The special election in South Carolina to fill the seat of Senator Lindsey Graham is today. The polls close at 7:00pm ET in South Carolina and for President Trump there is a significant stake.
The opposition media are hoping that Ralph Norman defeats President Trump endorsed candidate Darline Graham so they can write about articles about how Trump has lost his political strength and now suffers election embarrassment. President Trump not only endorsed Darline Graham, but he also held a rally for her last Friday and instructed his SuperPAC to fund her campaign heavily.
No one is sure how this special election is going to turn out. What I find interesting is the lack of publicly displayed and discussed polling over the past week. That doesn’t mean polls were not conducted, it only means conducted polls were never made public. This one will be super interesting to watch unfold this evening.
NYT Election Results Here
AP Election Results Here
Should Darline Graham win she retains the entire staff of her deceased brother, Lindsey Graham, who have been guiding her as an interim appointed senator. The South Caroline old guard GOP also has a stake in this race as the professionally republican political class are not very supportive of President Trump and the MAGA coalition.
Consider this an open discussion thread for anything that relates to the special election and South Carolina politics. There is also voting in primary voting in Georgia and Oklahoma. We will pin this thread to the top of the page until the final results are complete.
If Ms Nordone wins in the final vote her first task will be to fly to Kiev .
I’m sure you’re right… Darline is definitely the warmonger choice. Lindsey Graham’s Liberty Score from Conservative Review is 43% (an F grade). He voted for Merrick Garland and even in recent years, he criticized the concept of mass deportation as impractical and argued for guestworker programs. I could go on and on with examples of how he betrayed America First.
Most likely she will continue the shameful record of her brother.
Makes you wonder where Trump’s head is really at.
I said the other day he should have kept out of this race. He should have said I will go with the S. Carolina voters.
She has to continue the GRIFT.
maybe Z already furnish apartment for this beauty….
I’m team Ralph Norman.
so is me..no more warmongers !!!
Rino on Rino. Haven’t seen anything from either one that makes me believe they’ll be any better than someone like Thune.
You’re joking right? Ralph Norman was a founding member of the SC freedom caucus. Ralph Norman has a 100% rating from Heritage Action (John Thune has 76% rating). Ralph Norman received the Taxpayer Friends Award for 2025. Ralph Norman has been endorsed by Turning Point USA and CPAC. Hell, Ralph Norman voted to remove Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House! If he wins, Ralph Norman will instantly become the most conservative US Senator we have. If Ralph Norman is a “republican in name only” it’s only because republicans are no longer conservatives.
I found it hard to pick who I WANT to win in this one.
I would not be surprised if Norman ekes it out.
In addition to not seeing any polls, I have also notice a complete absence of any reporting about today’s turnout.
” they ” DO NOT WANT a SPOT LIGHT on the VOTE
ALSO
The LOWER The VOLUME the BETTER to Be OVERLOOKED
No reporting allowed until the polls close at 7:00 PM EST.
They just closed, so the results should start rolling in – https://www.postandcourier.com/politics/election-results-republican-primary-runoff-senate-graham-norman/article_3c4226a9-1171-4c67-8c47-5c37d22d7678.html
The early voting was slightly higher (~1000 votes) than the recent special election.
Local news today said that there were 63k early votes and 164k votes cast (as of 5pm).
The warmonger, Lindsey Graham, neither helped president Trump nor the people in Ukraine/Russia who need to see an end to the war. He was certainly no moral role model for Americans but the same applies to many of the current politicians.
warmonger #1 ms.linda seen killing Russian soldiers as very positive things…
Just say NO to the establishment GOP. Anything these corrupt establishment Rinos are for, I oppose.
hell, free and fair elections being something of the far distant past, anything happening in this corrupted process is suspect
what is certain is the one installed is the candidate who can be relied upon to block the maga agenda most
Since I don’t live in SC, all I know is, I just don’t know.
Don’t worry, most of us in the state feel the same way.
At least the pro Graham (NEVER Nordone) flyers will stop, either for a few weeks if she wins or forever if she (hopefully) loses.
The fact that Darline does not use her legal surname screams that: “Graham has NOTHING TO OFFER !”
I mostly support Pres Trump … Yet, at times he is “reactionary” in his judgements. … I am amazed there was no depth in the SC Republican Party to present the State with other than “Name Association”.
Pres Trump will undermine his own legacy if he attempts to perpetrate a “Trump Family Dynasty” on these United States.
Of course I don’t know, but I think President Trump highly valued Lindsey Graham as a friend even though they disagreed on some policy issues. President Trump highly values friendships and loyalty and maybe he views his support for his sister as loyalty to Lindsey Graham.
I believe Norman is the better choice though considering his political experience and more conservative positions..
If Darlene wins she may support President Trump until he leaves office then her Establishment credentials will begin to show up.
Norman is too glib-something about him is not MAGA. Darlene supports my president Trump. She said it over and over. I hope she wins.
He isn’t MAGA at all. He has been a thorn in our side as a member of the Freedom Caucus. He would be even worse in the Senate.
If you think the freedom caucus is a thorn in your side…YOU ARE A DEMOCRAT.
