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Hayden Laye (Walhalla City Council At-Large, South Carolina, candidate 2025)
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Hayden Laye ran in a special election to the Walhalla City Council At-Large in South Carolina. He was on the ballot in the special general election on April 22, 2025.[source]
Laye also ran in a special election to the Walhalla City Council At-Large in South Carolina. He was on the ballot in the special general election on April 22, 2025.[source]
Laye is also running for election to the Walhalla City Council At-Large in South Carolina. He is on the ballot in the general election on November 4, 2025.[source]
Laye completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. Click here to read the survey answers.
[1]Biography
Regular election
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Term ending 2027
Hayden Laye provided the following biographical information via Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey on March 27, 2025:
- Birth date: June 28, 2005
- Birth place: Greenville, South Carolina
- High school: Walhalla High School
- Gender: Male
- Profession: Political Organizer
- Incumbent officeholder: No
- Campaign slogan: Old Enough To Know, Young Enough To Do
- Campaign website
- Campaign Facebook
- Campaign Instagram
Term ending 2025
Hayden Laye provided the following biographical information via Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey on March 27, 2025:
- Birth date: June 28, 2005
- Birth place: Greenville, South Carolina
- High school: Walhalla High School
- Gender: Male
- Profession: Political Organizer
- Incumbent officeholder: No
- Campaign slogan: Old Enough To Know, Young Enough To Do
- Campaign website
- Campaign Facebook
- Campaign Instagram
Elections
Regular election
General election
The general election will occur on November 4, 2025.
General election for Walhalla City Council At-Large
The following candidates are running in the general election for Walhalla City Council At-Large on November 4, 2025.
Candidate | ||
| Jessie Bunning (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Clint Burton (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Gisela Cromer (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Chris Grant (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Kenny Johns (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Grant Keehn (Nonpartisan) | ||
 | Hayden Laye (Nonpartisan) | |
| David Underwood (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Ron Winchester (Nonpartisan) | ||
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 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Endorsements
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Term ending 2027
General election
Special general election for Walhalla City Council At-Large
Jessie Bunning, Robert W. Kelly, Hayden Laye, Lynn W. McClain, and Alan Nicholson ran in the special general election for Walhalla City Council At-Large on April 22, 2025.
Candidate | ||
| Jessie Bunning (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Robert W. Kelly (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Hayden Laye (Nonpartisan) | |
| Lynn W. McClain (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Alan Nicholson (Nonpartisan) | ||
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| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Election results
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Laye in this election.
Term ending 2025
General election
Special general election for Walhalla City Council At-Large
Jessie Bunning and Hayden Laye ran in the special general election for Walhalla City Council At-Large on April 22, 2025.
Candidate | ||
| Jessie Bunning (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Hayden Laye (Nonpartisan) | |
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| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Election results
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Laye in this election.
Campaign themes
Regular election
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
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Term ending 2027
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Hayden Laye completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Laye's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- I will oppose wasteful spending projects. I will never cast a vote that puts the wants of members of the council and their buddies before the needs of the people of Walhalla. The Greenway was a huge waste of money - nothing more than a glorified sidewalk that doesn't connect anything and hardly anyone uses. Meanwhile, many neighborhoods in Walhalla don't have normal sidewalks or, much more importantly, access to clean water.
- My number one priority will be working to ensure that everyone in Walhalla has access to clean water. This starts by cutting funds to unnecessary projects and using water funds for water infrastructure. Our city employees deserve to be paid a good and fair wage, be treated with dignity and respect and have new and reliable tools and equipment. This will cost upwards of $25 million and won't happen overnight. However, right now, it is seemingly all talk and no action.
- If elected, I will vote AGAINST the annexation ordinance. I was the only candidate to speak against the ordinance at the March 25th Walhalla City Council Meeting. I have not heard from a single person outside the Mayor and a few members of the council who support the measure, but I heard from hundreds both inside and outside the current limits who do not support the ordinance. The council needs to listen to the people and scrap it. Additionally, I am not supportive of utility rate or tax hikes.
Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.
Term ending 2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Hayden Laye completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Laye's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- I will oppose wasteful spending projects. I will never cast a vote that puts the wants of members of the council and their buddies before the needs of the people of Walhalla. The Greenway was a huge waste of money - nothing more than a glorified sidewalk that doesn't connect anything and hardly anyone uses. Meanwhile, many neighborhoods in Walhalla don't have normal sidewalks or, much more importantly, access to clean water.
- My number one priority will be working to ensure that everyone in Walhalla has access to clean water. This starts by cutting funds to unnecessary projects and using water funds for water infrastructure. Our city employees deserve to be paid a good and fair wage, be treated with dignity and respect and have new and reliable tools and equipment. This will cost upwards of $25 million and won't happen overnight. However, right now, it is seemingly all talk and no action.
- If elected, I will vote AGAINST the annexation ordinance. I was the only candidate to speak against the ordinance at the March 25th Walhalla City Council Meeting. I have not heard from a single person outside the Mayor and a few members of the council who support the measure, but I heard from hundreds both inside and outside the current limits who do not support the ordinance. The council needs to listen to the people and scrap it. Additionally, I am not supportive of utility rate or tax hikes.
Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.
See also
2025 Elections
External links
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