Week of November 9
Democrats flip the Lowcountry's congressional seat and S.C. House supermajority; the Harlow team opens Char House Social on James Island; and the Charleston Literary Festival brings 80-plus writers to town through Nov. 15.
The Nov. 3 midterms delivered the week's biggest civic jolt: Mount Pleasant's Nancy Lacore flipped the 1st Congressional District, Lowcountry pediatrician Annie Andrews unseated a GOP U.S. Senate incumbent, and South Carolina Democrats broke the Republican supermajority in the state House for the first time in decades. Separately, 3M filed a $7.35 billion settlement with a Charleston federal court over PFAS personal-injury claims, one of the largest such agreements in the country.
On the restaurant front, the team behind James Island's the Harlow — Josh and Kate Drewry and chef Brett Riley — opened Char House Social on Nov. 6. The Food & Wine Classic in Charleston returns Nov. 13–15, and the Charleston Literary Festival runs through Nov. 15 with more than 80 authors in residence. She Returns From War plays the Pour House on Nov. 19.