2018 SC Governor's race: on Government Reform


Kevin Bryant: Reforms should include eliminating current ethics loopholes

According to Bryant, his reform package would include the elimination of existing ethics loopholes while also allowing "for the prosecution of a pattern of behavior that is criminal in nature." Basically, Bryant wants prosecutors to be able to charge anyone suspected of violating multiple state ethics or lobbying laws with racketeering. "It's ultimate effect is to make coordination of crimes its own offense and a felony," Bryant said.
Source: FITSnews.com on 2018 South Carolina Gubernatorial race Apr 16, 2018

Catherine Templeton: Fight corruption & waste & good ol' boy system in Columbia

Former state health department director Catherine Templeton will run for governor of South Carolina in 2018. The anti-union attorney who was on the short list for Labor Secretary in President Donald Trump's cabinet, Templeton made her plans official in a statement to The Post and Courier:

"I have never run for office, and I won't run for the next one, but I can't unsee what I saw in Columbia," Templeton said. "The corruption, waste, self interest, and good ol boy system is alive and well. It's ridiculous. Doing the right thing, is not that hard if you are in it for the right reasons.

"Right now is the time to send someone with practical experience running a business, making a home, and reforming government to call balls and strikes and do the math in Columbia," she continued. "We can't wait another decade to get started."

Source: Post and Courier on 2018 South Carolina governor race Apr 4, 2017

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Candidates and political leaders on Government Reform:

Retired Senate as of Jan. 2015:
GA:Chambliss(R)
IA:Harkin(D)
MI:Levin(D)
MT:Baucus(D)
NE:Johanns(R)
OK:Coburn(R)
SD:Johnson(D)
WV:Rockefeller(D)

Resigned from 113th House:
AL-1:Jo Bonner(R)
FL-19:Trey Radel(R)
LA-5:Rod Alexander(R)
MA-5:Ed Markey(D)
MO-9:Jo Ann Emerson(R)
NC-12:Melvin Watt(D)
SC-1:Tim Scott(R) 		Retired House to run for Senate or Governor:
AR-4:Tom Cotton(R)
GA-1:Jack Kingston(R)
GA-10:Paul Broun(R)
GA-11:Phil Gingrey(R)
HI-1:Colleen Hanabusa(D)
IA-1:Bruce Braley(D)
LA-6:Bill Cassidy(R)
ME-2:Mike Michaud(D)
MI-14:Gary Peters(D)
MT-0:Steve Daines(R)
OK-5:James Lankford(R)
PA-13:Allyson Schwartz(D)
TX-36:Steve Stockman(R)
WV-2:Shelley Capito(R) 		Retired House as of Jan. 2015:
AL-6:Spencer Bachus(R)
AR-2:Tim Griffin(R)
CA-11:George Miller(D)
CA-25:Howard McKeon(R)
CA-33:Henry Waxman(D)
CA-45:John Campbell(R)
IA-3:Tom Latham(R)
MN-6:Michele Bachmann(R)
NC-6:Howard Coble(R)
NC-7:Mike McIntyre(D)
NJ-3:Jon Runyan(R)
NY-4:Carolyn McCarthy(D)
NY-21:Bill Owens(D)
PA-6:Jim Gerlach(R)
UT-4:Jim Matheson(D)
VA-8:Jim Moran(D)
VA-10:Frank Wolf(R)
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