Fun fact: darline did not vote for trump 2016, 2020 or 2024.
I’m waiting for the expose tell all book by Graham’s boy toy to hit the shelves.
He lives in Israel and has already been dealt with…
“What I find interesting is the lack of publicly displayed and discussed polling over the past week. That doesn’t mean polls were not conducted, it only means conducted polls were never made public.”
There is only one reason they don’t make them public, they don’t like the results of the poll. Polling seems to more about propaganda these days.
Darline Grahamnesty is a no-nothing puppet of the Lindsey Grahamnesty machine.
Ralph Norman is a Professional RINO and a card carrying member of the UniParty.
Aunt Bee vs Howard Sprague would truly be a better choice.
Oh man, that’s harsh😧… in color too, I suppose.
Praying for you, SC🙏🏻.
We got our own issues here in GA, too.
Norman was a lesser of two evils. It would have been admirable for Darline to graciously finish her brother’s term. What shes doing in playing a political game is unseemly and greedy. It erased all the goodwill feelings I had for her finishing Lindseys term.
I believes shes lifelong “victim” card, dei promoting, female bureaucrat. Not the psychological profile I will vote for.
I early voted but a friend voted today in Greenville. She stated that the poll workers were extremely vigilant in checking her eligibility (SC has odd rules on how can vote in primary run-offs). Unusually so. She said more so than during presidential election. Given that and the reported assignment of poll watchers in Charleston. Something odd is definitely afoot.
Everyone I know voted for Norman. Graham was disliked by most South Carolinians. How he was kept in power was due to dirty politics where there would be too many primary candidates such that the dissatisfied votes were diluted.
The race in 2020, they made sure we’d vote for Lindsey by having a Nancy Pelosi candidate – which was the front and center message on all of his ads – as his democrat challenger. Many people held their nose when they voted.
When I sent my ballot through the vote tally machine, the poll worker enthusiastically told me my vote counted. I looked at him and responded, “Yes, but did it count who I voted for?” Crickets
This is what I don’t get. “Everyone” complained about Lindsey but now they vote for his inexperienced sister?
Having open primaries hurts also, allows crossover voters to reek havoc on candidates.
South Carolina has been making poor choices in Senators since the first time they selected John Calhoun. Of course, neither party has given them anything to be happy about.
Andrew Jackson, who was from the Waxhaws district that straddles the Cacalacky border, said his biggest regret was not being able to hang Calhoun and shoot Henry Clay. Calhoun was a secessionist. Clay was the spiritual ancestor of B tch McConnell.
The best that can be said is at least neither Nancy Disgraced and Maced nor Stikki Nikki HiCaste has a sniff at that seat. Nancy’s revenge porn saga is laughable. Stikki NIkki stands charged with wayward behavior while Hubs was deployed overseas. The female equivalent of a guy cheating on a wife who is dying of cancer … like Jon Edwards of North Cackalacky did and like Woodrow Wilson did.
Hmmmm … let’s see now.
Ralph Warren Norman Jr. has been “in politics” for 20+ years and has done nothing of note …
Darline Lettie Graham Nordone has been “in politics” for …. one — that’s ONE — month … and knows nohing …
Is it little wonder The Palmeto State occasionally has “problems” picking good politicians and leadership … ???
You know Norman was the PRIMARY sponsor of the save act in 2020. Did you also see Norman outside the NYC courthouse defending Trump against the malicious prosecution? Watch the video. I am more pissed at Trump for stabbing Norman in the back that watching No Nothing Nordone evade all questions.
Jim DeMint was a good conservative Senator. He bucked Sen. McConnell and was unfortunately shown the door.
Lindsey Graham had some admirable qualities. He too loved our state and was able to secure funding for our troops and bases.
Imagine if you would the “giant sucking sound” that occurred with NAFTA. Businesses went overseas and people lost their jobs, sometimes their homes, restaurants closed, other small businesses were shuttered, it was a nightmare.
Imagine if that were to happen with our military based. A giant sucking sound would occur.
The GOPE has flicked a coin in the direction of the South Carolina voter and declared, “Heads I Win, Tails You Lose.”
Graham ahead. Norman seems to take the North West and Graham takes the rest so far.
My opinion is to give her a chance and see how she performs by November. Norman turns me off!
So if you don’t like her so much between now and Nov you will vote for the Commie Dem?
Makes you wonder doesn’t it?
No, I’ll still vote for her because as much as I don’t think she should have run, I won’t vote for a democrat.
It is amazing how Trump is loyal to people who are not loyal to him.
Can you elaborate?
We voted around 5:30 p.m. and we were the only ones there besides the poll workers. Looks like low turnout again. This week I’ve been bombarded with text messages and voicemails telling me President Trump wants me to vote for Darlene Graham. I don’t care for Ralph Norman, but he got my vote. I wonder what the outcome would’ve been if Trump had stayed out of it or endorsed Norman. Looks like Norman is carrying most of the Upstate, bur the rest is going to Graham.
We do not have “Birthright Senatorship” in the United States of America.
Early counts don’t look good for Rep. Norman.
For this Senate seat, “put not your trust in princes, nor in the sons of man in whom there is _no_ salvation.”