SC Lede: Senate Changing of the Guard

By Gavin Jackson

Published December 7, 2021 at 12:01 AM EST

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Senators stand for a moment of silence to honor the late Sen. Hugh Leatherman, R-Florence, during a special session on Dec. 6, 2021. Following the moment, Senate President Harvey Peeler resigned his leadership position as president to become eligible to serve as chairman of the powerful Senate Finance Committee, which Leatherman chaired for 20 years. Sen. Thomas Alexander, R-Walhalla, was elected unanimously to be the next Senate president.

This episode of the South Carolina Lede for December 7, 2021 features: an update on leadership changes in the South Carolina Senate; more insight into the redistricting process; the latest research into the Omicron variant of COVID-19; and more.

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Gavin Jackson

Gavin Jackson graduated with a visual journalism degree from Kent State University in 2008 and has been in the news industry ever since. He has worked at newspapers in Ohio, Louisiana and most recently in South Carolina at the Florence Morning News and Charleston Post and Courier.

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