The Palmetto State’s senior senator has faced primary challenges before, and multiple challengers helped lead to a split in the anti-Graham vote.

"As a proven conservative fighter, I will unapologetically stand with President Trump and the America First agenda and will fight to put South Carolina first," André Bauer said.

President Donald Trump's 2024 co-campaign manager Chris LaCivita joined Sen. Lindsey Graham's (R-SC) re-election campaign as an adviser on Monday.

In an X post after publication, Alex Latcham, who oversaw Trump campaign operations in South Carolina, disputed Bauer’s claim of support as “bulls***.” Lacham is now executive director of the Senate Leadership Fund, the outside group that protects GOP incumbents.

South Carolina is one of just two states where the legislature elects judges. Changes designed to address that and boost public confidence in the state’s court system went into effect Tuesday, resulting from a judicial reform bill Gov.

Republican state Sen. Josh Kimbrell officially kicked off his gubernatorial campaign with an event in his home district in Spartanburg County.

South Carolina enters the 2026 campaign season without any state laws preventing political candidates from using artificial intelligence to make unfounded attacks against their opponents.