16 Republicans, 3 Democrats, and 2 Greens had filed by the end of filing at noon Monday. 1 of the Democrats later withdrew
The
Republicans in the order they filed:
1. Elizabeth Moffly, Noon, 1/18/13
2. Teddy Turner, 1:13 PM 1/18/13
3. Rep. Andy Patrick, 11:36 AM 1/22/13
4. Curtis Bostic, 9:20 AM 1/23/13
5. ex-Sen. John Kuhn, 11:46 AM 1/23/13
6. ex-Dorchester Sheriff Ray Nash, 2:34 PM 1/23/13
7. Rep. Chip Limehouse, 4:32 PM 1/23/13
8. Jeff King, 11:08 AM 1/24/13
9. Keith Blandford, 12:28 PM 1/24/13
10. Rep. Peter McCoy, 12:38 PM 1/24/13
11. Sen. Larry Grooms, 1:53 PM 1/24/13
12. Tim Larkin, 2:15 PM 1/24/13
13. ex-Gov. Mark Sanford, 3:35 PM 1/24/13
14. Jonathan Hoffman, 4:18 PM 1/25/13
15. Ric Bryant, 10:25 AM 1/28/13
16. Shawn Pinkston, 10:36 AM 1/28/13
Moffly is on the Charleston County school board and ran for the nomination for State Superintendent of Education in 2010. She made the runoff but lost to the Mack Zais. I voted for her in both the primary and the runoff, but I'm not certain that if I lived in the 1st District I'd vote for her. However, she has lent her campaign $200,000 to get it started, so she certainly has to be accounted as a serious candidate.
Teddy Turner is likely to be well-funded as well since Robert Edward Turner IV is the son of the Ted Turner, Robert Edward Turner III, tho obvious not by Jane Fonda. It's also obvious that his politics are not the same as his dad's.
Curtis Bostic is a former Charleston County councilman and a trial lawyer. I doubt he has a chance, tho he is a friend of Tim Scott.
Jeff King is an engineer who is a political unknown, who will likely be just as unknown after the primary is over.
Keith Blandford was the Libertarian Party candidate for the seat in 2010 and 2012. If the Libertarian Party waits, it could run a fusion campaign if Blandford won the primary, except he won't win the primary.
Tim Larkin is an information systems security engineer working for a Department of Defense contractor in North Charleston. He is a veteran of the war in Afghanistan, currently serves in the S.C. Army National Guard. He will not be the Republican nominee in this special election.
Johnathon Hoffman was formerly a mid-level DHS bureaucrat and currently an instructor at the Citadel with delusions of winning this primary.
Ric Bryant is another nobody. He's an 50-something engineer and long-distance runner. Unfortunately for him, this run isn't long enough for him to beat out his opponents.
Shawn Pinkston is am associate attorney in a local law firm who likely is running to increase name recognition before starting his own law firm.
The three
Democrats in no particular order:
Elizabeth Colbert-Busch
Ben Frasier
Martin Skelly
Colbert-Busch is a Democratic Party activist who happens to be the sister of Stephen Colbert.
Ben Frasier is a perennial filer in Democratic primaries who never campaigns hard and is suspected of being a Republican plant to force serious Democratic candidates to shoulder the costs of having a primary campaign to run and this deplete their resources for the fall campaign. He did actually get the nomination for the 1st district race in 2010 where he was soundly trounced by Tim Scott.
Skelly is a businessman specializing in foreign investments who has withdrawn.
The Greens had two people file and they'll be holding a special convention on the 9th to choose.
Larry Carter Center is an activist who has a Wikipedia user page.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Larry_Carter_CenterThe page mentions he escorts women past abortion protesters, but he did more than that not long ago. He hit one of those protesters with a car and is facing charges
Eugene Platt is the one who will get the nomination tho. The Green Party website is not exactly neutral, and with good reason. Not only is Center not a good candidate, Platt is the only Green Party member in the state who holds an elected office, albeit a nonpartisan one. Platt was the Democratic nominee for this seat back in 1990 and has run for the State House several times since then under the Democratic, Green, and Working Families banners.
Personally I hope Turner and Colbert-Busch get their parties' respective nominations so that there can be a debate on nationwide cable jointly sponsored by CNN and the Comedy Channel.