Patrick Herrmann is a lifelong Horry County conservative, small business owner of Roto-Pat, Inc., and Horry County Republican Party Executive Committeeman (Socastee Precinct 4). With 33 years rooted in the Grand Strand and 26 years of proven private-sector success, he’s making history as the first candidate from Horry County in over 225 years to run for U.S. Senate. Patrick stands for putting South Carolina families first: eliminating the state income tax to deliver immediate relief to working people, abolishing the IRS in favor of a simple flat tax, fully restoring Second Amendment rights, repealing federal time mandates to let states choose permanent daylight saving time, cutting red tape for better roads and bridges in rural communities, and enforcing real immigration laws with action, not endless rhetoric.