Governor Haley Finalizes Shortlist of Candidates To Replace Senator DeMint

Governor Haley Finalizes Shortlist of Candidates To Replace Senator DeMint

When South Carolina’s junior Senator Jim DeMint unexpectedly announced last week that he would resign to head the Heritage Foundation in January, many wondered who Governor Haley would appoint to fill his soon-to-be vacated seat. Apparently, a plurality of Palmetto State voters, according to a recent PPP poll, wants to see comedian Stephen Colbert in the upper chamber. But that’s highly unlikely for a number of different reasons, of course, but especially because he didn’t even make the governor’s shortlist:

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) has finalized her shortlist of candidates to replace outgoing...