The State: Senate Could be All Male

Three S.C. women have three weeks to press their cases to voters for seats in the state Senate, the outcome determining whether the chamber returns to its single-gender roots.

Lancaster attorney Mandy Powers Norrell, Sumter school board member Karen Michalik and former Lexington County Rep. Margaret Gamble face similar challenges in snagging a seat in the 46-member chamber, if different odds.