OCRP receives assets in Wednesday handoff
December 15, 2022
SENECA — After a nearly two-month dispute, the new leadership of the Oconee County Republican Party has what it’s been asking for.
SENECA — After a nearly two-month dispute, the new leadership of the Oconee County Republican Party has what it’s been asking for.
The Oconee County Republican Party has chosen Jim Mann to be its new leader as the group tries to end the public bickering that has engulfed it for nearly the entire year.
Hours before Monday’s meeting to elect new Oconee County Republican Party officers, Tyler Jordan resigned from the group as state executive committeeman.
A dispute between two groups of Oconee County Republicans went to a courtroom Monday as one side argued the other was still holding on to party funds and assets after being removed from their party roles, while the other side claimed they were wrongly taken out of party leadership.
An Oconee County judge declined to sign arrest warrants for harassment and unlawful carrying of a handgun against a local third-party candidate for the South Carolina House of Representatives this week, according to documents obtained by The Journal through an open records request Thursday.
SENECA — Oconee County Sheriff Mike Crenshaw has requested the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division investigate an alleged theft of local Republican Party manuals, according to an email obtained by The Journal.
This week a group of vocal Republicans gathered at the county GOP’s biennial precinct reorganization meeting at the Keowee Key Conference and Event Center to voice their opinions on the direction of the party.
Last week, a portion of the local Oconee County Republican Party met to discuss the direction of the party and recent behavior of its chairman, David McMahan.