South Carolina Opens Aug. 11 Senate Primary as 6 Republicans Vie for Graham Seat
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Updated · WIS News 10 · Jul 21
South Carolina Opens Aug. 11 Senate Primary as 6 Republicans Vie for Graham Seat
3 articles · Updated · WIS News 10 · Jul 21
Summary
July 21 opened candidate filing for South Carolina’s special U.S. Senate election, with six Republicans either filed or publicly running to replace the late Lindsey Graham.
Aug. 11 will decide which Republican advances to face Democratic nominee Annie Andrews in November, setting up a compressed race after Graham’s death created the vacancy.
Russell Fry joined the field on July 20 after Ralph Norman entered July 18, adding two sitting House members to a contest that also includes Duke Buckner, Mark Lynch and Samuel Shepherd.
Darline Graham, Lindsey Graham’s sister, also says she will run after being appointed to serve out the remainder of his term, keeping Trump-backed family succession in play.
The open-seat race is unusually rare in South Carolina, where Graham had held the seat since 2003 and Strom Thurmond before him for nearly 50 years.