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FMR. REP. COASTS TO 40 POINT WIN IN GOP PRIMARY
Former South Carolina legislator Ralph Norman came one step closer to reclaiming his old State House seat Tuesday after winning a landslide victory in the Republican Primary.
Of course, it’s not so much that Norman won, but rather he didn’t lose.
Norman defeated challenger Roger Costner with 70 percent of the vote in the special election to replace Rep. Carl Gullick, who is resigning. That victory was essentially a forgone conclusion, though.
Norman represented the district as house member in 2004, put millions of dollars of television behind a Congressional run in 2006, and spent tens of thousands of dollars to win this special election against the guy from “Field of Dreams.”
Hell, he ran television ads that said “payed for by” and even that couldn’t put a dent in his 40 point margin of victory.
The guaranteed win didn’t stop Norman’s Columbia-based consultants from bragging, though.
“Congrats to Starboard’s client @RalphNorman for winning with 70% of the vote in Rock Hill tonight,” wrote Mike Green of the firm Starboard Communications on Twitter.
Norman will face Democrat Kathy Cantrell on Nov. 3, and provided he doesn’t take any trips to Argentina between now and then, he should win that race pretty easily, as well.
be sure to check out the sweet spelling mistakes on his homepage:
http://www.electralphnorman.com/biography.htm
I hope Starboard doesn’t brag about designing that flashy website
Starboard must be hurting for business if they’re bragging about winning Ralph Norman’s race.
Will we hear Starboard brag about Walter and Mike’s success in the House 30 special election? Libby finished dead, dead last in that one.
Great work guys!
“Flashy” website nor TV ads were products of Starboard. Ralph has a network of folks who help him during his campaigns. We’re just glad to be a part of the team. Thanks for the post, Adam.
Once again the Starboard geniuses over in Lexington demonstrate their usual tactic: lose 3/4 of your races and brag about the dropkicks that you win.
The problem is they didn¹t even win this one. According to sources in Rock Hill, Starboard did very little work for the Norman campaign with Normans family and friends carrying all of the real burden. Just like Whetsell and crowd to take credit for someone elses work.
You know, the previous poster might be right. Starboard might have done Norman¹s race. The cost per vote is very high. Anyone remember Libby Swad? And the $18,000 she spent to come in dead last with 169 votes. For those of you that can¹t do math on your head, that is $160 per vote. Certainly a better deal than Ralph Norman’s $16 per vote but still embarrassing for anyone claiming to have done the campaign. Is anyone surprised that they don¹t take credit for Fred Thompson either?
Yeah, it’s kinda like that whole Barrett thing. What was it that Barrett’s campaign manager said? Starboard did some “odd jobs” for the Barrett campaign? Seems like the same deal in York County. Starboard should stop their crowing and get Ted Pitts’ tractor fixed.
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