FILE - In this Jan. 17, 1995 file photo, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Strom Thurmond, R-S.C., takes his seat prior to a hearing of the committee's Balanced Budget subcommittee on Capitol Hill. South Carolina Republican Party Chairman Matt Moore goal in next year’s elections is to flip almost all many state offices and councils to majority Republican control, completing a transformation that started nearly 50 years ago when Strom Thurmond went on statewide television and announced he was switching from a Democrat to a Republican. (AP Photo/John Duricka)