已故参议员林赛·格雷厄姆去世后，南卡罗来纳州共和党掀起激烈的特殊初选竞争。[1]格雷厄姆于本月早些时候逝世，享年71岁，触发了这场争夺其参议院席位的选举。[1]至少10名共和党候选人已宣布参选，特殊初选将于8月11日举行。[1]如果无候选人获得多数票，将于8月25日进行决选。[1]
临时参议员达琳·格雷厄姆也加入竞选行列，争取这个由州长亨利·麦克马斯特任命她代理的正式席位。[1]达琳·格雷厄姆的临时代理任期至1月。[1]其他知名竞选者包括众议员拉尔夫·诺曼和罗素·弗莱，以及前州长马克·桑福德等政治人物。[1]在民主党方面，查尔斯顿医生安妮·安德鲁斯已在6月赢得党派初选，成为民主党候选人。[1]
At least ten Republican candidates have entered the race for South Carolina's U.S. Senate seat following the death of Senator Lindsey Graham [1]. Graham, who was 71 years old, passed away earlier this month, triggering a special primary election scheduled for August 11 [1]. If no candidate secures a majority of votes, a runoff will take place on August 25 [1].
Among those seeking the nomination are U.S. Representatives Ralph Norman and Russell Fry, as well as former Governor Mark Sanford [1]. Darline Graham, the late senator's sister, was appointed by Governor Henry McMaster to serve as interim senator until January and is also running for the seat in her own right [1]. On the Democratic side, Charleston physician Anne Andrews, who won her party's primary in June, will face the Republican nominee in the general election [1].