Apr 14 2008
Sanford Endorses Davis for District 46
Republican Gov. Mark Sanford on Monday endorsed his former chief of staff Tom Davis in his run for Senate District 46, the second time in as many years that he has gone to bat in the district’s elections and that Catherine Ceips, the incumbent senator this time and a rising representative the last time, has been the opposition.
Sanford said it’s unusual for him to step into local races — “I can count on one hand how many” in the last 15 years — and that he reserves endorsements only in exceptional cases.
I’m not sure that this is exactly a newsworthy occurrence. Davis was Sanford’s Chief of Staff so I can’t imagine there is a whole lot of shock and awe over this.
[...] probably have read that the Governor “can count on one hand” the number of endorsements he has done in the last 15 years. This year, that means his hand probably looked like [...]