South Carolina Senate Special Republican Primary: First Round Second PlaceDarline Graham Nordone
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Wednesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 8.12.26: Darline Graham pushed into S.C. runoff
Live: Sen. Tim Scott says he voted for Sen. Darline Graham and endorses her in runoff
An opening salvo from Darline Graham's super PAC in the #SCSEN special primary runoff:
Sen. Darline Graham Heads to GOP Runoff After Falling Shy of Majority - WSJ
Live: Darline Graham pays homage to late brother as she advances to runoff to fill his seat
Live: Darline Graham speaks about an "emotional night" after qualifying for runoff
Sen. Darline Graham (R-S.C.) just took the podium after advancing to the Senate GOP runoff. • • She reflected on the loss of her brother, who died a month ago today. • • “First, I want to say that this is a very emotional night because I'm usually standing here celebrating Lindsey. So I know he’s looking down right now smiling,” he said.
Live: Norman congratulated Darline Graham for making it to the Aug. 25 runoff and said Republicans needed to come together to defeat the Democrats.
BREAKING: Sen. Darline Graham and Rep. Ralph Norman advance to GOP Senate primary runoff in South Carolina • • Graham, the sister of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, will face Norman in an Aug. 25 runoff for the party’s nomination, @NBCNews projects. @jonallendc • •
New: It’ll be Darline Graham vs Ralph Norman for the SC GOP Senate seat • • Runoff is Aug 25. •
Darline Graham, Ralph Norman advance to runoff for Senate Republican nomination in South Carolina
News: Sen. Darline Graham will face off against Rep. Ralph Norman in the runoff to be South Carolina’s Senate GOP nominee. • • The runoff is Aug. 25. • • As of 9pm, Graham has 32.6% and Norman has 24%. Rep. Russell Fry trails in third at 20.4%.
AP calls South Carolina Senate GOP primary runoff for Darline Graham and Ralph Norman
JUST IN: Darline Graham advances to the GOP Senate runoff, moving one step closer to securing the Republican nomination with Trump's backing. • • The sister of the late South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, Darline leads the polls in the special Republican primary as of 8:30pm ET with 32.5% of the vote, ahead of opponents Ralph Norman at 22.8% and Russell Fry at 22.7%. • • Sen. Darline Graham will be joined by one other contender in the runoff in two weeks. • • @markpmeredith @JesseBWatters @kayleighmcenany
Ralph Norman will advance to the #SCSEN special Republican primary against Darline Graham, CNN projects
JUST IN: Darline Graham advances to the GOP Senate runoff, moving one step closer to securing the Republican nomination with Trump's backing. • • The sister of the late South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, Darline leads the polls in the special Republican primary as of 8:30pm ET with 32.5% of the vote, ahead of opponents Ralph Norman at 22.8% and Russell Fry at 22.7%. • • Sen. Darline Graham will be joined by one other contender in the runoff in two weeks. • • @markpmeredith @JesseBWatters@kayleighmcenany
UPDATE: @NBCNews projects Rep. Ralph Norman will advance to the SC GOP primary for Senate. He will face off against Darline Graham on August 25th for the GOP nomination for the fall election.
Live: With Darline Graham’s spot in a special primary runoff secured, the question has flipped to who will join her in two weeks. Ralph Norman and Russell Fry are in a close contest for the second spot, though more outstanding votes appear to be coming from areas where Norman has more support thus far. Most of Fry’s support has come from the congressional district he represents, which has already reported a large share of its votes. Mark Sanford, the former governor of the state, is in fourth place. He has even fallen behind in Charleston County, which he used to represent in Congress.
