South Carolina Republicans hold primary to pick Senate replacement for the late Lindsey Graham

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The preview provides concrete campaign context and identifies candidates, endorsements and recent campaign developments. It is largely a reported overview, but includes few direct candidate statements or competing assessments of the candidates.

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