Lt. Gov. Debate Tonight on ETV

The candidates to be the last elected lieutenant governor in South Carolina are meeting in a debate.

Republican Henry McMaster and Democrat Bakari Sellers will discuss the issues at 7 p.m. Monday in a South Carolina ETV debate aired statewide.

McMaster is a political veteran, having served as attorney general and run for governor and U.S. Senate in a long career,

Sellers is more of a political newcomer. He is giving up the House seat he first won in 2006 to run for lieutenant governor.

The lieutenant governor has three jobs in South Carolina. He is constitutionally mandated to preside over the state Senate and to take over for the governor if needed. Lawmakers also have put the state's Office on Aging under his supervision.