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  • Photo: Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks at a campaign stop, Friday, Feb. 10, 2012, in Portland, Maine.
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SPIN METER: Romney backed earmarks as governor

Mitt Romney takes a hard line against congressional earmarks, but the GOP presidential front-runner had a more favorable view of federal pork-barrel spending when he was governor of Massachusetts. (full story)

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Elected Representatives

South Carolina

Nikki Haley, Governor803.734.2100
Jim DeMint, Senator843.727.4525
Lindsey Graham, Senator803.933.0112
Tim Scott, Congressman843.852.2222
Alan Wilson, Attorney General803.734.3970
Joe Wilson, Congressman843.521.2530

Beaufort County

Ed Allen, Coroner843.255.5150
Sharon Burris, Auditor843.255.2500
Doug Henderson, Treasurer843.255.2600
Jerri Ann Roseneau, Clerk of Court843.255.5050
Frank Simon, Probate Judge843.255.5850
Duffie Stone, 14th Jud. Circ. Solicitor843.255.5880
P.J. Tanner, Sheriff843.255.3200

Weston J. Newton, Council Chairman843.706.6111
Paul Sommerville, Vice Chairman843.379.7114
Steven Baer, County Council843.689.3570
Rick Caporale, County Council843.689.9999
Gerald Dawson, County Council843.846.4830
Brian Flewelling, County Council843.379.9805
Herbert Glaze, County Council843.846.2845
William McBride, County Council843.838.2264
Stewart Rodman, County Council843.363.6470
Gerald Stewart, County Council843.705.4753
Laura Von Harten, County Council843.868.1062

City of Beaufort

Billy Keyserling, Mayor843.521.2600
Donnie Ann Beer, City Council843.379.6099
Mike McFee, City Council843.522.1528
George O'Kelley, Jr., City Council843.522.2043
Mike Sutton, City Council843.252.5687

Town of Bluffton

Lisa Sulka, Mayor843.540.1579
Oliver Brown, Town Council843.757.3690
Karen Lavery, Town Council843.384.1442
Ted Huffman, Town Council843.247.8337
Mike Raymond, Town Council843.540.9471

Town of Hilton Head

Drew Laughlin, Mayor843.689.5700
Ken Heitzke, Mayor Pro Tempore843.681.8182
Wm. Lee Edwards, Town Council843.686.9020
Willie Ferguson, Town Council843.686.2863
William D. Harkins, Town Council843.263.3261
Kim Likins, Town Council843.785.4909
George W. Williams, Jr., Town Council843.363.6601

Town of Port Royal

Samuel Murray, Mayor843.524.4890
Vernon DeLoach, Town Council843.524.4655
Mary Beth Grey-Heyward, Town Council843.524.4561
Thomas Klein, Town Council843.522.0068
Joe Lee, Town Council843.522.9867