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Wes Thomas
Summer Fellow
Wes Thomas
Wes is a rising senior at Winthrop University and a founding member and acting president of the College Republicans, as well as a legislative captain for South Carolina Students For Life South Carolina. He recently conducted a study focused on welfare spending that was presented at the Winthrop-hosted SOURCE conference.