Tyler Jones

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This Mississippi mom talking about what Scott Colom winning means for parents and kids across Mississippi is so powerful and represents what so many parents in “deep red” states feel.

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Jonathan Martin Verified account @jmart · 3d

Great @TylerMJones SC history lesson

When Sen. Burnet Maybank died after winning the primary, the Democratic executive committee appointed Barnwell state Sen. Edgar Brown rather than hold another primary. In practical terms, party officials were selecting the next senator.

Strom Thurmond had been governor and the segregationist Dixiecrat presidential nominee in 1948. He recognized Brown's weakness: Voters hadn't chosen him.

When Sen. Burnet Maybank died after winning the primary, the Democratic executive committee appointed Barnwell state Sen. Edgar Brown rather than hold another primary. In practical terms, party officials were selecting the next senator.

Strom Thurmond had been governor and the segregationist Dixiecrat presidential nominee in 1948. He recognized Brown's weakness: Voters hadn't chosen him.

Thurmond ran as a write-in. Brown's was the only name printed on the Senate ballot, meaning Thurmond supporters had to write his name themselves. More than 63 percent of voters did, electing the first write-in candidate in U.S. Senate history.

In 1966, the arrangement was even more brazen. After Sen. Olin Johnston died, Gov. Donald Russell resigned so his successor, Robert McNair, could appoint Russell to Johnston's seat.

Fritz Hollings, a Charleston native and former governor elected at 36, challenged the newly appointed Russell — citing the peculiar arrangement — and won by almost 61 percent, beginning a Senate career that lasted almost four decades.

In 1974, Democrats appeared to have their next governor in Charles "Pug" Ravenel of Charleston, a 36-year-old former Harvard quarterback and Wall Street investment banker. His innovative television campaign and reform message energized Democrats. He defeated veteran Congressman William Jennings Bryan Dorn in the primary runoff with almost 55 percent of the vote and was considered a shoo-in in November.

Then a residency challenge reached the state Supreme Court, which ruled Ravenel ineligible. Democratic Party leaders installed Dorn, the man voters had rejected. Republican state Sen. James Edwards, a Charleston dentist, capitalized on the Democratic split and became South Carolina's first Republican governor since Reconstruction.

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Acyn Verified account @Acyn · 5d

Q: What made you suggest Dana White? Are you serious?

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