COLUMBIA, SC – Gresham Barrett picked up a major endorsement from South Carolina’s leading business and industry organization earlier today. Barrett has built his campaign on an aggressive vision for job creation in the Palmetto State.
In a statement released to the media this morning announcing its endorsement of Gresham Barrett, [...]
By JOHN O’CONNOR
joconnor@thestate.com
The South Carolina Chamber of Commerce has endorsed Republican U.S. Rep. Gresham Barrett and Democratic state Sen. Vincent Sheheen in their respective bids for governor.
The Chamber is the state’s largest business-oriented advocacy group.
Barrett, the group said, “has a solid jobs plan and economic vision for the state” including maintaining South Carolina’s right-to-work labor [...]
Gresham was on the Fred Thompson Show earlier this week. Click below to listen to the interview.
By Rudolph Bell
An endorsement from Fred Thompson, the former senator, presidential candidate and actor, could help U.S. Rep. Gresham Barrett with one of his biggest challenges in running for governor — lack of name recognition in some parts of the state.
Danielle Vinson, a professor of political science at Furman University, said the nod of approval [...]
By CHRIS TRAINOR
Published: Tuesday, March 2, 2010 11:33 PM EST
Republican gubernatorial candidate and Third District U.S. Rep. Gresham Barrett made a campaign proposal Tuesday to expand an immigration and customs enforcement initiative that would equip local law enforcement with the training and authority to tackle illegal immigration in all South Carolina’s counties.
Barrett, who is [...]
COLUMBIA, SC – Pointing to South Carolina’s record high unemployment rate and looming budget crisis, Gresham Barrett, Republican candidate for Governor, today called for a crackdown on illegal immigration. Barrett, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives Immigration Caucus, will propose expanding an Immigration and Customs Enforcement initiative that provides local law enforcement with [...]
U.S. Rep. Gresham Barrett, an Oconee County Republican running for governor, has won the endorsement of Fred Thompson, a former presidential candidate, U.S. senator from Tennessee and actor.
Thompson said in a prepared statement: “You just don’t get much more conservative than Gresham Barrett. He’s a freedom fighter who can get things done for South Carolina. [...]
COLUMBIA, SC – The Barrett for Governor campaign continues gain momentum with voters across South Carolina and national conservative leaders alike. This morning the campaign announced that Senator Fred Thompson, former presidential candidate and icon of the conservative movement, endorsed Gresham Barrett for Governor. Senator Thompson released the following statement regarding his endorsement:
“South Carolina is [...]
Our campaign manager, Luke Byars, just sent out this response to the latest negative attack from Nikki Haley.
Dear Friends,
South Carolina is facing record breaking unemployment. Over 270,000 of our fellow citizens are out of work. We are in the midst of the greatest
economic crisis since the Great Depression. Across our State people are
suffering.
Fortunately, Republican Gresham [...]
Upstate Republican is the Only Congressman in SC to Earn High Honor
COLUMBIA, SC – The National Taxpayer Union (NTU), a nonpartisan
grassroots organization of 362,000 members, today announced that Gresham Barrett is the only Congressman from South Carolina to have earned the group’s prestigious “Taxpayers’ Friend Award” for 2009. Barrett
received a 93% score from the NTU, [...]
