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Rep. Mack T. Hines, a Democrat, has represented District 59, Florence and Marion counties, since 1995. He decided not to seek re-election to the post.

Hines wasn't available for an interview by press time.

The 59-year-old Florence resident is chairman of the Interstate Cooperation committee and a member of the Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs committee, according to the 2006 South Carolina Legislative Manual.

Hines is a minister and the director of the Pee Dee Community Action Agency in Florence.

He received his bachelor's degree from Allen University in 1969. He also graduated from the Morris College School of Religion in 1980 and Hood Theological Seminary in 2005.

Hines is a past secretary of the South Carolina Baptist E & M Convention in 1989-'93; assistant secretary of the National Baptist Convention; trustee of the Morris College board from 1989-'93; vice moderator of the Florence and Affiliated Counties Union; clerk of the Pee Dee Baptist Association in 2001; founder and chairman of the Wilsonian Clergy in 2001; chairman of the Pee Dee Investor's Group; founder and president of the Mullins Area Ministerial Alliance; co-founder and chairman of the Pee Dee Investor; lifetime member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and vice moderator of the Pee Dee Baptist Association in 2002.

Hines and his wife, Gladys, have three children: Mack III, Michael and Gregory.

SOURCE: South Carolina Legislative Manual