while running a campaign to elect his sister sherry martschink to lieutenant governor in  shealy with the help of robert kohn recruited unemployed black fisherman benjamin hunt jr to run for congress against republican arthur ravenel jr shealy sought to increase the turnout of white voters by playing to the racial fears of the south carolina electorate he promised hunt who had a prior drug arrest $ to run for congress and paid for his $ filing fee shealy paid for the fees with an unreported $ campaign contribution to his sister from laidlaw environmental services