The nonpartisan Cook Political Report has shifted its rating of the state of Senator Lindsey Graham’s re-election from “Leans Republican” to “Toss-Up.” (The Cook Political Report)
There has been no more surprising race on the Senate map than South Carolina. Even early this year, it looked like Sen. Lindsey Graham would cruise to re-election. Instead, the Republican incumbent finds himself in a tied race in both public and private surveys with challenger Jaime Harrison, who has proven to be perhaps Democrats’ best recruit and a fundraising behemoth.
“It’s a jump ball at this point,” said one South Carolina Republican strategist. “Jaime is peaking at exactly the right time and he’s got a deluge of money. [Harrison] is blocking every pass there is from Republicans.”
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Even Democrats in and outside of the Palmetto State are surprised such a typically red state is truly in play. Many Republicans have privately voiced frustrations that Graham’s campaign didn’t take the challenge from Harrison — a charismatic 44-year-old African-American former state party chairman who tells a compelling story of growing up with a teen mother and being raised by his grandparents in impoverished Orangeburg — seriously enough from the get-go.
Harrison first went up on TV back in April with positive bio spots, and hasn’t gone dark since. That allowed Harrison to set the tenor of the race. And since then, he’s had a series of ads that are very clearly aimed at who they hope will be Graham’s Achilles Heel — white women. In several spots, middle age or senior women talk about how they were once longtime Graham voters but now see that he’s changed on health care and how Harrsion’s “values” now more closely reflect their values. Harrison has made this race about character and in other Democratic ads they turn the tables and paint Graham as part of the “swamp,” and that seems to be working.
Graham has won three previous Senate elections by at least ten points. In 2016, Donald Trump prevailed over Hillary Clinton in South Carolina by 14 points.
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Granted, Graham is a RINO. But would the voters of South Carolina really want a commie instead?
As long as Gop, can hang on to the majority, I don’t care if Graham goes away. He is not trustworthy to back the president 1005 of the time. He is a rinp. I feel the same about McConnell, We’ve had enough of their wishy washy ways.
There is no lesser of two evils here this time around. The dems are the COVID19 of our government! Get rid of all the them. The democrat party is in the swamp to stay. It’s in their genes!!
The reason LG is on the ropes is for all his 4 years of threats with no action & no results. Head of the Senate Judiciary Committee and just started investigations. Knowing, if Trump loses all investigations will just go away and he can just give a shoulder shrug. It’s out of my hands now. What has he done with the kangaroo court sponned by the DRATS against Kavanaugh ? Investigation of Blasey Ford for false accusations. The pay off on camera by Rep. B Lee of Texas to the so called pro-bono lawyers? LG is all smoke no fire and no results. TV face time is for political gain only.
A vote for LG is a vote for the lessor of 2 evils. Have to hold your nose to vote for LG a swam creature.
Lol those democrats love being lied to the promise that will never come to fruition. It’s a shame it’s not law that if you vote democrat you lose your voting rights for making stupid choices.
While Graham may not be a great Conservative he is a MASSIVE improvement over a Democrap any day.