Republican pastor wins SC House special election

[1srelluc]

MSN

South Carolina state Rep. John Lastinger (R), a pastor, won the special election for South Carolina House District 88, defeating Democrat and retired Army Col. Joseph “Chuck” Hightower.

The seat opened after former state Rep. RJ May (R) resigned following a guilty plea in a federal child sexual abuse material case.

Lastinger, who ran as a conservative backing anti-abortion measures and gun rights, will serve through next November.

Analysts say Lastinger’s win restores Republican control, but turnout and voter behavior were likely shaped by the unusual vacancy and the compressed special‑election timeline.

Lastinger’s short term gives voters an early chance to reassess his record if he runs for a full term next year.

OK, so a gop guy winning a gop seat.....Ordinarily this would be no big deal but to hear the dems talk a dem winning a dem seat in a special election so some kind of big deal.

 

[BluesLegend]

Well there you have it, Democrats are DOOMED in the midterms. It's over, they are toast.

 

[odanny]

The seat opened after former state Rep. RJ May (R) resigned following a guilty plea in a federal child sexual abuse material case.

I didn't think that disqualified Republicans from office, surprised he resigned.

 

[BluesLegend]

Breaking: America abandons the Democratic party, elects Republican in special election. Clear sign the Democratic party is now a permanent minority.

 

[pknopp]

Seems to me the big story here is why the previous Rep resigned.

 

[Gabe Lackmann]

Rep. RJ May (R) resigned following a guilty plea in a federal child sexual abuse

Oh, classy. Great footsteps to follow in that district. Hope John lives up to it.

 

[1srelluc]

Seems to me the big story here is why the previous Rep resigned.

Yes Sir, it's a veritable death knell for the dem party in the mid-terms.

See how silly it sounds when the dems win a dem seat somewhere in a special election?

 

[pknopp]

Yes Sir, it's a veritable death knell for the dem party in the mid-terms.

See how silly it sounds when the dems win a dem seat somewhere in a special election?

No clue how that addresses my point, but I guess I am used to it.

(noted, in an earlier election I said you can't take much when a party wins a seat they already hold)

 

[airplanemechanic]

I didn't think that disqualified Republicans from office, surprised he resigned.

We know it doesn't disqualify a democrat president from office.

 

[1srelluc]

No clue how that addresses my point, but I guess I am used to it.

(noted, in an earlier election I said you can't take much when a party wins a seat they already hold)

Ah, you did not have a point worth addressing...What was it again?

 

[JWBooth]

I like how people chose the preacher over the tax leech.

 

[pknopp]

Former Rep. RJ May pleads guilty to sending 'disgusting and depraved' child sex abuse videos • SC Daily Gazette

May could face between five and 20 years in prison for each of the five accounts to which he pleaded guilty

scdailygazette.com

 

[1srelluc]

Former Rep. RJ May pleads guilty to sending 'disgusting and depraved' child sex abuse videos • SC Daily Gazette

May could face between five and 20 years in prison for each of the five accounts to which he pleaded guilty

scdailygazette.com

Good he was got shed of then. Not seeing a problem here.

GOP guy *****-up, gets tossed, another gop guy runs for his seat and wins over a dem.

Best of all outcomes.

 

[odanny]

Former Rep. RJ May pleads guilty to sending 'disgusting and depraved' child sex abuse videos • SC Daily Gazette

May could face between five and 20 years in prison for each of the five accounts to which he pleaded guilty

scdailygazette.com

"Former Rep. RJ May told a federal judge Monday that he used an account under the name joebidennnn69 to send videos of children being sexually abused."

These people are so depraved.

 

[pknopp]

He gets 17.5 years.

Ex-SC Rep. RJ May sentenced to federal prison on child sex abuse material charges

Former South Carolina state lawmaker RJ May will be sentenced Wednesday on federal charges linked to child sexual abuse material.

www.wistv.com

 

[dudmuck]

He gets 17.5 years.

Ex-SC Rep. RJ May sentenced to federal prison on child sex abuse material charges

Former South Carolina state lawmaker RJ May will be sentenced Wednesday on federal charges linked to child sexual abuse material.

www.wistv.com

...was honored by the anti-LGBTQ+ “parents’ rights” group Moms for Liberty in 2023 as its Legislator of the Year