Mar 16 2008
Sanford Chief of Staff May Primary Ceips
HILTON HEAD ISLAND — Gov. Mark Sanford’s chief of staff says he is thinking about running against a fellow Republican for her state Senate seat.
Tom Davis, 47, is considering a run against state Sen. Catherine Ceips, R-Beaufort, who won the seat in a special election last year to finish out the term of Scott Richardson. Richardson resigned to become head of the state Insurance Department.
“It’s always been in the back of my mind; it’s always been something I’ve thought about, primarily because the approach I have for government is consistent with where I think people in Beaufort County are coming from,” Davis told The (Hilton Head) Island Packet on Friday.
His approach to government has been in line with Sanford’s over the years. The two met in college at Furman University and Davis worked on Sanford’s campaigns for the U.S. House and governor.
“I think he’s somebody who gets the bigger picture of where we are in terms of globalization,” Sanford said. “Of all the different team members, I think he, at both a gut and intellectual level, understands this like very, very few in the organization.”
I freely admit that I am biased when it comes to Mark Sanford. I am a huge supporter of his and if Davis sees eye to eye with the Governor then I am all for his candidacy. Sanford has always been fearless to take on the establishment. He has had an ambitious reform agenda for the state since he become governor in 2003, but the RINOs in the state legislature have time and time again stood in his way on a good amount of it. We need more reformists in the state government and I have no doubt that Davis will follow in that role. I have nothing against Catherine Ceips. She hasn’t been in the Senate long enough for me to determine whether she is good for our state or bad, but I do know that Davis will be rock solid for sure. Besides, competitive elections are healthy for our republic in both primaries and the generals. Go for it, Tom! Let the people decide.
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