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September 8, 2010
WCSC Live 5: Sheheen talks about deepening harbor during Charleston visit
Senator Vincent Sheheen made a stop in Charleston Tuesday to talk about deepening the harbor and to address the Rotary Club of Charleston. The democratic candidate for governor spoke at waterfront park in downtown charleston at 11 a.m. He demanded that his oppononent for governor, Republican Nikki Haley, take a stand on the harbor deepening needed to secure the future of the port. -
September 7, 2010
Sheheen stages fundraiser Wednesday at Showroom
Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Vincent Sheheen will appear at a fundraiser from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at The Showroom, 149 S. Daniel Morgan Ave., in Spartanburg. Suggested contributions range from $100 to $1,000, but organizers say that donations of any amount would be appreciated. -
September 7, 2010
Sheheen Demands Haley Tell S.C. Voters Where She Stands on Charleston Port Deepening
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September 6, 2010
Greenville Online - Michael Mullinax: Haley's attack on Sheheen is shameful
It is difficult to respond to someone like Nikki Haley for whom truth is a foreign concept. -
September 2, 2010
Island Packet: Campaign rhetoric doesn't match record
The expression "Actions speak louder than words" came to mind as I read Rep. Nikki Haley's proposals for improving public education in South Carolina if elected governor. -
August 31, 2010
Haley, Sheheen back gun ownership
South Carolinians can be sure of one thing as they assess the two major-party contenders for governor: They are not coming for your guns. On Monday, Republican gubernatorial nominee Nikki Haley and Democratic nominee Vincent Sheheen jockeyed for dominance as the more pro-gun candidate. -
August 31, 2010
Sheheen proposes five debates
Democratic gubernatorial nominee Vincent Sheheen has proposed five Lincoln-Douglas debates with Republican nominee Nikki Haley to be held at five sites around the state. -
August 31, 2010
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Sheheen campaigns in Lowcountry
South Carolina is in crisis, Democratic gubernatorial nominee Vincent Sheheen told a crowd of supporters in Beaufort on Tuesday. Unemployment is high, public schools are laying off teachers and a lack of accountability has led to ethics violations and criminal charges against elected officials. He said legislators in the General Assembly are divided -- between Republicans and Democrats, the Upstate and the Lowcountry and even within their own political parties. But South Carolina and ... -
August 30, 2010
Sheheen Challenges Haley to Lincoln Douglas Debates
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August 29, 2010
Rock Hill Herald: Haley withholds e-mails
State Rep. Nikki Haley achieved only semi-transparency with her latest document drop. She'll have to do better than that to match her opponent. -
August 24, 2010
AP: SC Democrats meet to hear gov candidates debate
A South Carolina Democratic candidate for governor set the tone for his party in the November elections by calling out the convictions of top elected state GOP leaders since 2002, as well as Gov. Mark Sanford's problems. State Sen. Vincent Sheheen addressed the state Democratic Party convention Saturday in Columbia and brought cheers as he noted the Republican state agriculture commissioner and state treasurer were both convicted and sent to prison after taking office. -
August 21, 2010
The State: Nikki Haley's income tax problem
I hadn't planned to write about Rep. Nikki Haley’s income tax problem. I didn’t see it as a huge deal, and I wasn’t convinced by claims that missing a couple of deadlines undermined the value of her knowledge and experience as an accountant. But after her supporters started castigating the media for even reporting that the Haleys filed their taxes late several years in a row, and after Ms. Haley started talking about how she “did nothing wrong,” I checked with the IRS and talked to some ... -
August 20, 2010
Haley releases e-mails months after being asked
South Carolina's Republican gubernatorial nominee is looking to bolster her key issue of government transparency with the release of thousands of legislative e-mails Friday afternoon. State Rep. Nikki Haley's campaign allowed media to see 10,000 pages of legislative correspondence three months after they were requested. The campaign required reporters view the documents at her office and make no copies. Haley has made government accountability and transparency a main issue. Democratic ... -
August 19, 2010
Assertive Sheheen attacks vouchers
Democratic gubernatorial nominee Vincent Sheheen says he would veto any efforts to provide public aid for private-school tuition and Republican cuts to education. -
August 15, 2010
Sheheen's support solid in his hometown
Out in front of the garage, a gigantic indigo blue "Sheheen for governor" sign winks in the sun. In the back, Harold Griffin, owner of Harold's Wheel and Brake, sweats over a car's open hood and talks happily about gubernatorial candidate Vincent Sheheen's family. "All of the Sheheens are well respected around here," said Griffin, stretching his hand deep into the engine's belly. "They're all true Southern gentlemen. They'd do anything for you." -
August 13, 2010
Vincent Sheheen, Nikki Haley split on kitchen table issue
Go figure. A Republican is open to a tax increase, but a Democrat is dead set against it. -
August 10, 2010
Do as I say, not as I do: Haley's insistence for transparency seems only to apply to others
Gubernatorial candidate Nikki Haley, who has made "transparency" her biggest issue as a legislator and in her campaign, apparently feels it's OK to draw the curtains when she's the one in the window. -
August 9, 2010
Sheheen promises support for hunting/fishing related measures
Does the name Vincent Sheheen ring a bell? No, he's not a pro bass fisherman or a guide. A Democrat, he is a state senator who is running for governor. I first met Sen. Sheheen and his sons on a dove shoot several years ago. Then the next year I met him again at a Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus and again in February at a political function. I asked Sen. Sheheen if he would give me an interview if he won the Democratic nomination for governor -- if I promised to take him fishing on one of ... -
August 8, 2010
Sheheen: Is Haley being open?
Democratic gubernatorial nominee Vincent Sheheen is trying to fight the battle against Republican nominee Nikki Haley on her own turf, attempting to wrest away Haley's signature campaign issue. -
August 4, 2010
Sheheen releases legislative e-mails; Haley does not
Democratic gubernatorial nominee Vincent Sheheen released thousands of pages of e-mails from his legislative account Wednesday in response to a freedom of information request from The State. -
July 27, 2010
Haley on Defense Over Transparency
Republican state Rep. Nikki Haley won her party's nomination for governor largely by pointing the dual barrels of transparency and accountability directly at her adversaries and firing away. But as she's entered the general election against Democratic Sen. Vincent Sheheen, the Lexington Republican now appears to have found herself knocked off balance by the recoil. -
July 25, 2010
Democratic gubernatorial candidate visits Lowcountry
Area Democrats expressed optimism Sunday afternoon that gubernatorial candidate and state Sen. Vincent Sheheen will reclaim the governor's mansion for their party for the first time in more than a decade. -
July 25, 2010
Sheheen roots deep in Camden
Vincent Sheheen's advisers urged him to move his gubernatorial campaign headquarters to Columbia, but he insisted on staying here. After all, the Kershaw County seat is where his great-grandfather Abraham put down roots 115 years ago. -
July 25, 2010
Greenville News Editorial: Haley can do more to fight secrecy
State Rep. Nikki Haley has done more to push transparency in state Legislature than any legislator in some time, but some of her contributions have been unintentional. The one significant accomplishment in Haley's short political career has been in forcing her House colleagues to put more of their votes on the record. -
July 21, 2010
Post & Courier: Haley won't back good ol' boys breakup
And you thought Nikki Haley was going to shake up South Carolina's good ol' boys club. The South Carolina Gubernatorial Appointments Project, a nonpartisan group dedicated to getting more women involved in state government, asked Haley and Democratic governor nominee Vincent Sheheen to sign a pledge to commit to try to recruit more women for state boards and agencies.