Massey retains Senate seat, Anderson concedes
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The Senate District 25 race between two Edgefield candidates was thought to be a lot closer than things turned out. Though not official, early ballot counts show Republican Shane Massey retaining his seat in the state Senate. “We’re really excited,” Sen. Massey said late Tuesday night. “We had a great team of supporters that got out there and worked hard.”
According to projected counts, Sen. Massey won Edgefield County with over 800 votes, “and we ran big numbers in the Valley,” in Aiken County, Massey said, with an additional 2,700 vote advantage. McCormick County showed the two candidates in a dead heat giving Massey only a five vote lead there. Results in Saluda County were not available at press time; however, with the comfortable lead Sen. Massey said he had already received a concession call from Democrat challenger Greg Anderson by 10pm. Read more
District 25 campaigns fraught with controversy
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District 25 voters go to the polls Tuesday to resolve a contentious Senate race between Republican incumbent Shane Massey and Democratic challenger Greg Anderson, both of them Edgefield residents.
Edgefield attorney Massey took the Senate seat in a 2007 special election upon the resignation of former Sen. Tommy Moore, D-Clearwater. Massey is running on a “Shake Up Columbia” platform. Anderson, also an Edgefield attorney, defeated Aikenite Travis Johnson in the Democratic primary in June.
Anderson established a campaign platform supporting public schools over voucher plans, supporting strong local law enforcement, promising to advocate for economic development in District 25 and opposing expansion of oil drilling. Massey’s campaign, meanwhile, focused on funding for failing public schools, energy efficiency and expansion of drilling, legislator ethics reform and fiscal responsibility in government. Read more
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