The GOP primary race for governor of South Carolina is projected to head to a runoff between Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette (R) and state Attorney General Alan Wilson (R), according to Decision Desk HQ. Evette, who is backed by President Trump, and Wilson were the top two vote-getters, but neither snagged the majority of support…
Former Fox News host Steve Hilton has advanced to the general election in the California gubernatorial race, NBC News projects, where he will face former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra.
NBC News projects that the state’s lieutenant governor and attorney general will face off June 23 after no candidate won more than 50% of the vote.
Incumbent Lindsey Graham, who was endorsed by President Trump, is projected to win the Republican Senate primary in South Carolina, according to DDHQ.
Mr. Graham, a four-term incumbent, is the favorite to win the general election in a solidly Republican state.
South Carolina congresswoman Nancy Mace (R-SC) conceded in the state's primary election on Tuesday after failing to qualify for a primary runoff to a Trump-backed opponent, whom she then sided against.Mace ran in a crowded five-person Republican primary for governor, and came in fifth place with just over 37,000 votes when the race was decided. "Serving South Carolina has been the greatest honor of my life," Mace wrote in a post conceding the race. "Every vote I cast, every hearing I called, every fight I picked — it was always for you."Trump publicly endorsed South Carolina Lt. Gov. Pam Evette in a crowded gubernatorial primary race. Mace blamed the snub on her support for the release of the Epstein Files."I voted to release the Epstein files and lost some support for that," she wrote in her concession post. "As a survivor, I chose to stand on principle and stand against the Epstein cover-up."Mace also endorsed candidate Alan Wilson for South Carolina governor, instead of Evette, according to a post by political reporter David Weigel.
Graham spent millions to defeat a primary opponent, NBC News projects, after receiving President Donald Trump’s endorsement last year.
Nancy Lacore, a three-star admiral that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired last year, is projected head to a runoff against veteran Mac Deford in the Democratic primary for South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ. Lacore and Deford defeated a group of Democrats in the district, which stretches along the southeast coast of…
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) won the Republican nomination to represent South Carolina for another term in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday. Graham led his primary challenger, businessman Mark Lynch, 58.4% to 27.6% when the Associated Press called the race with 60% of the vote counted. First elected in 2002, Graham is the chairman of the […]