South Carolina GOP Senate primary heads to a runoff

South Carolina's Republican Senate primary headed to a runoff, per Axios, after no candidate won the majority required for the nomination. Darline Graham, the late Senator Lindsey Graham's sister, advanced to the August twenty-fifth matchup against either Representative Ralph Norman or Representative Russell Fry. The Republican nominee will face Democrat Annie Andrews in November, heavily favored to win in a state where Democrats haven't elected a senator since nineteen ninety-eight. President Trump endorsed Graham shortly after she entered the race, setting up the runoff as a revealing test of his influence over an electorate where nearly every major candidate backs his agenda.

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