9 SC GOP Senate Candidates Make Final Pitches Before Aug. 11 Primary
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Updated · Fox News · Aug 8
9 SC GOP Senate Candidates Make Final Pitches Before Aug. 11 Primary
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 8
Summary
Nine Republican candidates used a Florence County forum on Saturday to deliver closing arguments before South Carolina’s Aug. 11 special Senate primary to fill Lindsey Graham’s seat.
Darline Graham, appointed after her brother’s death and backed by Donald Trump, stressed loyalty to Trump’s agenda, defended her record running a $90 million state agency and said she was still weighing privacy concerns around Flock license-plate cameras.
Ralph Norman and Mark Lynch both backed scrapping or weakening the filibuster, while Russell Fry blamed regulations for affordability strains and Mark Sanford warned the national debt is nearing $40 trillion.
Several candidates also broke with Trump or the broader field on key issues: Mark McBride urged ending the Iran war, Norman criticized data centers, Parker pushed cutting fossil-fuel use, and Lynch said he would not take AIPAC money.