Georgetown County GOP convention elects Jerow as chairman

Georgetown County Republicans unanimously elected Jim Jerow as party chairman at their convention today.

A Pawleys Island resident, Jerow is the past president of the Waccamaw Neck Republican Club and was chairman of the successful SCGOP Victory 2010 effort in Georgetown County last fall.

He replaces Tom Swatzel, who honored a two-term pledge limit by not seeking reelection.

Glen O'Connell was elected as state executive committeeman, replacing Jill Kelso, who was recently hired as state Rep. Thad Viers' district chief of staff.

O'Connell is a former member of the Georgetown County Council, a past Georgetown County GOP chairman, and a former S.C. Republican Party Treasurer.

Reelected by the convention were Vice-Chairman R.L. Port, Secretary Ruthann Howard, and Treasurer Howard Ward.

The convention also elected twelve delegates to the state party convention on May 7th.

Lambert makes hole-in-one

Roland Lambert, Georgetown County GOP Executive Committeeman and President of the Lower Georgetown County Republican Club, made a hole-in-one on Sunday, April 3rd while playing a round of golf at the Cherry Hill Golf Course.

Congratulations to Roland!

Rep. Kevin Ryan featured in College of Charleston magazine

An excerpt from the article:

“At the College, Ryan is modest, says (Professor) Stewart. After Election Day last semester, it was left to Stewart to inform her master’s in public administration students that their classmate was now an elected official. Despite his commitments to campaigning and holding office, Ryan has been a model student, she says, and is unique in that while most of her students are learning how to execute public policy, Ryan is creating it.

“He’s different. I think Kevin’s truly in this fight for good reasons,” says Stewart. “He really cares about bettering the state.”’

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Congressman Tim Scott featured in Post & Courier- will be in Georgetown County March 23 and 24

Congressman Tim Scott was featured in a Post & Courier article on Sunday, March 20th entitled "Scott & Clyburn: New and old in S.C. politics converge," that compared Scott with old guard Democratic Congressman Jim Clyburn.

Here's an excerpt:

"At 45, Scott is fresh and vibrant, a standout in Congress' conservative freshman class. He also is one of two black Republicans elected to the U.S. House from the Deep South in more than a century, and as such he has earned favored-son status with the Republican Party that has struggled to diversify its ranks.

Godfathers of the conservative movement, such as former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, have kept an eye on Scott since 1996. So, by the time he arrived on Capitol Hill in January, the spotlight was ready to shine on him. Scott was named a House whip and was selected by his peers as one of two freshmen on the Elected Leadership Committee, the GOP's agenda-setting group. Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia is Scott's mentor."

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Scott will be featured at Georgetown County events on March 23rd and 24th that will benefit the Black River District Boy Scouts and the Georgetown County GOP respectively. Check out our events calendar.

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