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By Harriet McLeod
Charleston, S C., Dec 17 (Reuters) – South Carolina Governor
Nikki Haley picked first-term Republican Representative Tim
Scott to fill the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by fellow
Republican Jim DeMint on Monday.
Speculation had centered on Scott, 47, as the replacement
since DeMint announced on Dec. 6 that he was stepping down from
the Senate in order to head the Heritage Foundation, a
conservative think-tank.
(Editing By David Adams)
