Question: How many Publix stores are in the state where the winner of the South Carolina primary was a senator?

rocco m. clarizio (december 17, 1916 – august 24, 1990) was an american republican party politician from newark, new jersey. he ran for the u.s. house of representatives in 1964 and for the new jersey state senate in 1977, but lost both times in the republican primary. in 1964, clarizio became a candidate for congress in new jersey’s 10th district, seeking to challenge democratic incumbent peter w. rodino. in a historic primary where he was the only white candidate, clarizio finished third behind two black republicans, william l. stubbs and dr. harold r. scott. stubbs, who became the first black to win a major party nomination for congressman from new jersey, won 5,148 (63%) to 2,217 (26%) for scott, with clarizio finishing third with 892 votes (11%). in 1977, clarizo sought the republican nomination for state senator in the 28th legislative district, where democratic incumbent martin l. greenberg was seeking re-election to a second term. the gop primary included three candidates, each aligned with a different candidate for the republican nomination for governor: rev. james a. pindar ran on a line with assembly minority leader thomas kean; joan lacey mazauskas ran with state sen. raymond bateman, and clarizio was allied with former senate minority leader c. robert sarcone. pindar defeated mazauskas by just 207 votes, 1,482 (42.04%) to 1,275 (36.17%), while clarizio ran a distant third with 768 votes (21.79%). <SEP> publix stands as one of the largest u.s. regional grocery chains. locations are found as far north as spotsylvania, virginia, as far south as key west, florida, while the westernmost location is in mobile, alabama. today, the state of florida still has the largest number of stores, with 787, about two - thirds of the outlets. as of august 2018, publix employs about 193,000 people at its 1,231 retail locations, cooking schools, corporate offices, 9 grocery distribution centers, and 11 manufacturing facilities. the manufacturing facilities produce its dairy, deli, bakery, and other food products. <SEP> In the 2004 Democratic presidential primaries, John Kerry defeated several Democratic rivals, including Sen. John Edwards (D-North Carolina. ), former Vermont Governor Howard Dean and retired Army General Wesley Clark. His victory in the Iowa caucuses is widely believed to be the tipping point where Kerry revived his sagging campaign in New Hampshire and the February 3, 2004, primary states like Arizona, South Carolina and New Mexico. Kerry then went on to win landslide victories in Nevada and Wisconsin. Kerry thus won the Democratic nomination to run for President of the United States against incumbent George W. Bush. On July 6, 2004, he announced his selection of John Edwards as his running mate. Democratic strategist Bob Shrum, who was Kerry's 2004 campaign adviser, wrote an article in Time magazine claiming that after the election, Kerry had said that he wished he'd never picked Edwards, and that the two have since stopped speaking to each other. In a subsequent appearance on ABC's This Week, Kerry refused to respond to Shrum's allegation, calling it a "ridiculous waste of time." <SEP> Publix Super Markets, Inc., commonly known as Publix, is an employee - owned, American supermarket chain headquartered in Lakeland, Florida. Founded in 1930 by George W. Jenkins, Publix is a private corporation that is wholly owned by present and past employees. Publix operates throughout the Southeastern United States, with locations in Florida (785), Georgia (186), Alabama (68), South Carolina (58), Tennessee (42), North Carolina (35), and Virginia (8). It is considered the largest employee - owned company in the world. <SEP> Lieberman dropped out of the campaign the following day. Kerry dominated throughout February and his support quickly snowballed as he won caucuses and primaries, taking in a string of wins in Michigan, Washington, Maine, Tennessee, Washington, D.C., Nevada, Wisconsin, Utah, Hawaii, and Idaho. The following week, John Edwards won the South Carolina primary and finished a strong second in Oklahoma to Clark. Clark and Dean dropped out during this time, leaving Edwards as the only real threat to Kerry. Kucinich and Sharpton continued to run despite poor results at the polls.