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Article published Dec 10, 2004
Tenenbaum set to run for education post
Associated Press
COLUMBIA -- Inez Tenenbaum says she plans
to run for a third term as state education superintendent and will announce her
candidacy for re-election next month.She is considered the Democrat's best
chance at beating Gov. Mark Sanford for his seat in 2006."I think the best thing
for me to do is focus on my re-election campaign starting in January," she said
when asked about running as a gubernatorial candidate.As an opponent of tax
credits, Tenenbaum said she will fight Sanford's proposal to give tax breaks to
parents who want to send their children to private school or another public
school."The biggest problem is public schools are challenged by accountability,
and here we want to give money to schools that have no accountability," she
said.In November, Tenenbaum lost a bid for retiring U.S. Sen. Ernest "Fritz"
Hollings' seat to U.S. Rep. Jim DeMint, a Republican.