(The Center Square) – U.S. Sen. Darline Graham will have the place of her brother Lindsey on the Nov. 3 ballot, having defeated U.S. Rep. Ralph Norman in South Carolina’s U.S. Senate special Republican primary runoff on Tuesday.
About 2 hours and 15 minutes after polls closed, Graham led Norman 52.6%-47.4% with more than 340,000 ballots counted when the race was called by multiple media outlets. Dr. Annie Andrews, a Charleston pediatrician, is the Democratic opponent in November and is joined on the ballot by Libertarian Kasie Whitener.
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