Tight race to fill Lindsey Graham's Senate seat, poll finds
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A new Queen City News and Emerson College poll reveals no clear frontrunner to replace Lindsey Graham in the South Carolina Senate, though Congressman Ralph Norman currently holds the highest level of support among candidates.
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South Carolina law calls for a temporary appointment to fill the current Senate vacancy and a special Republican primary to select a replacement nominee for the November election. Voters would then choose who serves the next Senate term through the election process established under state law.
(WSPA) - Less than a month before his sudden death, longtime South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham handily won a crowded primary contest to determine who would run for his seat in November. According to a statement from his office, Graham, 71, died on the evening of July 11 following a "brief and su…
The deadline to file for Graham's is July 28 and the primary itself will take place Aug. 11. If a runoff is necessary, it will take place on Aug. 25. Early voting in the primary will begin Aug. 5 and conclude Aug. 7.
FILE – Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., accompanied by his sister Darline, left, speaks at the GOP headquarters in Columbia, S.C., Sept. 1, 2015, where he filed for the South Carolina Presidential Primary.
The death of Sen. Lindsey Graham does more than leave a vacancy in the U.S. Senate. It also sets off an unusually fast political process in South Carolina, where state law requires both an interim appointment and an expedited election to determine who will appear on the November ballot.
South Carolina law calls for a temporary appointment to fill the current Senate vacancy and a special Republican primary to select a replacement nominee for the November election. Voters would then choose who serves the next Senate term through the election process established under state law.
John Nichols The Palmetto State will let primary voters nominate Graham’s successor. Maine, on the other hand, is letting a party convention pick Graham Platner’s replacement.
The sudden death of U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., has left his Senate open for remainder of the term, prompting speculation about who South Carolina’s governor will choose as the late Republican politician’s replacement.
Gov. Henry McMaster will appoint a temporary replacement for Sen. Lindsey Graham, who died Saturday. Here's how South Carolina's special election process -- and the growing list of Republicans eyeing the seat -- will play out.
South Carolina voters will head to the polls Aug. 11 for a special Republican primary to select a new U.S. Senate nominee after the death of Sen. Lindsey Graham.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCBD) - The South Carolina Election Commission has released a timeline for a special election that will determine the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate following the death of Sen. Lindsey Graham. While Gov.
:State of the Union: South Carolina Republicans will choose their new Senate nominee in a special primary in August ahead of the November general election.
EXCLUSIVE — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent ruled out running to replace the late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Tuesday. “There’s going to be a primary in South Carolina, and I will not be in it,” Bessent said in an interview with the Washington Examiner.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Tuesday threw cold water on the idea of launching a bid to replace the late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) in the Senate. “There’s going to be a primary in South Carolina, and I will not be in it,” Bessent told the Washington Examiner in an interview, adding later t…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCBD) - South Carolina election officials have clarified who is eligible to vote in next month’s special Republican primary to fill the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the death of Sen. Lindsey Graham.
There is not a clear favorite in the GOP Senate primary race to replace the late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), according to a new poll. The Republican senator was in the middle of seeking his fifth term in the upper chamber but passed away suddenly 71 after an aortic dissection.
Voters will head to the polls next month to decide who they want to appear on November’s ballot, filling the seat previously held by late Senator Lindsey Graham.
There is no clear frontrunner in the Republican primary race to select a GOP nominee for the U.S. Senate seat left vacant after the unexpected death of Sen. Lindsey Graham.
