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Senate GOP to Send $5 Million to Shore Up Graham

October 6, 2026 · 6:06 am ET · Leave a Comment

“The main super PAC supporting Republican Senate candidates plans to inject $5 million into the South Carolina campaign as an ‘insurance policy’ to help GOP nominee Darline Graham, a source familiar with the move tells Axios,” Axios reports.

“The GOP’s concern that a Senate seat in blood-red South Carolina could be in play shows just how bad the political environment is for Republicans, who face a rash of troubles in states long considered conservative strongholds.”

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