Inez Tenenbaum

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Does she have a web site up for her campaign yet?

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4. Info on Inez ....

From the web site of the South Carolina Dem Party. Can't find a web site yet.

www.scdp.org


The State Newspaper, Columbia, South Carolina
Posted on Thursday, August 14, 2003
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/local/6528872.htm

Tenenbaum is proven winner
S.C. superintendent of education was top vote-getter in 2002 statewide races
By Lauren Markoe

Here's a fact voters are going to be hearing again and again from the Democrats before the 2004 U.S. Senate race:

S.C. Superintendent of Education Inez Tenenbaum got more votes than any other statewide candidate in 2002.

That's 645,499 votes -- 60,000 more than Republican Gov. Mark Sanford and 45,000 more than Republican U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham.

She performed nearly as well in 1998, her first statewide win.

Now Tenenbaum hopes to succeed U.S. Sen. Fritz Hollings, D-S.C.

Tenenbaum wasn't always successful on the campaign trail, failing to win the lieutenant governor's office in 1994.

But her political experience runs deep, and she hopes to convince voters that her expertise extends beyond education.

"The issues South Carolinians care about are the issues I care about: education, health and families," she said. "Education is an economic development tool.

"As a former school teacher and attorney, I know that Congress can enact policies that create incentives to develop jobs."

Tenenbaum began her career in the classroom, teaching fourth grade in her native Georgia. In South Carolina, she took another job in the field, licensing Head Start programs. That led to a position as research director of the Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs Committee of the S.C. House of Representatives.

Tenenbaum particularly enjoyed her child advocacy work for the committee and decided go to law school in her early 30s to bolster her credentials. She graduated from USC's law school in 1986 and went to work for the law firm Sinkler & Boyd, focusing on health, environmental and other public interest cases.

She then opened the South Carolina Center for Family Policy, a nonprofit organization that aims to reform the state's juvenile justice system.

Tenenbaum said she wants voters to elect her to the Senate for her competence, not because she would be the first female senator from South Carolina.

"I've never won because I'm a woman," she said.

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5. More info on Inez ....

Info received on a local political South Carolina EMAIL news letter circulated among an increasing group of interested parties. I have cut and pasted the relevent text.

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Coble and Tennenbaum are running for US Senate. Coble has no statewide chance but he is really hurting Inez on fundraising and support. Inez and husband Sam have been big Bob supporters but this should wrench that. Most Republicans are hoping Bob wins the primary as he will get stomped in the general election. Many will probably crossover vote. Coble hopes to pull a Hodges with his employment of Kevin Geddings. Fat chance, but the state will get to see how poor he speaks, his lack of ideas and leadership, and his wishy washiness. He should have stayed out; this way he divides the party and hurts Inez. A lot of us have said for years that he was using mayor just as a stepping stone. By the way he spent money to build useless things it was obvious as he was hoping that it would appear that he was causing economic growth a la the "Holderman Effect"( former USC Prez). But he still has not had anything named for him, which he desperately wants.

I just heard from a very reliable source that Clinton was in town very quietly to meet Inez and offer money and support. Anyone able to verify this?

P.S. The note below came from Sam, her husband, a couple of days before it was in the paper. No polling numbers of Inez vs. Bob?

Note from Sam (to EMAIL distribution list)

I just want you to know that Inez is going to run for the US Senate. I hope that you all will be with us . Latest poll shows Inez 49 -DeMint 36, Inez 48-Condon 36 .
3.9 % error. This is very good for anyone especially a Democrat who is down ballot.Thanks ,Samuel