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Saturday, January 21, 2012  Polls across South Carolina opened at 7 a.m. Saturday for the 2012 'First in the South' Republican Presidential Primary.

Friday, December 30, 2011  The GOP presidential candidates are getting ready for the first real contest of the primary schedule. With the Iowa caucus just days away, most candidates are hoping a strong showing in Iowa could yield momentum heading into New Hampshire and South Carolina.

Friday, August 26, 2011  Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann has criticized President Barack Obama's handling of the recovery from the Great Recession as she brings her campaign back to South Carolina.

Wednesday, July 06, 2011  South Carolina election officials are moving toward putting on the 2012 Republican presidential primary and hope to have plans completed by October.

Wednesday, March 09, 2011  Florida leaders are again bucking the national parties in planning to hold an early presidential primary, an act of defiance that creates challenges for potential GOP candidates and could lead to an unraveling of the parties' primary calendar.