Jul 15 2008
Former Mayor Brannon Qualifies as Independent for 38th House District
Update: Brannon has had too many signatures disqualified and will NOT appear on the November ballot. Please see new post “Brannon Will Not Appear on Ballot.”
Doug Brannon, the former mayor of Landrum submitted his petitions today to the county elections office to run as an independent for the House race in South Carolina’s 38th House district. He will face Republican Joey Millwood and Democrat Mark Chambers in the general election in November. Apparently, the big wedge issue in this race and what played a large decision in Brannon’s entry is the subject of school choice.
Whether tax dollars should be used to support private school education will be a key issue in this race, as will out-of-state campaign funding.
I take this to mean that Brannon is in favor of the status quo and throwing more money at a failed education system as if that will somehow make any difference. Until choice, competition, and entrepreneurship are introduced into the public school system it will continue to turn out a damaged product. I generally get behind the third party candidates because we need more of them, but Brannon doesn’t interest me.
His entry could spell trouble for Joey Millwood, however. I don’t know how heavily Republican leaning this district is, but if Brannon ciphens enough votes away from Millwood it could flip this House seat to the Dems. I imagine Chambers was clicking his heels gleefully today upon hearing this news.
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