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South Carolina’s Primary Battle Heats Up in the Final Stretch

Supporters of the two candidates in South Carolina’s Tuesday special Republican primary race are doubling down their efforts to draw support for their pick in the heated Senate race to determine the Palmetto State’s next U.S. senator following the death of Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., in July.

Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., who stood outside the New York courthouse while President Donald Trump faced trial, and former Sen. Graham’s sister, Sen. Darline Graham, R-S.C., will face off for the party’s nomination after neither candidate obtained 50% of the vote in the August primary election.

Norman has landed the endorsements of Sens. Rick Scott, R-Fla., Mike Lee, R-Utah., and House Freedom Caucus members like Reps. Mark Harris, R-N.C., and Keith Self, R-Texas. He has also been backed by former South Carolina Govs. Nikki Haley and Mark Sanford.

Graham, who was appointed by South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster to replace her late brother, will head to the runoff election with the support of Trump, Sens. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., Katie Britt, R-Ala., and John Barrasso, R-Wyo.

On Friday, Graham landed McMaster’s endorsement, who wrote that since she took office, she has “stood for the values that South Carolinians live by, continued Lindsey Graham’s work, and stood firmly with President Trump to advance his America First agenda.”

Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., also backed Graham, and joined the president and Rep. Russell Fry, R-S.C., for a Friday night rally in Myrtle Beach, S.C.

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