Politics & Government
We've Got a Race in District 100
Last-minute filing from Democrat Tonia Aiken-Taylor means voters will head to the polls in September.
Dust off the voting card, District 100. A last-minute entry in the special election means voters will be heading to the polls Sept. 27.
Moncks Corner Town Councilwoman Tonia Aiken-Taylor, a Democrat, filed on Monday morning. She joins Berkeley County Planning Commission Chairman Eddie Southard, a Republican, who filed more than a week ago.
The two will be competting for the seat left open after the death of Rep. C. David Umphlett Jr. He died May 29 after a fight with pancreatic cancer.
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Aiken Taylor is a co-founder of Heart to Heart International Ministries. Southard operates Cooper River Construction.
A Democratic challenger wasn't assured. Umphlett, a Republican, ran unopposed last November for his fifth term.
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For this election, the district runs just north of Goose Creek. State House for 2012 are expected to cut out much of the southern end of the district for the new District 15.
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