Editing Edisto Beach, South Carolina (section)

==Politics and government==

Edisto Beach is governed by a [[council–manager government]]. Under this style, the [[mayor]] and the [[Mayor Pro Tem|mayor pro tem]] are elected from members of the town council.<ref group="note">The town council is composed of five members.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.townofedistobeach.com/government/council.aspx |title=Edisto Beach Town Council |access-date=May 8, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513111641/http://townofedistobeach.com/government/council.aspx |archive-date=May 13, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> City elections are [[non-partisan]], however, during state and federal elections, Edisto trends toward [[Conservatism in the United States|conservatives]]. For instance, during the [[South Carolina's 1st congressional district special election, 2013|2013 federal congressional special election]], Edisto voted for [[Republican Party of South Carolina|Republican]] [[Mark Sanford]] by a forty-point margin (69%-29%) over challenging [[Democratic Party of South Carolina|Democrat]] [[Elizabeth Colbert Busch]].<ref>[http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/2013/mark-sanford-vs-elizabeth-colbert-busch-sc1 Huffington Post: County by County Election Results]</ref><ref>[http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2013/05/07/the_official_south_carolina_special_election_live_thread_brought_to_you.html The Slate: Mark Sanford Wins South Carolina Special Election]</ref> At the state level, Edisto is represented by Republican [[George E. Campsen III|George E. "Chip" Campsen III]] in the [[South Carolina Senate|Senate]] and Democrat [[Michael F. Rivers Sr.]] in the [[South Carolina House of Representatives|House of Representatives]].