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Hometown: Lexington...
Does he spend much time there? "Sophomore year, kind of on a whim, I ran for a spot on the town meeting, one of three governing bodies in Lexington. I didn't do much, but I ended up losing by less than one percent...At that point, I realized this was something I could do, so the next year I campaigned, wrote in the town paper, the Lexington Minuteman, and distributed flyers. I won a three-year term...It's a very tough job, but it's fun too. You get right involved in running a town...
What was his platform? "It's not that important to have a detailed platform. It's more important to show dedication to the town...I'd served as moderator of the student-faculty senate [at Lexington High], which has a lot of power. We can overrule the principal, for example. We also had lots of contact with the school committee, and that got me interested in serving in town government...
Grant pleaded no contest in 1991 to the killing of her mother, Dorothy Mayfield, in Lexington, South Carolina...
...Lexington Country Sheriff James R. Metts saidyesterday he was disappointed that the criminaljustice system had allowed Grant to serve just sixmonths...