The third day of filing in South Carolina’s special election Republican primary for the U.S. Senate remained quiet, with no new candidates. On Tuesday’s first day, Duke Buckner, Mark Lynch, Mark McBride, Clark Neilson, and Samuel Shepherd all filed.
Background
Sen. Lindsey Graham died on July 11, two days after his 71st birthday. The filing period runs through noon on Tuesday of next week, and the primary follows two weeks later on Aug. 11.
The successful candidate in the primary will take Graham’s spot on the ballot on Nov. 3. Dr. Annie Andrews, a Charleston pediatrician, is the Democratic opponent in November and is joined on the ballot by Libertarian Kasie Whitener.
Gov. Henry McMaster appointed Graham’s sister, Darline Graham Nardone, to finish his term until the 120th Congress is seated in January. She has said she will file, backed for the six-year term by second-term Republican President Donald Trump.
Indicating they will also file are U.S. Reps. Russell Fry and Ralph Norman. Former U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford is also considered a possibility to file. Rep. Nancy Mace said she will not.
Original reporting: KTBS 3 (Shreveport) — read the source article.
