Trump’s endorsement power tested in South Carolina battle to succeed Lindsey Graham
MADISON, Wis. – Polls closed Tuesday evening in South Carolina and Vermont, kicking off a consequential night of primaries headlined by the battle to succeed the late Sen. Lindsey Graham...
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MADISON, Wis. – Polls closed Tuesday evening in South Carolina and Vermont, kicking off a consequential night of primaries headlined by the battle to succeed the late Sen. Lindsey Graham and another test of President Donald Trump ’s endorsement power. In South Carolina, Trump is backing Sen. Darline Graham , the late senator’s younger sister, in a crowded special Republican Senate primary one month after Graham’s sudden death. GOP Gov. Henry McMaster appointed Darline Graham last month to serve the remainder of her brother’s term. Reps. Ralph Norman and Russell Fry and former Gov. Mark Sanford are among her top rivals for the nomination. But some of the night’s biggest political fireworks are still to come in the Midwest, where Wisconsin and Minnesota are the key battlegrounds in the high-stakes fight between the left-wing and the center-left establishment for the future of the Democratic Party. After far-left candidate Abdul El-Sayed narrowly edged out more moderate Rep. Haley Stevens a week ago in battleground Michigan's Democratic Senate primary, the spotlight now shifts to statewide nomination showdowns Tuesday in Wisconsin and Minnesota. At stake: a top-tier Senate showdown in Minnesota that's among a dozen races nationwide that will determine if the Democrats can win back control of the chamber from the GOP, and a gubernatorial face-off in crucial swing-state Wisconsin where Republicans are aiming to flip the governor's mansion. DEMOCRATIC GROUP LAUNCHES $15 MILLION WAR ON DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS: 'MORTAL DANGER' "Michigan proved that working people are ready for something different, and Wisconsin is next," Democratic candidate for governor Francesca Hong wrote following El-Sayed's victory. Hong, a state representative and Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) member, is the polling frontrunner in a Democratic gubernatorial nomination showdown that's been rocked this summer after two major contenders dropped out, and another candidate re-entered the race. The…