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Brent Nelsen comments on the importance of political endorsements

Brent Nelsen, Department of Politics and International Affairs.

Last updated June 19, 2026
Published June 19, 2026


Tina T. Underwood

On WYFF News 4, Furman University’s Brent Nelsen explains the importance of a key endorsement for South Carolina Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette, who will face South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson in a runoff June 23 for the republican gubernatorial nomination. Nelsen, a regular contributor on local and national news outlets, is the Jane Fishburne Hipp Professor of Politics and International Affairs and director of the Tocqueville Center for the Study of Democracy and Society at Furman.

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