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Friday, March 16, 2012  Lt. Gov. Glenn McConnell says he won't run this year to reclaim his seat in the South Carolina Senate.

Monday, March 12, 2012  Rebecca Parker Elliott, who was mentioned in the indictments against former Lt. Governor Ken Ard, has resigned from her current campaign.

Saturday, March 10, 2012  The man who former Lt. Gov. Ken Ard beat in a runoff to get the Republican nomination in 2010 says Ard's manipulation of campaign finance laws had a big impact in their race.

Friday, March 09, 2012  Ken Ard, who resigned Friday as South Carolina's Lieutenant Governor, was born and raised in the Florence County community of Pamplico.

Friday, March 09, 2012  South Carolina Lt. Gov. Ken Ard resigned Friday amid a criminal investigation into whether he spent campaign money on personal items. Senate President Pro Tem Glenn McConnell says he will become SC's next lieutenant governor.

Thursday, November 03, 2011  Former South Carolina Lt. Governor Andre Bauer appears poised to make a run for the new 7th Congressional District seat which includes most of the Grand Strand and Pee Dee.

Friday, October 14, 2011  COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) – South Carolina Lt. Gov Ken Ard's brother, Sammy, wasn't very happy when he found out that a WIS reporter was at his Florence County business on Thursday asking questions about the 2010 campaign.

Tuesday, July 26, 2011  South Carolina Lt. Gov. Ken Ard is expected to preside over the state Senate as a grand jury investigation of ethics charges against him begins.

Monday, July 25, 2011  South Carolina's top law enforcement officer has signed off on a grand jury review of Lt. Gov. Ken Ard's ethics case.

Wednesday, July 20, 2011  An investigation into South Carolina Lt. Gov. Ken Ard's violations of state ethics laws is heading to the state grand jury, raising the potential for criminal charges against the politician.

Friday, July 15, 2011  South Carolina Democratic Party Chairman Dick Harpootlian says Republican Attorney General Alan Wilson is wasting time by setting up a task force to investigate the ethics case against GOP Lt. Gov. Ken Ard.

Wednesday, July 06, 2011  Lieutenant Governor Ken Ard paid a $48,400 fine to the State's Ethics Commission June 30th but South Carolina Democratic Party Chaiman, Dick Harpootlian, wants Ard to pay even more. He wants Harpootlian to pay with his job.

Friday, July 01, 2011  South Carolina's top ethics official says Lt. Gov. Ken Ard faced his biggest ethics fines for using campaign money on a vacation, clothes and iPads after he provided ethics investigators inaccurate information.

Thursday, June 30, 2011  South Carolina Lieutenant Governor Ken Ard wrote a $48,400 personal check to the State Ethics Commission Thursday morning to resolve charges levied against him.

Thursday, March 17, 2011  The South Carolina lieutenant governor in the midst of a state ethics firestorm won voters by declaring himself a political outsider and by bashing his opponents for being lawyers.