(The Center Square) – Republican U.S. Sen. Darline Graham’s polling lead over Democrat Dr. Annie Andrews for South Carolina’s seat in the U.S. Senate seat was again narrow in a sampling released Sunday.

There hasn’t been a Democrat from the state in the U.S. Senate since Sen. Fritz Holdings retired in 1998, and this particular seat hasn’t had a Democrat since the day – Sept. 16, 1964 – the late Sen. Strom Thurmond during his second term switched to the Republican Party, becoming the state’s first GOP senator since 1879. Graham won a special election primary to take the spot on the ballot of her late brother, Sen. Lindsey Graham.

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