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(COLUMBIA) – State Superintendent of Education and Democratic candidate for Governor Jim Rex announced today that he will bring his statewide “46 Counties in 46 Days” tour to Florence County on Friday, as well as Allendale and Hampton counties on Saturday. Rex is reprising his successful 2006 tour and spending the final 46 days of the primary campaign visiting every county in South Carolina.
“South Carolinians are hurting in every county of our state, and as Governor, I pledge to be a leader who will work to improve education and bring jobs and economic development to every community in every region of South Carolina,” said Rex. “We cannot have a twenty-first century state with islands of prosperity amid a rising sea of poverty and unemployment.”
The schedule is as follows: *
Friday, May 7, 2010
6:00 p.m.
Community Fish Fry
The Manna House
450 Jarrott Street
Florence, SC
Saturday, May 8, 2010
11:00 a.m.
Allendale Cooter Festival Parade
Line up begins at 264 Gum Street
Allendale, SC
1:00 p.m.
Town of Estill Community Picnic
Bill Durham Center
33 West Railroad Avenue
Estill, SC
*Schedule reflects only official campaign events and is not inclusive of all Rex appearances.
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