South Carolina Republican Henry Brown will announce within the hour that he intends to retire from Congress after 25 years. Brown is not the first Republican to announced within just the last two weeks that he would not be running for reelection, George Radanovich (R-CA) too announced that he would be leaving Congress so that he can spend more time with his wife.
The 74 year old Republican had a tough race in 2008 and and now we expect that several notable members of the Republican base will jump into the primary to replace retired Rep. Brown. Several names are already being bantered around including, Senator Strom Thurmond’s son Paul (who is a Charleston County Councilmember), Councilmember Ryan Buckhannon, Katherine Jenerette, Mark Fava and Carroll Campbell III, the son of the late governor of SC.
Brown’s district leans conservative with Senator McCain receiving 56% of the vote in 2008.
The Counterpoint Group thanks Rep. Brown for his 25 years of service and wishes him an enjoyable retirement.
