Young people participate in an anti-gay-bullying candlelight vigil at the Center Project in Columbia, Mo., on Oct. 20, 2010, to commemorate the recent deaths of gay teens. (AP Photo/The Columbia Daily Tribune, Joshua A. Bickel, File)
U.S. Rep. Tim Scott, left, speaks during a news conference as South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and Sen. Jim DeMint look on at the Statehouse on Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, in Columbia, S.C. Scott was named as DeMint's replacement in the U.S. Senate. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)
U.S. Senator-elect Jim DeMint, South Carolina Republican, takes the stage with his wife, Debbie, on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2004, at the Adams Mark Hotel in Columbia, S.C. Mr. DeMint defeated Democrat Inez Tenebaum. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain)
Rep. Jim DeMint hugs his wife, Debbie, as their daughter Donna looks on after Mr. DeMint won the U.S. Senate Republican primary runoff by defeating former Gov. David Beasley on Tuesday, June 22, 2004, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain)