Parker Beats Davenport in Landslide

With 100% of the vote counted, challenger Steve Parker has defeated incumbent S.C. House Representative Ralph Davenport in a landslide, 62% to 38%.

Parker, the Republican, will go on to run against the Democrat in November in House District 37, one of the most heavily GOP-populated areas of the state.

When the two Republicans squared off two years ago Davenport defeated Parker by only 9 votes. This time around, however, Davenport had raised the ire of many within the district by proposing a school district consolidation plan.

Parker, a former public school teacher, vehemently opposed consolidating Spartanburg County's 7 school districts.

Apparently the vast majority of the voters within the district agree with Parker, who had held a series of townhall-style meetings with voters across the county demanding that the 7 school districts be left alone.

The problem is that the Governor and the legislature plan to do otherwise.

Perhaps with a strong voice in Columbia opposing such an ill-conceived and politically unpopular plan, the powers that be in the statehouse will reconsider their secret scheme to foist upon the voters of Spartanburg County.

Parker is an outspoken leader on a variety of issues including budget restraint, tax cuts, and a sensible plan to keep education close to the local people. He is also pro-business and casts a wary eye toward extremist environmentalist groups that would hamstring capitalistic growth with their socialistic programs that limit human freedom and choice.

We strongly believe that the voters in Spartanburg County made the right choice in sending Steve Parker to the S.C. House.

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