The candidates vying for
the seat to represent the 1st district of South Carolina in Congress are hot on
the campaign trail and Thursday state Representative Andy Patrick visited Sun City.
He addressed the crowd and
took questions, too, but spent much time talking about the Lowcountry values
that won his family over to the area and how he thinks those can win in Washington.
"I want to take those values to Washington, D.C. where
they fail to balance a budget, they fail to reduce the size of intrusion of
government, and I think that we have a deteriorating culture," Patrick said. "And I think that those values in Washington,
D.C. are what are needed for my children's future and the children of the
people of the 1st Congressional District."
Rep. Shannon Erickson, R-Beaufort, is hosting forums for the
Republican candidates in the 1st Congressional District race at the auditorium
of the Technical College of the Lowcountry in Beaufort.
Here are the candidates who are coming up:
Feb. 7: Sheriff Ray Nash, 6 p.m.; Jeffrey King, 7 p.m.
Feb. 11: Councilman Curtis Bostic, 6 p.m.; Sen. John Kuhn, 7
p.m.
Feb. 21: Pinkston, 6 p.m.; Sen. Larry Grooms, 7 p.m.
Feb, 25: Ric Bryant, 6 p.m.; Tim Larkin, 7 p.m.
March 4: Keith Blandford, 6 p.m.; Rep. Peter McCoy, 7 p.m.
March 7: Rep. Andy Patrick, 6 p.m.; Jonathan Hoffman 7 p.m.
