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...that was the last victory for a Democratic presidential candidate in South Carolina--the state gave George Bush his second highest percentage (after Mississippi) in the nation in 1992. A one-man symbol of this trend--and many others--is the state's 93-year-old Senior Senator Strom Thurmond, who, in his 67-year political career, has been both a Democrat and Republican and, by the end of next term, may also be the oldest Senator ever...
...stake in the Carolina Panthers pro-football team--Close calls himself a fiscal conservative and social moderate. He advocates campaign finance reform that would limit spending to $1 per constituent and eliminate PAC contributions, which he does not accept. Whether or not Close makes age an issue, Strom Thurmond did enter the Senate the year after the challenger's birth...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "I've even voted for Senator Thurmond in the past, but I think it's time for a new face and new ideas in Washington...
RALEIGH: In the Carolinas, two legendary southern Senators are winding up what will probably be their last elections. Republicans Strom Thurmond of South Carolina and Jesse Helms of North Carolina each entered the last week of the race slightly ahead of his challenger after running campaigns from the same playbook, TIME's Lisa Towle reports from Raleigh. "As the races progressed, the margins have narrowed to within ten points," Towle reports. "As that has happened, both Thurmond and Helms have gone more on the defensive." When their leads were more comfortable, both men followed a policy of completely ignoring their...
...similar reasons, Sen. J. Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.) this year has refused to debate his Democratic challenger, Elliott Close...