State endorsement for Harris

A further twist to the Pickens County contest for Seat Three, State House of Representatives. The South Carolina Republican Party today endorsed Republican petition candidate Ed Harris over the Republican incumbent B-R Skelton. Previously, the Pickens County party endorsed Harris. And, in a statement today, county chairman Phillip Bowers said, “Through a series of legal maneuvers, the incumbent BR Skelton who has been in the House for 10 years, was able to secure a spot on the ballot even though Harris decisively won the Republican primary in June….”