SCGOP Chairman Chad Connelly Congratulates Speaker Newt Gingrich on South Carolina Victory
Columbia, S.C.–South Carolina Republican Party Chairman Chad Connelly tonight released the following statement following Speaker Newt Gingrich’s victory in the South Carolina Presidential Primary:
“Speaker Gingrich won a hard-fought victory in South Carolina. He deserves great praise,” said Chairman Connelly.
“Small states still matter. Each campaign literally met thousands of voters, and I’m proud of our activists and party leaders for their enthusiasm. After a tough battle, South Carolina Republicans are now united to defeat Barack Obama.
“The 2012 primary brought huge positive attention to our state. In a tough economic climate, millions of out of state dollars boosted our economy and created many jobs. Thank you, South Carolina,” concluded Connelly.
Big turnout anticipated for GOP presidential primary Saturday
The head of the South Carolina Republican Party predicted Tuesday that up to 460,000 voters will take part in the state’s GOP presidential preference policy Saturday.
“I see a lot of enthusiasm out there,” state GOP Chairman Chad Connelly said.
N.H. is off-Broadway for South Carolina’s big show
What does it say that in the critical final days before the New Hampshire presidential primary, half the Republican field, including the front-runner, took time out to visit South Carolina?
New polling shows Romney in lead, Santorum surging
In another sign of the front runner’s growing strength, Mitt Romney has taken the lead in South Carolina, according to a TIME/CNN/ORC poll released Friday.
The poll, which surveyed likely primary voters on Wednesday and Thursday, found Romney commanding 37% support, a 17-point gain since early December. He’s not the only one carrying momentum out of Iowa’s photo finish. Rick Santorum has surged 15 points, to 19%, picking up the largest chunk of Newt Gingrich’s shattered coalition. The former Speaker is still in the hunt with 18%, but that’s down from 43% in December.
Welcome to our 2012 Primary Day Tracker. In the coming days, you’ll find important updates on the primary, our candidates, and events. Since 1980, when Lee Atwater help establish our state’s “First in the South” Primary, our state has always selected the eventual nominee. South Carolina Presidential Preference Primaries have unique characteristics and demographics which are more reflective of the national electorate at large and therefore a much stronger indicator than any of the other earlier primaries or caucuses. We take our primaries very seriously – We Pick Presidents!
NASHUA, N.H. — The Republican presidential candidates have swept into New Hampshire so swiftly, you might be tricked into thinking that next Tuesday’s primary really matters.
But with Mitt Romney’s dominance here still unshaken, the other members of the GOP field are already plotting to make their strongest stand against the national front-runner in South Carolina — a conservative state in the heart of a region in which Romney has long struggled to break through.
South Carolina knows how to pick presidents, but this year, like primaries past, it’s unclear who that nominee will be even just 16 days before the vote…
“Anybody can win this in the next 16 days,” South Carolina Republican Party Chairman Chad Connelly said Wednesday. “I’ve seen this my entire political career in South Carolina.”
At this time in 2008, Sen. John McCain stood fourth in South Carolina polls behind Romney, Mike Huckabee and Fred Thompson. By primary day on Jan. 19, McCain surged to the top to win the Palmetto State and ultimately the Republican nomination.
“The old saying is ’24 hours. In politics, that’s a lifetime,’” Connelly said. “When you look at the polls in the month leading up to our primary, it was fluid and dynamic. It changed a lot and I don’t think it’s anything different this year.”
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