Gregory Gregory Wins Back 16th Senate District

Winning by a landslide in yesterday’s special election in York and Lancaster Counties, former State Senator Gregory Gregory will return to Columbia to represent the 16th District.

FORT MILL –After three years away from the Legislature, former S.C. Sen. Greg Gregory will return to the District 16 seat.

Unofficial results from Tuesday’s special election showed Gregory taking 77 percent of the 5,378 votes cast in York and Lancaster counties.

Gregory, a Lancaster Republican, will be on the job quickly. He has a 10 a.m. meeting scheduled in Columbia with state Sen. Wes Hayes, R-Rock Hill, this morning to discuss legislative redistricting.

“There’s no rest for the weary,” Gregory said.

Gregory was elected to fill the vacancy left when Indian Land Republican Mick Mulvaney was elected to the U.S. House last fall, taking the 5th Congressional District seat formerly held by John Spratt.

On Tuesday, Gregory defeated Democratic candidate Keith Brann and Libertarian candidate Stan Smith, both of Fort Mill. Brann received nearly 18 percent of the votes, while Smith had 5 percent in unofficial results posted by the State Election Commission.

The Herald

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