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Columbia voters by race

By Adam Beam | Published: January 8, 2010
This post was updated at 1:18 p.m. on 1/9/10 I’m working on a story for Sunday’s newspaper about race relations in Columbia in light of the racist graffiti that showed up on City Hall last week. As part of my reporting, I tallied looked up the city’s registered voters by race. It’s pretty clear where the [...]
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Filing opens today

By Adam Beam | Published: January 4, 2010
Filing for Columbia’s City Council elections officially opens today. It ends Feb. 5. Here’s who says they are running: Mayor Joseph Azar, Five Points businessman Steve Benjamin, attorney, former state Attorney General candidate Sparkle Clark, USPS employee, nature photographer Kirkman Finlay, City Councilman, farmer, restaurant owner Steve Morrison, attorney, partner with Nelson Mullins Gary Myers, retired Army lieutenant colonel. At-large council seat Tameika Isaac [...]
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Mark James is not running for City Council

By Adam Beam | Published: October 19, 2009
Mark James, a Realtor who serves on the Columbia Planning Commission, will not run for City Council. James had been contemplating running for the district 4 seat, which is being vacated by Kirkman Finlay, who is running for mayor. “I’ve got three small children, and I’m finding time to do my day job and spend time [...]
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Joe Brown says he won't run for District 1 council seat

By adam beam | Published: October 15, 2009
I’ve been on the hunt this week for City Council candidates. Tuesday, I found seven of them running for the district 4 seat. Another district seat that is up for re-election in April is District 1, which is occupied by Sam Davis. The buzz had been that Joe Brown, an S.C. House representative for 21 [...]
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