Here is a further breakdown of SC Senators. This list includes each Senator's district number and the county or counties included in that district. Counties shown in Bold are counties which voted AGAINST video poker in the 1994 referendum.
x = Known opponent of bill 947
Did NOT sponsor bill #947 (9 Senators represent counties against VGMs):
x(D)Land, District 36: Lee, Clarendon, Calhoun, Sumter, Florence
x(D)Passailaigue, District 43: Berkley, Charleston
x(R)McConnell, District 41: Charleston, Dorchester
(D)Elliott, District 28: Dillon, Florence, Marlboro, Horry
(D)Ford, District 42: Charleston
(D)Glover, District 30: Florence, Marion, Dillon
(D)Hutto, District 40: Allendale, Hampton, Orangeburg, Barnwell
(D)Jackson, District 21: Calhoun, Richland
(D)Leventis, District 35: Lee, Sumter
(D)Matthews, District 39: Colleton, Orangeburg, Dorchester, Bamberg, Allendale, Barnwell, Hampton
(D)Moore, District 25: Edgefield, Aiken, McCormick
(D)Patterson, District 19: Richland
(D)Rankin, District 33: Horry
(D)Saleeby, District 29: Chesterfield, Florence, Lee, Darlington, Marlboro
(D)Setzler, District 26: Lexington, Aiken
(D)Short, District 17: Chester, Fairfield, Union, York
(D)Washington, District 45: Colleton, Hampton, Charleston, Beaufort, Jasper, Allendale
(R)Branton, District 38: Dorchester, Berkeley, Colleton, Charleston
(R)Cork, District 46: Beaufort
(R)Courtney, District 13: Spartanburg
(R)Mescher, District 44: Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester
(R)Peeler, District 14: Cherokee, York, Union
(R)Ravenel, District 34: Georgetown, Horry, Charleston
Sponsors of bill #947 (11 Senators represent counties against VGMs):
*(D)Anderson, District 7: Greenville
*(D)Bryan, District 9: Laurens, Greenville
*(D)Drummond, District 10: Greenwood, Abbeville
*(D)Holland, District 27: Kershaw, Lancaster, Marlboro, Chesterfield
*(D)Lander, District 18: Newberry, Saluda, Union, Lexington
*(D)McGill, District 32: Williamsburg, Horry, Georgetown, Florence, Berkeley
*(D)O'Dell, District 4: Abbeville, Anderson
*(D)Reese, District 11: Spartanburg
*(D)Smith, District 5: Greenville
*(R)Alexander, District 1: Oconee, Pickens
*(R)Courson, District 20: Richland
*(R)Fair, District 6: Greenville
*(R)Giese, District 22: Richland, Kershaw
*(R)Gregory, District 16: Fairfield, Lancaster, York
*(R)Grooms, District 37: Berkley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester ,Georgetown
*(R)Hayes, District 15: York
*(R)Leatherman, District 31: Darlington, Florence
*(R)Martin, District 2: Pickens
*(R)Russell, District 12: Spartanburg
*(R)Ryberg, District 24: Aiken, Lexington
*(R)Thomas, District 8: Greenville
*(R)Waldrep, District 3: Anderson
*(R)Wilson, District 23: Lexington
Judging by these data, I would have to guess that Senators Short and Peeler are good candidates to vote for bill 947 because a substantial portion of their district includes counties against VGMs. If, in fact, they will vote for 947, that would give Gov. Beasley 25 of the 29 votes he needs. Seems like any way I slice this situation it comes out too close to call.
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