Potential Graham Primary Rival Arrested

Former South Carolina Treasurer Thomas Ravenel (R), who has reportedly been contemplating a return to political life after serving seven months on federal drug charges, was arrested and charged with drunken driving, the East Hampton Star reports.

Ravenel “was elected as South Carolina’s state treasurer in 2006, but was forced to resign from office in 2007 and subsequently served time in federal prison on a cocaine possession charge… He has recently been rehabilitating his political career, according to multiple reports, doing a reality TV show for the Bravo network, with an eye on a return to politics, possibly even challenging Lindsay Graham in the Republican senate primary next year.”