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Wednesday, March 20, 2013  State Sen. Larry Grooms has conceded in the GOP primary in South Carolina's 1st Congressional District, but a recount of the votes to officially determine the second-place finisher in the crowded field will go on.

Wednesday, November 14, 2012  Richland County Council will resume counting votes after the South Carolina Supreme Court cleared the way.

Tuesday, November 13, 2012  South Carolina's Supreme Court has ordered state police to return ballots and voting machines to Richland County officials so that they can be tallied.

Tuesday, November 13, 2012  State Democrats have dropped their request that votes in Richland County be recounted.

Monday, November 12, 2012  A Republican who lost his bid to unseat a Richland County councilman is calling for a new election, saying county officials intentionally used too few voting machines on Election Day.