Stephanie McLauglin Rawlinson - Candidate for Florence County Representative to the SC Republican Party Executive Committee

My name is Stephanie McLaughlin Rawlinson and I am running for State Executive Committee Representative for the Florence County Republican Party.

The Republican State Executive Committee has the responsibility of the general management of the State Party. We must elect a State Executive Committee Representative with the professional business experience to lead and manage the State party and represent Florence County and its Republicans. Currently I am a licensed real estate developer. I have owned and managed my own real estate firm since 1997 when I graduated from MUSC with a masters in Health Administration. My undergraduate work was completed in 1992 at Presbyterian College where my majors were Business and Political Science. I believe my business background coupled with my education has uniquely prepared me for the position which I seek.

The Executive Committee Representative for Florence County should be actively involved in this community. This person should be listening to those in the community and encouraging their voices and involvement in all aspects of the local Republican Party. When asked “Why should I be involved in the local Republican Party?” the Executive Committee Representative should have a answer prepared, along with a list of opportunities for involvement. You see, every Republican in Florence County has a voice and an opinion. They need to share their ideas and voices and be involved in our local party in some way. Everyone has a gift, talent and ability and it will be my job as your Executive Committee Representative to use these gifts to their full potential. Let me help you find a way to get involved; as Executive Committee Representative, it will be my personal mission to help you get involved. I will take your voices to Columbia and I will bring back the collective voices of the State Party. The sharing of information and ideas between the Florence County GOP and the State Party will be essential to helping the Republican Party progress and lead this county, state and country in future elections.

The use of modern technology is essential to the future growth of the GOP. It is the goal of our slate of candidates to help our party develop uses of technology and modernize the way our local party operates. We will have an open-door policy by which any precinct president or executive committeemen can contact our officers to offer suggestions, discuss ideas or ask questions at any time. We will develop a closed group on Facebook specifically for the executive committeemen and precinct presidents. We will also have a Florence County GOP group in which any Republicans from Florence County can obtain information or contact us. Members of the executive committee will be able to come to these groups and work progressively to share ideas, ask questions and get information. I will assist the precinct organization officers and allow these groups to grow and develop into the organizations they were originally intended to be. We will hold monthly conference calls for all county executive committee representatives and precinct presidents. We will also hold quarterly county executive committee meetings. Precinct clubs and organizations have a function and as your state executive committee representative I intend to make sure these organizations are active and are functioning in their intended capacities in Florence County.

It has been my honor to call Florence, South Carolina home for 38 years. When my relatives from Scotland settled here many generations ago, they described this area as beautiful and progressive. It is my prayer that when my children are 38 they will too call Florence beautiful and progressive. For this to happen, the Republican party must rebuild its base in this community. We must once again develop a stronghold for this party in the Pee Dee area of South Carolina. We seek to improve the future for our families, the Republican Party and the great State of South Carolina. On April 11th, I ask that you support the candidates of ARD, GRIFFIN, SMITH, ROGERS and RAWLINSON at the Florence County Republican Convention. This group of individuals believes in the Florence County GOP and its future under new leadership. Once again, I am Stephanie McLaughlin Rawlinson and I am seeking your support of my candidacy for State Executive Committee Representative.