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"Okeydoke"
There is an election in South Carolina for Lieutenant Governor (click here)
January 12, 2014
Sellers, a 29-year-old Democratic state representative from Denmark, said he was worried only about his own campaign, not McConnell’s plans....
...Sellers said that if elected, he wants to improve schools, roads and preventative health care.
McKinney, however, holds a 6-1 edge in cash on hand – helped by a $245,000 loan that he has made to his campaign....
...The race is also a curio for voters.
This November will be the last time a lieutenant governor will run alone in the state. Starting in 2018, candidates for governor will choose their lieutenant governor-running mates, and voters will cast ballots on a combined governor-lieutenant governor ticket, just as they do now with president and vice president.
“There’s not a lot of love for the lieutenant governor,” Buchanan said....
...Dream with eyes open
Sellers spoke last week to seniors at Irmo High School at the request of students who had heard the son of S.C. civil-rights icon Cleveland Sellers speak at Boy’s and Girl’s State last year.
The Denmark attorney suggested to about 150 seniors in the cafeteria that they “dream with their eyes open.”
“That’s my favorite saying in the entire world,” he said. “[Y]ou’ll be able to have moments where you can sit back and say, ‘Look, I took one step along this journey and maybe at the end of this journey, I can change the world.’ ”
Sellers dropped a few pop-culture names in his speech to the high-schoolers. He talked about his first phone call with then-U.S. Sen. Barack Obama before the 2008 election and when he met singer Usher, actress Kerry Washington and actor Chris Tucker at an Obama rally.
He also said he turned down an appointment to become an advisor to the secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture after Obama was elected.
Sellers, a state representative since 2007, said he ran for political office to give people a chance at better lives. “I can’t make you succeed, but I can, at least, give you the opportunity.”
He also gave many of the seniors a glimpse of their future, saying he has $106,000 in college debt.
After his speech, Sellers said he hopes his appeal to younger audiences will help create a new voting base for him. But he understands most South Carolinians are worried about jobs, which he said he has worked to win.
“For me it’s not just saying, ‘I’m a businessman, and I create businesses,’ ” he said. “For me, it’s about toiling.”...
The question for any election is, "Who carries the vision of tomorrow in a meaningful way?"
