...wha? Just askin....

[kysrsoze]

2. It's P.K. Winsome!

[Bitwit1234]

3. Hope he isn't as oily at Watts from OK was.