Gingrich to hold town hall and lunch in Columbia
Posted: 12.23.2011 at 6:32 AM
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COLUMBIA (AP)--Newt Gingirch's last campaign stop in the Republican presidential race before Christmas is going to be in Columbia.

The former U.S. House Speaker is having a town hall at Christmas lunch Friday at The Blue Marlin restaurant.

Gingrich has led polls in South Carolina in recent weeks, but there hasn't been a poll released since Gov. Nikki Haley announced she was endorsing former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney last week.

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Saturday marks just four weeks until South Carolina's first-in-the-South GOP primary.

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