Sen. Darline Graham Heads to GOP Runoff After Falling Shy of Majority -- WSJ
DDHQ Race Update (est. 53% in): South Carolina US Senate Republican Special Election Primary • • Darline Graham (R): 57,034 (32.8%) • Ralph Norman (R): 40,797 (23.5%) • Russell Fry (R): 37,308 (21.5%) • Mark Sanford (R): 25,356 (14.6%) • • Follow more results here: •
Sen. Darline Graham advances to Republican special primary runoff in South Carolina
Senator Darline Graham advances to runoff in South Carolina Republican primary
DDHQ Race Update (est. 47% in): South Carolina US Senate Republican Special Election Primary • • Darline Graham (R): 50,361 (32.6%) • Ralph Norman (R): 36,802 (23.8%) • Russell Fry (R): 34,239 (22.1%) • Mark Sanford (R): 21,466 (13.9%) • • Follow more results here: •
Lindsey Graham’s sister, Darline, advances to runoff in GOP battle for late senator’s SC Senate seat
Darline Graham advances to the Republican Senate runoff in South Carolina
Live: Darline Graham advances to the Republican Senate runoff in South Carolina
Live: Lindsey Graham's sister Darline advances to runoff in South Carolina Republican primary
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Darline Graham, Sister of Late Senator Lindsey Graham, Advances to Run-Off in Republican Nomination for U.S. Senate in South Carolina - AP News
DDHQ Race Update (est. 38% in): South Carolina US Senate Republican Special Election Primary • • Darline Graham (R): 40,317 (32.5%) • Russell Fry (R): 28,570 (23.0%) • Ralph Norman (R): 28,128 (22.6%) • Mark Sanford (R): 17,863 (14.4%) • • Follow more results here: •
Live: WASHINGTON (AP) — Darline Graham advances to Republican special primary runoff election for U.S. Senate in South Carolina
JUST IN: @NBCNews projects that Darline Graham will advance to the runoff in South Carolina’s Senate GOP primary. It is a tight race for who goes with her between Reps. Russell Fry and Ralph Norman.
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Darline Graham, Sister of Late Senator Lindsey Graham, Advances to Run-Off in Republican Nomination for U.S. Senate in South Carolina - NBC News
DDHQ Race Update (est. 26% in): South Carolina US Senate Republican Special Election Primary • • Darline Graham (R): 26,575 (31.5%) • Russell Fry (R): 19,798 (23.5%) • Ralph Norman (R): 19,446 (23.1%) • Mark Sanford (R): 12,509 (14.8%) • • Follow more results here: •
Live: Two Republican congressmen are battling for a runoff spot with Senator Darline Graham in South Carolina: Representatives Russell Fry and Ralph Norman. Norman, a five-term congressman and hard-line conservative, gave up his House seat and came in third place in the primary for governor in June. The upside of that was that he was perhaps best positioned to run a statewide campaign just a few weeks later — this time for Senate — after Lindsey Graham died.
DDHQ Race Update (est. 15% in): South Carolina US Senate Republican Special Election Primary • • Darline Graham (R): 14,493 (30.4%) • Russell Fry (R): 11,507 (24.1%) • Ralph Norman (R): 11,226 (23.5%) • Mark Sanford (R): 7,404 (15.5%) • • Follow more results here: •
DDHQ Race Update (est. 12% in): South Carolina US Senate Republican Special Election Primary • • Darline Graham (R): 11,855 (29.5%) • Ralph Norman (R): 9,869 (24.5%) • Russell Fry (R): 9,715 (24.1%) • Mark Sanford (R): 6,077 (15.1%) • Mark Lynch (R): 1,994 (5.0%) • • Follow more results here: •
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Darline Graham, Sister of Late Senator Lindsey Graham, Advances to Run-Off in Republican Nomination for U.S. Senate in South Carolina - Ddhq
Decision Desk HQ projects Darline Graham advances in SC US Senate Republican Special Election Primary • • #DecisionMade: 7:28 PM EDT
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The first round of the 2026 special Republican Party primary for the United States Senate election in South Carolina will be held on August 11, 2026, with a potential runoff on August 25, 2026.
This market will resolve according to the candidate that wins the second-most votes in the first round of the special Republican Primary for US Senator from South Carolina.
Candidates will be primarily ranked by the number of valid votes received in the specified election. If two or more candidates are tied on valid votes, ties will be broken by alphabetical order of the candidates' first names, as listed in this market group. This market will resolve to the candidate that occupies the second highest finishing position after applying this ranking.
If the results of this election are not definitively known by December 31, 2026, this market will resolve to “Other.”
The primary resolution source for this market will be information from the State of South Carolina, such as official statewide results published by the South Carolina Election Commission (https://scvotes.gov/); however, an overwhelming consensus of credible reporting may suffice.
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