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September 11, 2007
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Meeting
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Stern 206
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7 :00 PM
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September 24, 2007
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Meeting
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Stern 206
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7:00 PM
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South Carolina Primary Election
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Ten candidates to participate in historic First-in-the-South Presidential
Candidates Debate
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Excitement surrounding presidential politics
in South Carolina continues to grow as South Carolina Republican
Party Chairman Katon Dawson today announced that invitations will be extended to ten Republican presidential candidates to
participate in the 2007 First-In-The-South Republican Party Presidential Candidates Debate.
Dawson said, “We
would like to extend a warm South Carolina welcome to ten White House hopefuls who are seeking the Republican nomination to
be the next President of the United States.”
“The participants in our debate ensure South
Carolina voters and Republicans visiting Columbia
from across the country get a chance to hear candidates for President candidly discuss important issues facing our future.
We are extremely proud to host the first truly national presidential candidates debate,” Dawson added.
The following candidates will be receiving formal invitations from the
South Carolina Republican Party to the 2007 First-In-The-South Republican Party Presidential Candidates Debate (in alphabetical
order):
U.S. Senator Sam Brownback – Kansas
Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani –
New York City
Former Governor Jim Gilmore – Virginia
Former Governor Mike Huckabee – Arkansas
U.S. Congressman
Duncan Hunter – California
U.S. Senator John McCain – Arizona
U.S. Congressman Ron Paul – Texas
Former
Governor Mitt Romney – Massachusetts
U.S. Congressman Tom Tancredo – Colorado
Former Governor Tommy Thompson
– Wisconsin
The 2007 First-In-The-South Republican Party Presidential Candidates Debate will be televised
live by FOX News Channel at 9:00 PM from the University of South Carolina’s Koger Center for the Arts on Tuesday, May
15, 2007. FOX News Channel Washington Managing Editor Brit Hume will moderate the debate and FOX News Sunday Anchor Chris
Wallace and White House Correspondent Wendell Goler will ask questions of the candidates.
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