WIFE DEFEATS EX IN SOUTH CAROLINA HOUSE RACE.

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The divorce court and the lawyers have yet to divide up the property, but voters let Shirley Hinson keep her statehouse seat. In a bitter primary race that became entangled with the divorce, the two-term state representative defeated her estranged husband to win the GOP nomination for her suburban district about 20 miles from Charleston. "I'm thrilled. I couldn't be happier. And I'm glad it's over," Shirley Hinson said. "It says negative campaigning is not what the people want. I have always run a...