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Update (10:35 p.m.): The final Public Policy Polling survey of South Carolina voters showed Newt Gingrich with his largest lead since December over Mitt Romney. The poll, released la...

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Longshot presidential candidate Rick Perry dropped out of the race Thursday morning in Charleston. It was the same South Carolina town where he launched his run in late summer. At on...

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Campaign supporters, political watchers and a half-dozen Patch editors from across the state will take part in our live blog tonight for the CNN GOP Debate from Charleston. Not near ...

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UPDATED: 11:23 a.m. The race to the GOP nomination has lost another candidate. Texas Gov. Rick Perry announced in Charleston this morning that he was suspending his race, after ...

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Four South Carolina polls released Wednesday show former House Speaker Newt Gingrich in a virtual dead heat with frontrunner Mitt Romney. Each candidate leads two of the polls. With ...