FILE - South Carolina Sen. Hugh Leatherman, R-Florence, left, and Sen. Harvey Peeler, R-Gaffney, right, listen to a filibuster on a roads bill in the state Senate chamber on Wednesday, March 2, 2016 in Columbia, S.C. Peeler is expected to step down as Senate president to become chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, a position empty after Leatherman’s death in November 2021. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins, File)