Candidate · Secretary of State
John Mark "Mark" Hammond
What this job does: Registers and helps regulate businesses and charities that operate in South Carolina. In this state the secretary of state does not run elections; the State Election Commission does. A term is four years.
- Current office
- Secretary of State (since 2003; first elected 2002)
Background
- First elected secretary of state in 2002; re-elected in 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022. source: sos.sc.gov
- Spartanburg County Clerk of Court, 1997-2002; before that a criminal investigator for the 7th Circuit Solicitor's Office. source: sos.sc.gov
- B.A. in political science, Newberry College (1986); master's in education, Clemson University (1988). source: sos.sc.gov
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