David Beasley

...say those watching this race take shape. The 1994 governor's race is instructive. In February of that year, Republican state Rep. David Beasley of Darlington was polling at 12 percent behind former Republican congressmen Tommy Hartnett...

In this article: Mark Sanford, South Carolina, Charleston, Nikki Haley, Nick Theodore, Henry McMaster, and Arthur Ravenel

...for foiling Sanford's agenda, aides to other former S.C. governors find fault with Sanford, too. Gary Karr, press secretary to GOP Gov. David Beasley, says Sanford showed his disdain for the legislative process dramatically in 2004, when he...

In this article: Mark Sanford, South Carolina, Carroll Campbell, Unemployment, and John Land

...was elected to the U.S. House in 1998 to represent his Upstate district. After six years in the House, DeMint defeated former Gov. David Beasley in a 2004 Republican primary runoff to seek the U.S. Senate seat vacated by the retiring Fritz...

In this article: Jim DeMint, U.S. Senate, Lindsey Graham, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, U.S., South Carolina, U.S. House, and John McCain

...public schools, what set Mr. Sanford apart from his Republican predecessors wasn't that he supported vouchers; I have little doubt that David Beasley or Carroll Campbell would have signed a voucher bill had it landed on his desk. It was the...

In this article: Henry McMaster, Nikki Haley, Tax, Unemployment, Medicaid, No Child Left Behind Act, Yahoo, and Carroll Campbell

...Beasley opposed a proposal for the state to support all-day kindergarten, a decision which cost him Democratic votes. Following his term as governor, Beasley was invited as a fellow at the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government in...

In this article: David Muldrow Beasley, Republican Party, South Carolina, Democratic Party, Massachusetts, John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award, University of South Carolina School of Law, and University of South Carolina

...prospects in remote areas. "It wasn't routine," Hodges said of chartering planes. Former Gov. David Beasley, a Republican, said he could not recall using charter planes on economic development trips. "That's not the way we did it,"...

In this article: Mark Sanford, South Carolina, Munich, Europe, Jim Hodges, and Cessna

...of spreadsheets, memos, itineraries and other documents include: A March 1996 European trade trip by a delegation including Beasley, whose airfare cost $8,358. A memo cited in the records states the delegation would have access to...

In this article: Mark Sanford, Jim Hodges, John Land, Carroll Campbell, France, and Department of Commerce

...Carolina political scientist, said the actions of an incumbent can influence subsequent elections. He noted former Republican Gov. David Beasley lost his 1998 re-election bid because of his positions on video poker and the Confederate flag.

In this article: Republican Party, Mark Sanford, South Carolina, Charleston, Thomas Ravenel, Unemployment, and Cocaine

...least one of Sanford's sons was aboard 43 flights during his first term alone. That compared with 11 during Hodges' single term and 12 during David Beasley's one term. Overall, flights that included his children cost taxpayers more than...

In this article: Mark Sanford, South Carolina, Republican Party, Jim Hodges, and King Air

...with him as a free trader. The other two ran as hardcore protectionists in what proved to be the primary's biggest issue. With former Gov. David Beasley (R) far ahead in the polls, the real race between the other three was for second place,...

In this article: Tax, Social Security, GOP, Lindsey O. Graham, Marco Rubio, Barack Obama, and South Carolina