Politics & Government
Upstate Senator Plays Defense as Tea Party Ramps Up Campaign Against Him
Sen. Larry Martin hopes Pickens County voters will hear his ad before members of the Tea Party come knocking on Saturday

Upstate Sen. Larry Martin is playing defense after hearing that members of the Greenville Tea Party plan to go door-to-door on Saturday handing out scorecards showing the voting records of all state lawmakers.
WYFF interviewed members of the Tea Party who say it's time for Martin to leave office.
Martin, who holds Pickens County's District 2 seat, has put a new radio commercial out hoping that voters in Pickens will hear what he has done in office, before the Tea Party knocks on their doors this weekend.
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