ralph norman
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Dispatches
- July 21, 2026 · Dispatch
One day after quitting the race, Nancy Mace endorses Ralph Norman and snubs Trump's pick for Graham's Senate seat
One day after ruling out her own Senate bid, Rep. Nancy Mace endorsed Rep. Ralph Norman for the South Carolina special election on July 21, 2026, breaking publicly with President Trump, who had endorsed Lindsey Graham's sister Darline Graham Nordone on July 17. Norman accepted the endorsement while pledging to 'stand with President Trump,' the same president whose candidate he and Mace are now both running against. Filing opens today and closes July 28, with the primary set for August 11.
- July 20, 2026 · Dispatch
"South Carolina, I'm in": Russell Fry becomes the fourth Republican to enter the race for Lindsey Graham's Senate seat
Rep. Russell Fry (SC-7) announced a bid for the U.S. Senate on X at 8:01 a.m. ET on July 20, 2026, becoming the fourth declared Republican in the special election for the late Sen. Lindsey Graham's seat, joining Mark Lynch, Duke Buckner, and Rep. Ralph Norman. Fry, 41, unseated five-term incumbent Tom Rice in a 2022 primary after Rice voted to impeach President Trump; Trump has praised Fry as 'outstanding' but has not endorsed him, having already backed interim Sen. Darline Graham Nordone. Candidate filing does not open until noon Tuesday, July 21, so none of the four declared candidates, or anyone else, has filed yet. About an hour after Fry declared, Rep. Nancy Mace posted an objection to dual candidacies, writing that 'if you're running for two offices at once, you've already told us who you are' and that she 'will never hand Hakeem Jeffries that gift.' She named no one, but on the facts as they stand only Fry fits: he won his SC-7 primary on June 9 and is already the Republican nominee for that seat, so he would appear on the November ballot for both offices, while Norman did not file for House reelection after running for governor. Mace has still not announced a decision of her own.
Wiki & people
The 2026 South Carolina Senate Special Election
Sen. Lindsey Graham died on July 11, 2026, opening a U.S. Senate seat that South Carolina will fill in a special election. Gov. Henry McMaster appointed Graham's sister, Darline Graham Nordone, as interim senator; President Trump has endorsed her for the full term. Candidate filing opens July 21 and closes July 28. Four Republicans have declared: Mark Lynch, Duke Buckner, Rep. Ralph Norman, and Rep. Russell Fry. Rep. Nancy Mace has not declared and is not on the November ballot; she ran for governor instead of seeking reelection and lost the June 9 Republican primary. This hub tracks the filing calendar, the declared field, published polling, and Mace's own dated statements as the story develops.
July 20, 2026 · Wiki