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Episode 350 GEORGE H. W. BUSH 1992 The Changing of the Guard (Part 32) The South Carolina U. S. Senate Race : A Look at Ernest Hollings and Tommy Hartnett
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In 1992, South Carolina featured a heated Senate race that featured two very experienced and respected political figures in incumbent senator Ernest Hollings and his challenger former Congressman Tommy Hartnett. It would be the toughest challenge for Hollings in decades because not only was Hartnett a formidable challenger but the political dynamics in South Carolina were changing fast as the state grew more conservative and more Republican.
But Ernest Hollings was a towering political figure. He had been at the forefront of political crusades to feed the hungry, keep the…
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