Incumbent Republicans Kris Crawford and Phillip Lowe were leading their Democratic rivals in the S.C. House Districts 63 and 60 races, respectively, Tuesday at presstime.
Crawford was leading Barry Wingard 8,247 to 4,115 with 17 precincts reporting. District 63 is in Florence County.
Lowe was leading Democrat Zackery Cooper 2,785 to 762 with eight of 32 Florence County precincts reporting. District 60 covers portions of Florence and Sumter counties.
OUR ELECTION COVERAGE
Coverage from the Morning News and WBTW News13, The Weekly Observer and the Star & Enterprise:
- Election by the numbers
- Horry voters say ‘yes’ to the penny
- Horry County election update
- Boone re-elected as Florence County sheriff
- Fowler to keep Florence County treasurer’s seat
- Incumbents lead S.C. House 60, 63 races
- Voters OK Sunday alcohol sales in Florence, deny them in Lake City
- Williams-Blake, Willis lead Florence city council races
- Wukela wins Florence mayoral race
- Williamsburg opens floodgates for Obama
- Mullins, Nichols get new mayors
- Hulon wins Dillon County sheriff’s post
- Marlboro County passes school bond referendum
OUR STORIES IN PICTURES
See our stories in pictures from the Morning News, WBTW News13 and scnow.com photographers:
- Slide Show: Wukela Celebrates at Michael’s on the Loop
- Slide Show: Florence Mayoral candidate Rocky Pearce on election night
- Slide Show: The Florence County Sheriff’s race
- Slide Show: Election in the Pee Dee
- Slide Show: Election day on the Grand Strand
OTHERS' STORIES
Read coverage from around the area:
- Myrtle Beach Online: Incumbents leading in Horry County Council races
- Myrtle Beach Online: Rankin to hold onto state senate seat
- From Georgetown Times: Charlton, Johnson, Beard win county council
- From the Star News: Republicans sweep Brunswick school board seats
STATE & NATION
- Obama makes history; turns to sobering challenges
- McCain concedes, acknowledges historic achievement
- Democratic majorities stronger, tougher
- Brown re-elected to US House from SC 1st District
Crawford, 38, is a native of Anderson, Ind. He received a medical degree from the University of South Carolina and his undergraduate degree from The Citadel. He’s served in the House since 2007.
Wingard, 61, is a Florence native. He is a retired U.S. Army colonel whose decision to run as a Democrat against Crawford at the 11th hour caused some Republican consternation. Republicans said he signed up too late to run, but the Democratic Party disagreed.
Crawford said some of his biggest accomplishments have been helping end the state grocery tax and working to perfect a bill to protect state residents from identity theft.
The Florence physician also said he used his expertise on a prompt-pay bill for health care providers when South Carolina was the last state in the nation to lack such a law.
Wingard said he wanted to improve how veterans are treated.
He said he would like the state to have a system — similar to juvenile drug court — to help veterans charged with nonviolent crimes solve their problems and avoid a criminal record. The state should also step up, he said, to get federal funds to maintain National Guard Armories.
Meanwhile, in the House District 60 race, Lowe said his top priority is fixing the economy. Lowe is a physical therapist. His priority issues are energy, surface water withdrawals and transparency in government and education.
Lowe earned physical therapy degrees from the University of South Carolina and the Medical University of South Carolina.
Cooper, a Kingstree native, has lived in Effingham since 1980. His top issues are improving public education, economic development, healthcare, veterans’ affairs and accessibility and accountability.
Cooper is a small business owner who retired from BellSouth after 30 years. Cooper studied physical education at South Carolina State University.
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