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Endorsements

Sierra Club
Opinion

Candidates Endorsed
78 Percent Win

The South Carolina Chapter of the Sierra Club endorsed 29 Democrats and 12 Republican for local, state and national office in the 2006 General Election. Seventy-eight percent of endorsed candidates won; 20 of the 29 endorsed Democrats and all the endorsed Republicans.

New legislative officer holders, endorsed by the Sierra Club, include Carl Gullick, Bakari Sellers, and Kit Spires.

Congressional Candidates


District 1: Randy Maata (D) LOST
District 2: John Spratt (D) WON

Statewide Candidates


Governor: Mark Sanford (R) WON
Lt. Governor: Robert Barber (D) LOST
Attorney General: Henry McMaster (R) WON
Dept. of Agriculture: Emile DeFelice (D) LOST

State Representatives


#7 Mike Gambrell (R-Anderson) WON
#11 Paul Agnew (D-Abbeville) WON
#12 Anne Parks (D-Greenwood) WON
#13 Lewis Pinson (R-Greenwood) WON
#31 Harold Mitchell (D-Spartanburg) WON
#35 Keith Kelly (R-Spartanburg) WON
#41 Creighton Coleman (D-Chester) WON
#45 Alston DeVenny (D-Lancaster) LOST
#48 Carl Gullick (R-York) WON
#49 Bessie Moody-Lawrence (D-York) WON
#52 Laurie Funderburk (D-Kershaw) WON
#55 Jackie Hayes (D-Dillon) WON
#56 Denny Neilson (D-Darlington) WON
#63 Kris Crawford (R-Florence) WON
#66 Gilda Cobb-Hunter (D-Orangeburg) WON
#72 James Smith (D-Richland) WON
#75 Boyd Summers (D-Richland) LOST
#76 Leon Howard (D-Richland) WON
#77 John Scott (D-Richland) WON
#78 Joan Brady (R-Richland) WON
#79 Bill Cotty (R-Richland) WON
#90 Bakari Sellers (D-Bamberg) WON
#96 Kit Spires (R-Lexington) WON
#101 Ken Kennedy (D-Williamsburg) WON
#103 Carl Anderson (D-Georgetown) WON
#107 David Utterback (D-Horry) LOST
#108 Vida Miller (D-Georgetown) WON
#109 David Mack (D-Charlestown) WON
#112 Ben Hagood (R-Charleston) WON
#115 Eugene Platt (D-Charleston) LOST
#120 William Bowers (D-Hampton) WON
#123 Flo Rosse (D-Beaufort) LOST

County Council

James Chandler (D-Georgetown) LOST
Fred Payne (R-Greenville) WON
Kit Smith (D-Richland) WON

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