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Tuesday, July 31, 2012  A panel is meeting to determine if voters will need clarification on a particular ballot option when they head to the polls in November.

Tuesday, November 02, 2010  Twenty-year-old James Ard of Effingham was booked at the Florence County jail shortly before 6 a.m. Tuesday.

Friday, October 22, 2010 

Thursday, October 14, 2010  South Carolina AARP state director Jane Wiley said Thursday that Democrat Ashley Cooper of Charleston and Republican Ken Ard of Pamplico have agreed to appear.

Monday, May 11, 2009  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- A South Carolina Republican lawmaker says he's running for lieutenant governor in 2010. Rep. Ted Pitts of Lexington says he will make an official announcement on Wednesday. Pitts is a commercial real estate broker and South Carolina Army National Guard member.

Monday, March 02, 2009  An Orangeburg Army Reserve lieutenant colonel and Afghanistan veteran is preparing to announce his bid for lieutenant governor.