Jun 08 2008
Knotts Go Bye-Bye
There are two candidates running against Democrat with an R next to his name, Jake Knotts, in the Republican primary on Tuesday, Katrina Shealy and Mike Sturkie. Shealy is the best hope for taking down Knotts, but Sturkie being in the race is going to make that task even more difficult. Incumbents almost always have an advantage when challenged because of their name recognition. That can also be a thorn in their side if they gained notoriety during their term. I think Knotts sucks, but I don’t know exactly what the feel is in his Senatorial district.
Sturkie should have gotten out of this race a while ago because he is not a serious candidate. Having two challengers to an incumbent hurts the opposition because the anti-incumbent vote generally gets split two ways, allowing the incumbent to cruise to victory. However, since South Carolina has run off elections, the best hope is probably keeping Knotts below the magic number needed for him to win hands down. Shealy could pull off an upset Tuesday, that’s certainly possible, but more than likely we’ll have to take fat man to a second election to be rid of him.
