Graham, Norman compete for Republican nomination Tuesday
President Donald Trump is scheduled to travel to South Carolina on Friday for a last-minute appeal for Sen. Darline Graham, his chosen candidate to replace her late brother, Sen. Lindsey Graham, ahead of a Republican runoff next week.
Voters will decide Tuesday whether Graham or Rep. Ralph Norman will be Republicans’ nominee on the November ballot.
The Myrtle Beach rally is the kind of campaign-trail occasion Trump has staged less often this year than in past midterms, making the appearance a measure of the importance Trump is placing on a win for his pick.
South Carolina has not elected a Democrat statewide in decades, and its House delegation includes only one Democrat. Trump’s victory in the state’s 2016 Republican presidential primary helped propel him toward the nomination and, ultimately, the White House.
The runoff will determine which Republican advances to the November ballot to succeed the late Sen. Lindsey Graham.