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House GOPers pushing Nathan Ballentine to run for Treasurer

Numerous Republican House members are pushing Representative Nathan Ballentine to run for State Treasurer.

Ballentine is a prominent Columbia banker and a rising star in the Republican Party

Most interesting is that Ballentine had the 2004 Upset of the Year, defeating then House Majority Leader Rick Quinn for re-election.  It would be interesting to see Ballentine face Quinn again in this race.

Developing…

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5 Responses to “House GOPers pushing Nathan Ballentine to run for Treasurer”

  1. C.Ross Says:
    June 20th, 2007 at 8:09 pm

    this makes sense. if ballentine is appointed quinn could return to his old seat in the house. i bet quinn is pushing house members to get ballentine to run.

  2. TheDailySnoop Says:
    June 20th, 2007 at 8:30 pm

    Haha

  3. Political Angel Says:
    June 20th, 2007 at 9:26 pm

    Quinn lost his House seat because he lost touch with his district people. He was too busy being Majority Leader. Nathan literally walked door to door in the district and earned the confidence of the voters. Quinn’s family still live in the district, but swore Rick had purchased property or moved into Lexington??

  4. Robert Says:
    June 21st, 2007 at 2:57 am

    Ballentine is a Sanford toad…he will do as he is told…and nothing more.

  5. Irmo Conservative Says:
    June 21st, 2007 at 6:43 am

    Yeah, Rick is in Lexington. He also lost by a large margin to Ravenel in the treasurer election in his former house district.

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