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[SC-05] Spratt will seek re-election
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| News Date | Tuesday, December 22, 2009 05:50:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | By Adam Fogle | December 21st, 2009
Congressman John Spratt has ended months of speculation over whether he will resign or run to retain his seat next year.
On Monday, the 14-term Democrat officially filed for re-election with the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
The FEC filing showed Spratt, 67, with nearly $600,000 cash-on-hand. He is currently South Carolina’s longest-serving Congressman.
A number of media outlets had been probing Spratt’s intentions of late, which likely pressured him into making a decisive move before he lost the support of his 5th district base.
“Washington is sort of like an echo chamber,” Spratt told the Rock Hill Herald on Monday. “Somebody says something and somebody else picks up on it. The next thing you know, a half dozen people are picking up on something they heard.”
Spratt, who chairs the House Budget Committee, faces opposition from Republican State Sen. Mick Mulvaney (R-Lancaster) in a fairly rural, conservative district. But Spratt has been able to easily dismiss Republican opposition in the past. |
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