Three months ago today, Tom Thompson stood across the street from the Department of Juvenile Justice and announced his bid to be the party’s nominee for state superintendent of education. Since then, he spent his time traveling across the state sharing his platform and plans to address the issues and challenges that are facing our state.
Most of his time was devoted to listening carefully to citizens from every part of the state, as they shared their opinions on such topics as school funding, school safety, quality of teaching, and adequacy of school facilities. The message in every town and at every event was clear — the citizens expect good teaching in a safe environment and within state-of-the-art buildings.
Yesterday’s primary results allowed the voters to choose their nominee and Team Tom has every right to be proud of the showing and the results. At a Primary Watch party held at Sporting News Grill in West Columbia, Tom Thompson thanked his supporters for their dedicated work and efforts to ensure that the state’s citizen’s voices would be heard. He thanked the voters for coming out and placing their trust in him. He added his congratulatory remarks and best wishes to Mr. Holleman, his family, and his team.
Together, both campaigns demonstrated a refreshing sense of optimism – upbeat, positive, and focused on the need to bring people together to address our challenges and protect our public schools from those doing what they can to tear them down. “Beginning tonight, our eyes are on November and making sure that a Democrat remains in the superintendent’s office in January,” Thompson shared.
Thompson plans to carry on his work to address the issues that challenge our state, particularly in areas that continue to receive what the citizens referred to as lip service, saying that “this has been my life’s calling and I will do whatever I can to help improve the quality of education in South Carolina….and in the words that I have repeated often over the course of the three month campaign, let’s get it done!“
