Assembly elects Public Service Commission members, Casten wins contested seat
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Summary
The joint assembly approved candidates for four Public Service Commission seats. Stephen M. Casten won a contested election for seat 3 by a combined vote of 148 to 11; other seats were filled by acclamation or lopsided tallies.
The review committee of the General Assembly presented nominees for four seats on the South Carolina Public Service Commission (PSC).
For PSC seat 1 the review committee nominated Eugene Henley and Carolyn Williams; Williams withdrew and Eugene Henley was placed in nomination and declared elected by acclamation.
Seat 3 opened a contested choice between Bjorn J. Brooks and Stephen M. Casten. The Senate and House conducted roll-call votes; the joint tally exceeded the sixty-eight-member threshold required for choice, and the presiding officer announced that Stephen M. Casten received 148 votes to Brooks' 11 and was duly elected to the PSC.
Subsequent nominations filled PSC seat 5 (Swain E. Whitfield) and seat 7 (Delton W. Powers Jr.) after the review committee's report and votes on the floor. The assembly affirmed the committee's nominees and concluded the PSC portion of the joint business.
The newly elected commissioners will serve terms as prescribed by law; official notifications will be recorded in the journal and sent to the PSC for administrative processing.