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Shelley Yuhas
Shelley Yuhas (Republican Party) ran for election to the South Carolina House of Representatives to represent District 121. She lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Yuhas completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Shelley Yuhas was born in Beaufort, South Carolina. She earned an associate degree from the University of South Carolina Beaufort in 1981 and a bachelor's degree from the University of South Carolina, Columbia in 1983. Her career experience includes working in business management and as an IT/database administrator. She has been affiliated with St. Helena Anglican Church/Church at Fripp and Love Beaufort.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: South Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 121
Incumbent Michael Rivers defeated Shelley Yuhas in the general election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 121 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Michael Rivers (D) | 58.0 | 9,913 |
 | Shelley Yuhas (R)  | 41.9 | 7,149 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 18 | ||
| Total votes: 17,080 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Michael Rivers advanced from the Democratic primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 121.
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Shelley Yuhas advanced from the Republican primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 121.
Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Yuhas in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Shelley Yuhas completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Yuhas' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Born and raised in Beaufort, SC, Shelley branched out to live in Charleston, SC for 31 years, though her heart has always remained for Beaufort. She grew up in the waters of Battery Creek and on the shores of Hunting Island and has always valued conservation as a means to preserve the distinctively scenic Lowcountry for generations to come. While in Charleston, Shelley and her husband raised four children, now grown, married, and they have five grandchildren. In 2022, they moved back to their hometown and now reside on Fripp Island, SC. Shelley graduated from Beaufort High, USC-Beaufort and the University of South Carolina-Columbia with a B.S. in Computer Science and a minor in Business. As a business executive, she established and managed a company that helps injured workers, The Directions Group, Inc., where she served for 25 years. In the non-profit arena, Shelley provided board leadership for two private schools and the Lowcountry Food Bank. Using her strong principled base, she is known for collaborating with other leaders to find creative solutions to the issues that many families face.
Shelley also helped start a school in 2010, award-winning Crown Leadership Academy, which uses Project Based Learning (PBL).- Government's primary purpose is to protect families, children, veterans and our elders.
We need a strong judicial system to support law enforcement.
We need accessible medical and mental health care for families who are struggling with illness.
We need to support our strong military and veteran community, a true asset of this district.
We need to protect the rights of our elders to live at home as long as possible, without fear of scams or other threats to their freedom. Every life has purpose, and we need to stand up to protect our most vulnerable citizens, honoring and valuing them. - District 121 is one of the most unspoiled, beautiful parts of South Carolina. Preserving land and waterways will ensure that we maintain the farmland and estuaries that provide a rich harvest that financially supports many families and provides healthy, nourishing Farm-to-table food for our community and beyond. Preserving historically significant areas and our cultural heritage will ensure that the generations to come will know and learn from our history. We have to continue telling the stories, teaching our history, building upon our successes and never repeating our mistakes.
- Promote unity, smart growth, and education. I believe in neighbors helping neighbors as a way to strengthen communities, living with arms open wide ready to share of what we've been given. Smart growth is development of infrastructure, particularly around the I-95 corridor in Colleton County, to bring new industry with higher-paying JOBS. Economic growth in the commerce parks of Beaufort County needs support at the state level. To prepare for this growth in industry, we have to provide student vocational testing and vocational training, even at the high school level. Finding that "nugget of gold" and championing each student must be our goal. Practical life skills, like personal finance, need to be part of high school curriculums.
I believe that there's a nugget of gold in every child, in every student. Working alongside parents to discover a child's gift, teachers need our greatest support. Increase in pay is imperative, but support for teachers as the classroom becomes more challenging is also a must.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on May 13, 2024
