[4] Governor Mark Sanford appointed Marc Kitchens to succeed Hammond in the office of Spartanburg County Clerk of Courts.

[6] He was re-elected in 2006, winning 61% of the vote, which at the time was the largest margin of victory in a contested statewide election in South Carolina history.

[7] In 2014, Hammond ran for reelection against Democrat Ginny Deerin whose campaign received a Republican endorsement from former South Carolina First Lady Jenny Sanford.

[9] Both Jenny Sanford and former South Carolina Club for Growth President Chad Walldorf served on the Board of Directors of WINGS for Kids, the nonprofit organization founded by Deerin.

[10] Deerin had made deregulating nonprofits a central theme of her campaign,[11] which contrasted with Hammond's tough record of charities enforcement.