Blundy Kicks Off Campaign for Solicitor

As the TV screen announced Trump’s victory in South Carolina on Saturday, a woman from Seneca was practically simultaneously greeting a crowd at a local restaurant. They were there for the official launch of her campaign to become the next chief criminal prosecutor in Oconee and Anderson counties. Beth Blundy, a senior assistant solicitor in the Oconee office and a 14-year veteran, is seeking the Republican nomination for the 10th Circuit Solicitor in this year’s June 11 primary. She is one of potentially three candidates vying for the position that David Wagner is retiring from…

Blundy’s campaign had reserved a Seneca restaurant for her official campaign kickoff on Saturday night. The event also served as a watch party for the results of the GOP presidential primary.