Graham vs. Norman: What to watch in Tuesday’s South Carolina Senate runoff
The Justice Department will place observers at polling sites as Republican voters choose between Darline Graham and Ralph Norman for November's ballot.
- On Tuesday, August 25, the U.S. Department of Justice began monitoring polling sites in Charleston County during the South Carolina Republican primary runoff between Sen. Darline Graham and Congressman Ralph Norman to ensure compliance with federal law.
- Following the death of longtime Senator Lindsey Graham in July, his sister Darline Graham competes against Norman for the Republican nomination after no candidate secured at least 50% of the vote during the initial August 11 contest.
- Officials described the oversight as a "routine part of the election process," with the DOJ deploying over 80 monitors across seven states this primary season to promote transparency and ensure compliance with federal voting rights statutes.
- Whoever wins the Republican nomination today will face Democrat Annie Andrews in the November 3 general election, assuming the seat currently held on a temporary basis by Graham.
- This monitoring effort represents a wider expansion of Department of Justice oversight, with plans to dispatch 1,000 monitors for the midterms as voters across all 46 South Carolina counties cast ballots in the closely watched runoff.
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DOJ Monitors South Carolina Polling Sites During Primary Runoff
The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Civil Rights Division will be monitoring polling sites in South Carolina for the state primary runoff election. The DOJ said on Aug. 25 that the department hopes to ensure “transparency, ballot security, and compliance with federal law.” The monitoring will take place at polls in Charleston County, South Carolina, utilizing four Civil Rights Division attorneys, one South Carolina Assistant U.S. Attorney, and one…
LIVE 2026 South Carolina U.S. Senate Republican runoff primary election results (updated)
WLTX has live, real-time election results for the South Carolina U.S. Senate Republican primary runoff on Aug. 25, 2026. U.S. Sen. Darline Graham faces U.S. Rep. Ralph Norman after both advanced from a 10-candidate special primary. The winner becomes the Republican nominee for the Senate seat previously held by the late Sen. Lindsey Graham and advances to the Nov. 3 general election against Democratic nominee Annie Andrews.
No issues reported as DOJ conducts monitoring of GOP Senate runoff in Charleston County • SC Daily Gazette
Voting machines set up in 2023 in Charleston County. (File photo provided by Charleston County Board of Voter Registration and Elections)Two teams of federal election observers came to Charleston County as part of routine monitoring of polling places amid the special Republican primary runoff for U.S. Senate. Charleston County election officials reported no polling place issues as of Tuesday afternoon in the runoff between U.S. Sen. Darline Grah…
DOJ to monitor Charleston polling sites for South Carolina primary runoff
The Department of Justice (DOJ) will monitor polling sites in Charleston, S.C., on Tuesday as voters cast their ballots in the South Carolina Senate GOP runoff. The DOJ will send four attorneys from its Civil Rights Division, one assistant U.S. attorney from South Carolina and one staffer within the office of the U.S. attorney for…
Justice Department to conduct election monitoring in SC Primary Election
On Tuesday, August 25, the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department is monitoring polling sites in South Carolina for the state’s primary runoff election to ensure transparency, ballot security, and compliance with federal law, says the DOJ.
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