Jun 17 2008
Sanford Weighs in on 12th, Backs Bright!
This was not at all expected.
Gov. Mark Sanford, despite saying he wouldn’t get involved in the Senate District 12 race, on Monday endorsed Lee Bright over state Rep. Scott Talley.
Sanford announced his endorsement at Bright’s campaign headquarters at 1220 John B. White Sr. Blvd. in Spartanburg, only a few hundred yards from Talley’s law office.
This endorsement has sent waves through Talley’s campaign because Sanford has praised Talley in the past as a taxpayer hero. Personally, I would like to have seen Talley support more of Sanford’s vetoes and maybe that has a little something to do with it. Perhaps he thinks Bright can be more reliable in that area. It’s funny because I was actually leaning towards Bright in this race myself, but as I said a couple of weeks ago I still believe that any of the guys that were running in this race would be a good fit in the Senate.
