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The 2006 South Carolina gubernatorial election will take place on November 7 , 2006 . Incumbent Mark Sanford is running for re-election. His recent approval rating was 47%. {Link without Title} Filing closed for the election on Tuesday, March 28th, 2006. The following candidates have registered for the major party primaries, which will be held on June 13th. DEMOCRATS
Moore and Willis have been the major candidates in the race for several months, and no serious challenger to either has arisen, despite rumors that Superintendent of Education and former US Senate candidate Inez Tenenbaum might enter. Both are nearly dead even in fundraising and in the polls against Sanford, having made little popular impact outside of the Democratic base. REPUBLICANS
Sanford is almost certain to emerge victorious from the primary, far outpacing Lovelace in fundraising numbers and public awareness. MAJOR ISSUES Thus far, the major issues of the campaign have largely been restricted to quibbles between the major primary opponents. Lovelace has attacked Sanford's cuts to the state Department of Commerce, and challenged him to a series of primary debates: the governor has largely ignored Lovelace, only alluding to the possibility of one primary debate in early June. Moore and Willis have traded barbs over campaign contributions made by Willis and his wife to prominent Republicans, including President George Bush and Senator Lindsay Graham. Aughtry, who entered the campaign at the eleventh hour, has floated the idea of legalizing casinos statewide to raise money for public schools. In the general election, major issues will probably be South Carolina's high unemployment rate, raising the cigarette tax, tax rebates for middle- and lower-class parents who put their children in private schools (the Put Parents in Charge plan which has been promoted as a de facto voucher program), and plans to eliminate the state's property taxes in lieu of a revenue neutral rise in the sales tax. EXTERNAL LINKS
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