In 2010, Scott briefly ran for lieutenant governor, ultimately abandoning that pursuit to seek the 1st District seat being vacated by retiring Rep. Other measures that didn’t pass would have made several statewide positions like the agriculture commissioner, secretary of state and education superintendent appointed, not elected, positions. They also teamed up, along with a number of co-sponsors, on other less successful bills, including measures to audit state education funds, endow “rights of due process and equal protection” at fertilization and a “truth in spending” measure for all state and local government entities. That next session, they both signed onto a number of resolutions and bills, including a constitutional amendment - ultimately approved by the state’s voters - guaranteeing workers the right to voting by secret ballot on union representation. The two worked alongside each other for a single term in the state House of Representatives, after Scott joined Haley in the chamber following the 2008 election. The intertwined relationships of those who have supported both Haley and Scott mirror the politicians themselves, whose shared political history dates back further than the pivotal Senate appointment. ![]() It’s just going with the person that I believe in, that I’m dear friends with, somebody I’ve known for 20 years.” It’s not choosing one person over another. “I just have a very strong friendship with her. “He’s an outstanding senator, and we’re very proud of him here in South Carolina,” Wilkins said, of Scott. Haley launched her campaign in February, and Scott formally announced his on Monday. But nearly a dozen years later, they find themselves running against each other for the GOP presidential nomination. Haley and Scott are forever linked by that announcement at the South Carolina Statehouse on a winter day in 2012, cementing their status as rising stars in a Republican Party frustrated by Barack Obama’s reelection just a month earlier. Scott was just as effusive, praising Haley as someone who governed with “conviction” and “integrity.” He pledged to “get on the team with Nikki Haley to make sure that all of America continues to hear the great things about South Carolina.” And so it was with that, that I knew he was the right person.” “He is very aware that what he does and every vote he makes affects South Carolina and affects our country. “This man loves South Carolina,” Haley said of Scott, a congressman at the time. ![]() Nikki Haley said her decision to appoint Tim Scott was “pretty simple.” (AP) - As she introduced South Carolina’s next senator, then-Gov.
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