Republican Rep. Ralph Norman kicked off his campaign for South Carolina governor Sunday, pledging to take on the political system and bring a businessperson’s approach to state government.
“I’m running for governor to shake things up,’’ Norman told a rally crowd in Rock Hill as supporters cheered and repeatedly shouted his name. “We’re going to clean up Columbia, and, finally, we’re going to take down the corrupt political establishment once and for all.”
Norman joins a rapidly growing Republican primary to succeed term-limited GOP incumbent Henry McMaster in the deep-red state. Already in the race are Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette, state Attorney General Alan Wilson, the son of Rep. Joe Wilson, and state Sen. Josh Kimbrell.
