South Carolina chef Nathalie Dupree wants your vote. But not for The Next Food Network Star.
Dupree is spicing up the cornucopia of candidates that comprise one of the most colorful Senate races this year, announcing her write-in candidacy in Charleston Thursday against incumbent Republican Senator Jim DeMint and improbable Democratic candidate Alvin Greene.
Billing herself as a moderate Republican, Dupree told Fox News she’s running because DeMint isn’t bringing home the bacon.
“Jim DeMint would not sign an earmark for a study for South Carolina to have its ports dredged, for $400,000,”she said in a phone interview Friday. The sum, she said, is small, but has the potential to make a huge difference on the state’s financial future.
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