Fellowship event reaches across racial, party lines From The Manning Times July 22, 2013 BY EDDIE LITAKER Leon Winn is a motorcycle enthusiast, a proud member of the Republican Party, and a Missionary Baptist Church pastor. That could be considered an odd mix by some, but not to the Rev. Dr. Winn, who welcomed what was probably easily the most diverse church congregation in the state on Sunday as his Rock Hill Missionary Baptist Church family was joined by bikers and Republican Party members from around the state. All 300 or so people, including blacks and whites, Republicans and Democrats,
From The (Charleston) Post & Courier by Robert Behre Monday, July 15, 2013 4:42 p.m. MOUNT PLEASANT — S.C. Republican Party Chairman Matt Moore vowed to attract minorities to the state’s largest party, but his audience here Monday also showed how far the party has to go. “We cannot rest on our laurels,” Moore said, adding that the party’s principles and platforms have worked “for as long as this country has been around.” He said they worked when Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves, when Dwight Eisenhower pushed for civil rights in the 1950s and when Ronald Reagan tore down the
Washington (CNN) — When the chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party abruptly resigned two weeks ago to take a new job in Washington, GOP activists appointed Matt Moore, the party’s former executive director, to replace their leader. Moore earned another distinction in the process. The boyish-looking 31-year-old is now the youngest state party chairman in the country, in either party. At first glance, Moore takes over a party organization in terrific shape. South Carolina Republicans control all nine statewide offices and six of the state’s seven congressional seats. In May, Sanford handily won a special congressional election despite being
State GOP’s new chairman optimistic about party-building, paying back debt Published: June 11, 2013 By JAMIE SELF – jself@thestate.com COLUMBIA — Matt Moore, the S.C. Republican Party’s new chairman, is starting the job eager to make the state party a model for national Republican politics and optimistic about paying back $300,000 in legal debt. In a meeting with media Tuesday, Moore said his contribution is “bringing in fresh ideas,” and as an engineer by training, he hopes to use technology to attract as many people as possible to the party. “We have a big-tent party, and I’m committed to it
