Templeton: Raised Over $700,000 in Fundraising for Governor’s Race

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – Former labor and public health chief Catherine Templeton says she’s posted historic fundraising numbers in her pursuit of the GOP gubernatorial nomination.
Numbers posted online Thursday show Templeton raised more than $700,000 in the first quarter of 2017, including a personal contribution of $3,500.
Her campaign says that’s more than the state’s current and previous two governors raised in that same time period before they were incumbents.
That includes Gov. Henry McMaster, who first sought the seat in 2010 and was elevated to governor earlier this year when Nikki Haley became U.N. ambassador. He’s running again next year.
Templeton announced her official entry into the race Tuesday. The anti-union attorney served Haley as head of the state’s labor and public health departments.
This is Templeton’s first run for elected office.