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...GOVERNOR BEASLEY RESPONDS...
...moment is approaching. Already, Governor David Beasley of South Carolina, faced with allegations that he had an affair with his former press secretary, has felt the need to deny all at a press conference that featured not only the Governor and his wife but also the press secretary and her husband--the sort of gathering that could become the 1998 campaign's version of double dating...
...Beasley has yet to say whether he will show up to be sworn. But this localized bit of Monica madness comes after published reports linking the born-again darling of the Christian right to a state employee who received a large raise before she resigned last year to spend more time with her family. Those accounts and widespread rumors, which have appeared in print with no evidence to back them up, helped persuade lawyers for the state Democratic Party to take a cue from Starr and file a Freedom of Information Act request last June demanding the official schedule...
...Both Beasley and his wife deny the reports of an affair, and the last time one of Beasley's opponents raised them, he did not get very far. James Metts, a Republican county sheriff, made them an issue when he launched an independent bid for Governor last year. Metts managed to come up with a lilting musical ditty: "To start, he takes a beautiful girl, pays her 90 thou and goes for a whirl. Reporters ask, 'What about wife No. 1?' But David just wants to have fun." Metts eventually apologized, withdrew from the race and endorsed Beasley...
...this round, Hodges is catching up to Beasley in the polls, riding a freaky wave of money and support. A former state legislator and a corporate lawyer, Hodges touts tax revenues from gambling as the best way to fund South Carolina's crumbling education system, and grateful video-poker barons have rewarded him with heavy campaign contributions. Beasley has made himself an enemy of the state's gambling interests by calling for a ban on video poker and opposing a referendum on introducing a state lottery...