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Ward 4 candidate holds front porch meeting
Following a Sumter City Council meeting Sept. 17, Ward 4 candidate Lucy Mahon held an informal meeting on her front porch with mayoral candidate and Ward 4 resident Travon Adams, where citizens expressed their concerns surrounding Ward 4 and Sumter … more
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Graham selected for S.C. Electoral College
MANNING - The chairman of the Clarendon County Republican Party has recently been chosen as the sixth Congressional District's representative to the 2024 South Carolina Electoral College. Moye Graham, along with representatives from the remaining … more
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Sumter Penny for Progress ballot question released early
In 2022 when the Capital Projects Sales Tax Referendum, also known as Penny for Progress, was included on the ballot, there was confusion surrounding the phrasing of the ballot question. For the 2024 election, the ballot question has been … more
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2 file for 2 seats on Pinewood Town Council
Incumbent Betty Spann-Reese and newcomer Imad Musallam will both be running unopposed for seats on Pinewood Town Council in the November general election. Reese and Musallam were the only two candidates to file for two seats up for election … more
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Final 2 Sumter candidates file for mayor, city council Ward 4 seats
The end of city council filing last week brought two final candidates to the growing race for mayor and Ward 4: Foxy Campbell and Gene Weston. Campbell ran for mayor in 2020 and was ranked three out of six in the election. Now the only woman … more
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3 more candidates file for Sumter City Council Ward 4 race
The ballot for Ward 4 has quickly gained the largest number of candidates out of any position up for election this November for the City of Sumter, including the mayor's race, after three more candidates filed. Rebecca Lynn Kennedy, Scott Burkett … more
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Filing for Sumter City Council closes; who will be on ballot?
One mayor's seat, three wards and nine candidates. Sumter City Council filing ended at noon Wednesday, July 31, and the competition has surrounded the positions of Ward 4 representative and mayor. Wards 2, 4, 6 and the mayor's seat are going to … more
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Kamala Harris has America focused on multiracial identity
An election year that was already bitterly partisan has been completely upended by President Joe Biden's decision to drop out of the 2024 White House race and endorse Vice President Kamala Harris. … more
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Trump turns his full focus on Harris at his first rally since Biden's exit from the 2024 race
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Donald Trump unleashed a barrage of attack lines Wednesday against his likely new opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, whom he called his "new victim to defeat" and … more
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2 file to challenge Merchant for City of Sumter mayor's seat
Current City of Sumter Mayor David Merchant has two announced challengers in the 2024 general election, Reginald "Reggie" Evans and Travon Frank Adams. Evans is not new to the election scene, having run for and lost both the Sumter City Council … more
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2 candidates file to represent Ward 4 on Sumter City Council; filing still open
With Sumter City Council Ward 4 representative Steve Corley not seeking reelection in November, two new candidates are looking to fill his spot. Lucy Mahon and Jimmy Davis are both planning to run for the councilman's position on city … more
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Filing for Sumter mayor, city council elections open through July 31
With ballots set for elections featuring candidates running behind a party, the last piece to the Nov. 5 general election is local nonpartisan races. In Sumter, that includes the mayor and three city council seats as well as four seats on the … more
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Blassingame and Shaw seeking Sumter City Council reelection; Corley of Ward 4 will not
One veteran city councilman is not seeking reelection while two others are in the Nov. 5 general election. Sumter City Council Ward 4 representative Steve Corley told The Sumter Item on Monday that he will not be seeking a third term while Ward 2 … more
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Filing for Sumter mayor, city council elections opens Monday, July 15
With ballots set for elections featuring candidates running behind a party, the last piece to the Nov. 5 general election is local nonpartisan races. In Sumter, that includes the mayor and three city council seats as well as four seats on the … more
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Penny tax will be on ballots in Sumter in November
In a 5-2 vote at the Tuesday, June 25, Sumter County Council meeting, the Penny for Progress initiative was approved to appear on ballots this November, to the displeasure of residents in attendance and Councilman Carlton Washington, who said the … more
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