by Sen. Larry A. Martin • Greenvilleonline.com • May 14, 2012
The state Supreme Court recently delivered its unanimous opinion in a Lexington County case in which a candidate failed to timely file the required statement of economic interests. A stunning number of state and local candidates were subsequently disqualified from the June 12 primary ballot for both major political parties. Some observers expected the court to fashion a remedy for the candidates' failure to follow the law's requirement. However, the court properly interpreted the law and should not be faulted for doing anything other than calling balls and strikes.
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Pickens senator will do fine, others say
by Tim Smith • Greenvilleonline.com Mar. 26, 2012
COLUMBIA - State Sen. Larry Martin of Pickens laughs about it now, but when he joined the Senate Judiciary Committee as one of its few non-lawyers in 1994, the chances of him ever chairing the panel, one of the Legislature's most powerful, seemed slim to none.
And that is if he wanted to continue on the panel, which he wasn't sure he did.
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by Tim Smith • Greenvilleonline.com • March 13, 2012
COLUMBIA - The Upstate's influence could grow as the result of Tuesday's leadership changes in the South Carolina Senate, some senators and political observers say.
While much of Tuesday's political drama concerned the elevation of Sen. Glenn McConnell of Charleston to lieutenant governor and the election of Sen. John Courson of Columbia as president pro tempore, three Senate committees changed chairmen, based on seniority.
Sen. Larry Martin of Pickens, the former chairman of the Senate Rules Committee, became chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, while Sen. Jake Knotts of Lexington County becomes chairman of the Senate Rules Committee and Sen. Billy Odell of Ware Shoals becomes chairman of the Senate Invitations Committee.
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Please click on the link below for Sen. Martin's interview with Andrea Mitchell/MSNBC.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3096434/#46014985 |
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Larry A. Martin is a Republican member of the South Carolina Senate, representing District 2 (Pickens County) since 1992. He previously served in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1979 through 1992. Senator Martin is a leader in the South Carolina Senate and serves as Chairman of the powerful Senate Rules Committee, where he was instrumental in major reforms of the Senate rules of procedure in 2001 and 2005. He also serves on the Banking and Insurance; Education; General; and Judiciary committees. 
