Darline Graham to face Ralph Norman in South Carolina Republican primary runoff

Norman beat out Russell Fry, a congressman, and Mark Sanford, a former governor, to advance is closely contested race Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email Senator Darline Graham, appointed to complete the Senate term of her late brother, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina will face congressman Ralph Norman in a runoff election for the Republican nomination. Graham held a narrow lead in the polls going into the abbreviated special primary on Tuesday, which predicted a close contest for second place. Norman, Russell Fry, a congressman, and Mark Sanford, a former governor, had polled within a point of each other in the most recent survey from the Trafalgar Group. The winner of the runoff on 25 August will face Annie Andrews, the Democratic nominee and a pediatrician, in November. Graham has loudly trumpeted her endorsement from Donald Trump, but also enjoys the support of South Carolina’s governor, Henry McMaster, and John Thune, the Senate majority leader. In recent interviews the political outsider sought to convince people that her experience, and focus on affordability, made her the right candidate. “I ran a state agency. I turned it from a struggling agency into a nati