SC Republican Party Endorses Harris Over Skelton in 3rd District House Race

In an historic event, the South Carolina Republican Party endorsed Mr. Ed Harris 
for the 3rd District of the South Carolina House of Representatives Saturday, accoriding to Pickens County Republican Party chairman Phillip Bowers

This  is the first ever endorsement of a petition candidate for House over the 
Republican listed on the ballot.

Harris had been previously endorsed by the Pickens County Republican Party.

Through a series of legal maneuvers, the incumbent Republican, BR Skelton who 
has been in the House for 10 years, was able to secure a spot on the ballot even 
after losing the primary, and gain removal of Harris from the ballot, even 
though Harris decisively won the Republican Primary in June.

BR Skelton, using unfounded allegations and phony evidence has vilified Harris 
and, even after multiple lawsuits brought by the incumbent have been heard in 
court and dismissed, continues to call Harris unethical, according to a release.  

Ed Harris of Clemson, a highly successful businessman, has been married to his 
wife Ann for 46 years, has two children and two grandchildren. He is a veteran 
officer in the U.S. Army Airborne, and is a long time member of Clemson 
Presbyterian Church.  

It is unfortunate that Skelton used a page out of the Obama playbook. He did not 
want to discuss his record, so, like Obama; he resorted to character 
assassination of his opponent. Today, the South Carolina Republican Party 
dispelled any doubt as to Mr. Harris’s character and integrity, and placed their 
full support behind Ed Harris, the release stated.