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South Carolina chooses Darline Graham as Republican nominee for US Senate

Darline Graham, sister of late Lindsey Graham and backed by Trump, overcomes concern about lack of experience

South Carolina voters have chosen Darline Graham as the Republican nominee for US Senate, the seat formerly held by her late brother, Lindsey, on November’s ballot.

Darline Graham, with Donald Trump’s full-throated support, overcame concern about her lack of legislative experience to beat five-term congressman Ralph Norman in Tuesday’s Republican special primary runoff.

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© Photograph: Evan Vucci/Reuters

© Photograph: Evan Vucci/Reuters

© Photograph: Evan Vucci/Reuters

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‘Jim Crow 2.0’: South Carolina’s Republicans move to oust state’s only Black congressman since 1897

James Clyburn could now find his district dismantled after supreme court effectively gutted Voting Rights Act

South Carolina has had exactly one Black representative in Congress since 1897: James Clyburn. A proposal to redraw the state’s political map would dismantle the district he represents.

The state’s sixth congressional district starts on its southern border with Georgia, in the suburbs of Savannah, moving a hundred miles north to wind around the heart of Charleston, before cutting through Black belt farmland to the state capital of Columbia, another 115 miles away.

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© Photograph: Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Congressional Black Caucus Foundation

© Photograph: Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Congressional Black Caucus Foundation

© Photograph: Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Congressional Black Caucus Foundation

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