Dec 19 2007
Rankin Gets Primary Challenger
Greg Killian said Saturday he is withdrawing from the race for a seat on the state Board of Education and instead issued his challenge for state Sen. Luke Rankin’s job.
Killian’s action sets the local political season rolling early, as well as opens up the education board race again.
“Today, I contacted the chairman of the Horry County Legislative Delegation, Rep. Thad Viers, to inform him that I wish to withdraw my name from consideration for the position of 15th Judicial Circuit representative to the S.C. Board of Education in order to devote my full attention to offering my services to the citizens of District 33 as their representative to the S.C. state Senate,” Killian said in a written statement.
There is clearly bad blood between Killian and Rankin. Furthermore, it’s no secret that there is equally bad blood between Rankin and Governor Sanford. There is speculation over at Shot Politics as to whether or not Sanford may be behind Killian’s challenge. Sanford has been helping to raise money to throw out incumbent Republicans who have stood in the way of his reform agenda. More power to him!
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How old is this guy? That picture looks like something out of a college yearbook.
(Not that there’s anything wrong with young candidates.)
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He’s 45, but yeah, that picture does look college age. Maybe he is taking those human growth hormones. lol
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[...] Gilland would be the second candidate in the primary, but the first challenger to Senator Rankin, Greg Killian, just dropped out of the race citing an aversion to dirty politics being committed by a third party group against Rankin. Rankin is rumored to be on the alleged Mark Sanford “Hit List.” [...]