{"id":9173,"date":"2022-01-19T11:22:37","date_gmt":"2022-01-19T16:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robbyforhouse.com\/?p=9173"},"modified":"2022-01-19T11:24:06","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T16:24:06","slug":"dorchester-republicans-have-primary-to-fill-vacant-statehouse-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robbyforhouse.com\/dorchester-republicans-have-primary-to-fill-vacant-statehouse-seat\/","title":{"rendered":"Dorchester Republicans have primary to fill vacant Statehouse seat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SUMMERVILLE \u2014 Dorchester County Republicans will have a primary duel in the election to replace former state Rep. Mandy Kimmons.<\/p>\n<p>Robby Robbins, a member of the S.C. Department of Transportation Commission and a former board chairman, will face Candace Jennings, a stay-at-home home-school mother, in the GOP primary March 8. Both live in Summerville.<\/p>\n<p>On the Democratic side, ReZsaun Lewis is the only candidate to file. He is also from Summerville and serves as executive director of Lowcountry Youth Services, a nonprofit.<\/p>\n<p>The special election to fill the seat is May 17.<\/p>\n<p>Kimmons of Ridgeville announced her sudden resignation from the House of Representatives last month, just weeks before the start of the 2022 legislative session.<\/p>\n<p>Kimmons won District 97 from Democratic control in 2018 in a 7-point victory over Patsy Knight, who was running for her seventh term in office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SUMMERVILLE \u2014 Dorchester County Republicans will have a primary duel in the election to replace former state Rep. Mandy Kimmons. Robby Robbins, a member of the S.C. 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