Aug 31 2007
S.C. House District 124 Candidates Debate
The state House District 124 candidates tackled abortion, sex education and the possibility of increasing the state cigarette tax as well as other well-worn topics at a candidate forum Wednesday.The pool of candidates in Tuesday’s election is three deep:
# Randy Bates, 47, of Lady’s Island. Bates is an active Republican Party member and has worked for Sen. and former Rep. Catherine Ceips for about six years.
# Diane DeWitt, 52, of Beaufort. DeWitt is former public defender and a private family practice lawyer.
# Shannon Erickson, 44, of Beaufort. Erickson owns and operates the three Beaufort-area Hobbit Hill Preschools and is the president of the South Carolina Child Care Association.
All three are Republican.
