The primary season likely limps to an end in South Carolina on Tuesday with runoffs in two congressional races, three legislative races and a handful of county contests.
FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) -- The primary season likely limps to an end in South Carolina on Tuesday with runoffs in two congressional races, three legislative races and a handful of county contests.
Two Supreme Court rulings kicked nearly 250 candidates off the ballot because of confusion about when and where to file financial documents. The documents often contain little information except for names, addresses and phone numbers.
Voters in northeast South Carolina are also gearing up for a surprise runoff in the Democratic race in the state's new 7th congressional district. On Friday, a judge overturned the state Election Commission's declaration of a winner and ordered the top two candidates to face off Tuesday.
South Carolina's primary runoffs will determine party nominees to fill the slots of two legislators not seeking re-election and one Senate chairman toppled in a five-way primary.
Tuesday's three legislative runoff elections will determine the Republican nominee vying to replace retiring Democratic Sen. Phil Leventis of Sumter. It will also determine the Democrat likely to replace Democratic Rep. Boyd Brown of Winnsboro and the Republican taking the seat from Senate Banking Committee Chairman David Thomas.
Thomas is a seven-term veteran. The Greenville senator came in third in a five-way GOP primary. The winner of that runoff will not face a Democrat in November.
Thomas' primary was the most contested race of any incumbent.
Leventis is retiring after 32 years in the Senate. The 25-year-old Brown is stepping down after two terms.
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