Mayor Dennis Raines service to the City of Mauldin includes a wide variety of different disciplines. His first service to the community began as a Volunteer Fireman for thirteen years. He has also served as President of the Mauldin Dixie Youth program for six years and on the Mauldin City Council from 1996-2001 where he chaired the Finance and Policy Committee for his last four years on Council.

Dennis is a native of Spartanburg County where he was born and raised on a small farm. He graduated from Greenville Technical College with an Associate’s Degree in Business Administration and continued his education at Limestone College where he earned his Bachelor’s Degree as an Honors Graduate also in Business Administration.

Dennis’s professional career included twenty-six years at Kemet Electronics where he served in various management positions in supervisory functions and staff management positions that included Production Manager and Plant Cost Accountant. He currently serves as the Business Administrator of Mauldin First Baptist Church and Mauldin Christian Academy in the capacities of charge of finance, facilities and administrative personnel.

Dennis’s most rewarding community achievement has been that of serving as Director/Founder of the Mauldin Miracle League for seven years. The Mauldin Miracle League is a baseball program for children with disabilities in which the motto is "Every Child Deserves a Chance to Play Baseball."

In his forty one years as a resident of the City of Mauldin Dennis has served his community in some capacity for thirty one of the forty years. He truly believes that government’s biggest challenge today is to live within its means while providing customer-oriented services in a cost effective manner.

Dennis has been a resident here in Mauldin for forty one years and married to his wife Cathy for forty years. They have two sons, Travis and wife Evie and Tyler and his wife Emily along with four grandchildren.