Darline Graham Wins 9-Candidate Straw Poll in South Carolina Senate Race
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Updated · The Associated Press · Aug 1
Darline Graham Wins 9-Candidate Straw Poll in South Carolina Senate Race
3 articles · Updated · The Associated Press · Aug 1
Summary
Hundreds of Republican voters in Lexington gave Darline Graham a narrow straw-poll win Saturday, ahead of U.S. Reps. Russell Fry and Ralph Norman in the Aug. 11 special Senate primary.
Three weeks after Lindsey Graham’s death from an aortic tear, the interim senator used her first major campaign appearance to say Trump urged her into the race and that she would fight for his agenda.
Nine Republicans got five minutes each to pitch voters, underscoring how little time Graham has to introduce herself against better-known GOP rivals in the compressed special election.
Several attendees said they still wanted more information before choosing, highlighting a fluid contest that could advance to an Aug. 25 runoff before the nominee faces Democrat Annie Andrews.