Trump-backed Darline Graham will win South Carolina GOP Senate runoff, CNN projects | CNN Politics

The president's pick in the GOP gubernatorial runoff in Oklahoma is also projected to win. • Sen. Darline Graham, who was endorsed by President Donald Trump, will win the special Republican Senate primary runoff in South Carolina, CNN’s Decision Desk projects, replacing her late brother, Sen. Lindsey Graham, on the general election ballot. • Another Trump-backed candidate is projected to win the GOP runoff for governor in Oklahoma. CNN projects that former state Sen. Mike Mazzei will defeat Attorney General Gentner Drummond. On the Democratic side, progressive N’Kiyla Jasmine Thomas is projected to win the primary for US Senate in the Sooner State, defeating Jim Priest. Our live coverage of tonight’s primaries has concluded. Please scroll through the posts below for all the details. You also can read our takeaways here. Sen. Darline Graham will win the Republican nomination in South Carolina’s Senate race, CNN’s Decision Desk projected, notching a win for President Donald Trump. Now favored to win a full term in November, Darline Graham is, in many ways, a senator of Trump’s own making. The president lobbied South Carolina’s governor to appoint her to fill the rem