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Saturday, January 21, 2012  Chants of "Newt, Newt, Newt" filled the room at Rotelli's restaurant Saturday night.

Saturday, January 21, 2012  Mitt Romney says he will attend the next GOP presidential debates in Florida, which is next up on the election calendar.

Saturday, January 21, 2012  Polls across South Carolina opened at 7 a.m. Saturday for the 2012 'First in the South' Republican Presidential Primary.

Saturday, January 21, 2012  Newt Gingrich has a message to South Carolina voters on primary day: Come out and vote for me if you want to stop Mitt Romney from winning the Republican presidential nomination.

Saturday, January 21, 2012  South Carolina Republicans established their presidential primary more than three decades ago as way to raise the state's national political profile. They succeeded beyond their imagination.

Saturday, January 21, 2012  For Newt Gingrich, it all comes down to South Carolina.

Saturday, January 21, 2012  With the race in South Carolina here seemingly between Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich, Republican hopeful Rick Santorum is bracing for a setback and looking ahead to the next contest. That's the Florida primary.

Saturday, January 21, 2012  Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul is looking past the South Carolina primary with plans to make the most of a handful of caucus states that could be more receptive to his libertarian message.

Saturday, January 21, 2012  Mitt Romney is heading into primary day conceding that he'll win some and lose some.

Saturday, January 21, 2012  Mitt Romney's promise to veto a measure that would create a path to citizenship for some illegal immigrants threatens to turn off some Hispanic voters. Their support could be critical in a general election match-up against President Barack Obama.

Saturday, January 21, 2012  Republicans Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich are not ceding one inch of South Carolina as the unpredictable campaign for the South's first presidential primary concludes.

Saturday, January 21, 2012  South Carolina Republicans established their presidential primary more than three decades ago as way to raise the state's national political profile. They succeeded beyond their imagination.

Friday, January 20, 2012  Coastal Carolina University Political Science professor Dr. Frederick Wood says there are just as many reasons to vote as there are not to because of the difficulties it can bring.

Friday, January 20, 2012  We will continue to provide updates to this list of candidate appearances scheduled in South Carolina

Friday, January 20, 2012  Two Republican presidential hopefuls suspended their campaigns in South Carolina. But with one day left until the First in the South primary, the race still lacks a clear-cut front runner.