Appointed Sen. Darline Graham and Rep. Ralph Norman advanced to an August 25 Republican runoff for South Carolina’s U.S. Senate seat after Tuesday’s special primary, setting up a two-week sprint to decide the party’s nominee.
Graham, the sister of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, took roughly 32% of the vote in a crowded 10-way field, with Norman trailing at 24%. Addressing reporters Tuesday night, Graham leaned into her outsider status, saying she was “guilty as charged” of not being a career politician.
The runoff winner will face Democrat Annie Andrews, a physician who won her party’s primary in June, in the race to fill the remainder of Lindsey Graham’s term.
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