Summerville-area House seat pits Hutson against Horne
FROM THE CHARLESTON POST AND COURIER
By Yvonne Wenger (Contact)
The Post and Courier
Monday, May 5, 2008
The GOP primary for Dorchester’s House District 94 pits familiar political opponents Jenny Horne and Rep. Heyward Hutson against one another for a rematch.
Hutson won the Summerville-area seat by a less than 300-vote margin in October in a special election, and the two competitors will square off again on June 10.
“My philosophy is, South Carolina can be the first in education, the first in per capita income,” said Horne, a 35-year-old lawyer. “We can be the first in job creation and job growth, we just have to work together to do it.”
Hutson, 72, retired Army officer, said he is the right choice.
“I invite everyone to look at my record and they will see that I have done everything possible to accomplish what I have set out to do,” he said.
Horne has raised $25,846.92 for the election, according to quarterly records. Hutson raised $2,501.93. He noted that he does not employ campaign consultants, on which Horne has spent at least $8,000.
Horne said improving the way public education is delivered is a priority. She wants education to be more relevant for students in a global economy. One way to do that is make education more technology-driven and offer more vocational opportunities, which also would help the drop-out rate, she said. Read the rest of this entry »