Q&A with the Beaufort mayor candidates. Here’s what they told us in our voter guide
Voters in the City of Beaufort are choosing a new mayor in the Nov. 3 general election.
Former councilman Mike Sutton, 62, and current councilman Stephen Murray, 39, are on the ballot. The race is non-partisan.
Mayor Billy Keyserling, who championed the National Monument to the Reconstruction Era and opposed oil drilling off South Carolina’s coast, has been Beaufort’s mayor since 2008 but decided earlier this year not to run for a fourth term.
Some of the issues the new mayor will face are related to COVID-19, but workforce issues, the impact of development and growth, homelessness in the city, and the increased potential for storms and flooding are all on the minds of voters.
Find out more about Sutton and Murray, and read what both of the candidates told us when we sent them questions for our voter guide.
How to access the full voter guide
The Island Packet and Beaufort Gazette put together a voter guide with information our readers can use in deciding how to cast their vote.
We sent questionnaires to statewide and local candidates in key races and published their responses just as they were sent to us.
To find the complete voter guide, go to islandpacket.com/voter-guide.
Anyone who lives in Beaufort or Jasper counties can enter their address to see a customized ballot and get basic information about many of the candidates they will be choosing from. Subscribers get additional information and can read the answers candidates submitted to our questions.
