Columbia speech part of Sheheen’s summer campaign

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — State Sen. Vincent Sheheen is spending his summer traveling the state to listen to voters and make his case that he should replace Gov. Nikki Haley in 2014.

At his latest stop Monday, the Camden Democrat said that South Carolina’s leaders have failed their constituents over the past 10 years, causing roads to crumble, tax data to be stolen and college costs to skyrocket.

Sheheen told the Columbia Rotary Club that the best way to hold all politicians accountable is to kick out the ones at the top if they aren’t moving the state forward.

Sheheen says he is watching how the Department of Health and Environmental Control is handling a tuberculosis outbreak in Greenwood County.

Haley has not formally announced her re-election bid, but is raising money.