Breakfast in Berkeley: Hundreds of people, dozens of candidates & straw polls too
Over 200 people turned out in Goose Creek for a standing-room only event at the May meeting of the Berkeley County Republican Breakfast Club.
Even the disgraced former Chair, Wade Arnette, whose failed attempt to hijack the group two years ago rallied the group to new turnout records, was there.
Candidates from statewide races down to county offices were there a'plenty. By our count, about two dozen of them were on hand and spoke to the crowd. The event included a straw poll which polled the audience's support of candidates for major statewide and regional offices, as follows:
U.S. Senate
Jim DeMint 198
Susan Gaddy 20
Governor
Nikki Haley 69
Andre Bauer 50
Gresham Barrett 50
Henry McMaster 46
Lt. Governor
Bill Connor 79
Ken Ard 54
Larry Richter 43
Eleanor Kitzman 19
Krista Cogdill 12
Berkeley Cty Supervisor
Henry Brown 118
Minnie Blackwell 47
Dan Davis 43
1st Congressional Dist
Tim Scott 82
Larry Kobrovsky 55
Paul Thurmond 41
Stovall Witte 14
Ken Glasson 12
Katherine Jenerette 9
Carroll Campbell 5
Mark Lutz 4
Clark Parker 0
6th Congressional Dist
Nancy Harrelson 104
Jim Pratt 70
Colleen Payne 11
Superintendent of Education
Mick Zais 69
Kelly Payne 65
Elizabeth Moffly 24
Gary Burgess 18
Glenn Price 9
Brent Nelsen 4
Comptroller General
Richard Eckstrom 131
Mike Meilinger 52
Attorney General
Alan Wilson 90
Leighton Lord 59
Robert Bolchoz 50
Treasurer
Curtis Loftis 122
Converse Chellis 87
On the first Saturday in May, five bucks gets you a great breakfast and a front-row seat on Election 2010. You can't get a better deal than that, and our hats are off to Charles Schuster, Nancy Corbin and the others who worked long and hard to put today's event together.
U.S. Senate
Jim DeMint 198
Susan Gaddy 20
Governor
Nikki Haley 69
Andre Bauer 50
Gresham Barrett 50
Henry McMaster 46
Lt. Governor
Bill Connor 79
Ken Ard 54
Larry Richter 43
Eleanor Kitzman 19
Krista Cogdill 12
Berkeley Cty Supervisor
Henry Brown 118
Minnie Blackwell 47
Dan Davis 43
1st Congressional Dist
Tim Scott 82
Larry Kobrovsky 55
Paul Thurmond 41
Stovall Witte 14
Ken Glasson 12
Katherine Jenerette 9
Carroll Campbell 5
Mark Lutz 4
Clark Parker 0
6th Congressional Dist
Nancy Harrelson 104
Jim Pratt 70
Colleen Payne 11
Superintendent of Education
Mick Zais 69
Kelly Payne 65
Elizabeth Moffly 24
Gary Burgess 18
Glenn Price 9
Brent Nelsen 4
Comptroller General
Richard Eckstrom 131
Mike Meilinger 52
Attorney General
Alan Wilson 90
Leighton Lord 59
Robert Bolchoz 50
Treasurer
Curtis Loftis 122
Converse Chellis 87
On the first Saturday in May, five bucks gets you a great breakfast and a front-row seat on Election 2010. You can't get a better deal than that, and our hats are off to Charles Schuster, Nancy Corbin and the others who worked long and hard to put today's event together.
Notable in their absence, with the exception of two that were serving their weekend warrior (one taking the straw poll in his race), are a number of locals in respecrtive races. I'll not shame them here, though I do leave those with the gift of sarcasm to tempt Earl's moderation.
Because it took that long for them to read Earl's blog. Stupid slackasses.