Blatant Reality

It looks like South Carolina Governor Mark Sandford’s top aide Tom Davis will run for one of Beaufort’s Senatorial seats. This seat is currently being held by Republican Catherine Ceips and she seems to be taking the news pretty well.

Tom Davis, 47, a partner at downtown Beaufort law firm Harvey and Battey and a key architect of both of Sanford’s gubernatorial campaigns, said Friday he’s “given a lot of thought” to running against Sen. Catherine Ceips for the District 46 Senate seat.

 

“It’s always been in the back of my mind; it’s always been something I’ve thought about primarily because the approach I have for government is consistent with where I think people in Beaufort County are coming from,” he said. “I think there’s been a loss of focus on what makes us great, which is liberty and the people and their ability to drive the economy.”

 

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If he runs, Davis would face Ceips in a June Republican primary for the Senate seat that represents most of Beaufort County. Ceips claimed the seat last year after a hard-fought Republican primary against County Council Chairman Weston Newton. The District 46 seat became vacant in February 2007 when then-Sen. Scott Richardson resigned to become director of the state Department of Insurance.

 

Ceips was elected to three terms in the state House before moving to the Senate.

 

“You’ll never hear me say anything negative about people who want to offer public service,” Ceips said Friday of Davis’ possible candidacy. “And that seat doesn’t belong to me, it belongs to the people.”

We shall see if she keeps to her promise.