Jul 30 2007
Two Announce for Vacated Moore Seat
Edgefield citizen and Aiken attorney Shane Massey brought his announcement of candidacy to the square in Edgefield on Tuesday morning. In sight of the Edgefield County Courthouse and in the company of his family, members of his church, members of his law office (Nance, McCants & Massey) and members of the local press and Channel 26 TV cameras, Massey began his run for former Sen. Tommy Moore’s seat.William Milton (Bill) Hixon dropped by the Advertiser office Tuesday mid-morning to announce that he is running for the seat vacated recently by Senator Tommy Moore, who is leaving for Virginia where he will be working for Community Financial Services of America.
Hixon presented himself as a Republican and one who supported Sen. Moore throughout his career. He clarified that he was a “Republican for Moore” who has always been in the Republican party. “I was Tommy Moore’s Republican.” He iterates that he was a “vice chairman in charge of helping George Bush get elected a few years ago.”
