UPDATE: Court Rules Against Reece In Ballot Imbroglio

Tommie Reece, a Senate 6 candidate, has joined candidates from two other counties in a federal suit seeking to either prevent the primary from moving forward Tuesday or have their names returned to ballot.

UPDATE: It's back to the drawing board for Tommie Reece. Reece, who is running for Senate 6 in Greenville County against incumbent Mike Fair, confirmed to Patch on Monday night that the lawsuit she was a party to had been met with failure in U.S. District Court. The ex parte restraining order requested by the lawsuit that would have prevented Tuesday's primaries from going forward - filed on the basis basis that Reece and four other candidates in the Upstate had been denied due process and rights under the Voters Rights Act - was denied Monday.  "We knew it was a long shot, but hoped that we would be able to convince judges," Reece said. "They did consider it. They didn't just say no up front, which they could have done."  Reece said it's …

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