We sent short questionnaires to candidates for local office, state legislature, and Congress, endorsing a candidate in each race from those who returned our survey. Read the surveys in their entirety in the News section at charlestoncitypaper.com.
Federal
President, Vice President of the United States
Joe Biden, Kamala Harris
U.S. Senate
Jaime Harrison
U.S. House of Representatives
1st Congressional District Joe Cunningham
6th Congressional District James Clyburn
South Carolina General Assembly
South Carolina House of Representatives
District 15 JA Moore
District 94 No Endorsement
District 99 Jen Gibson
District 109 Deon Tedder
District 110 William Cogswell
District 111 Wendell Gilliard
District 112 Daniel Brownstein
District 114 Ed Sutton
District 115 Spencer Wetmore
District 116 No Endorsement
District 117 Krystle Matthews
District 119 No Endorsement
South Carolina Senate
District 34 Emily Cegledy
District 37 Larry Grooms
District 38 No Endorsement
District 41 Sam Skardon
District 43 Richard Hricik
District 44 No Endorsement
District 45 No Endorsement
Charleston County
Sheriff
Kristin Graziano
Solicitor
Ben Pogue
Clerk of Court
Julie Armstrong
Coroner
Bobbi Jo O’Neal
Charleston County Council
District 3
Rob Wehrman
District 6
Kylon Middleton
District 7
Sean Thornton
Charleston County School Board
North Area (pick two)
Charles Monteith, Courtney Waters
Downtown (pick one)
Lee Bennett
West Ashley, Islands (pick two)
Chris Fraser, Francis Marion Beylotte
Other Questions
1 percent sales tax extension to fund school improvements Yes
Property tax increase for housing trust fund Yes
Issue bonds to borrow housing trust fund money No
In-person absentee voting continues through Nov. 2. Election day is Nov. 3. Visit scvotes.gov for your sample ballot and charlestoncounty.org for absentee voting info.
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