Democrats have also flipped two Senate seats, with wins in North and South Carolina, and the party is performing strongly in other battleground races.
\n\nNBC News projects that Sen. Darline Graham has lost her re-election bid to Democrat Annie Andrews, and it comes after she fumbled critical Upstate counties in South Carolina.
\n\nGraham had a particularly catastrophic performance in three counties: Spartanburg, Greenville and York.
\n\nAs I mentioned earlier, Graham was holding just a three point lead in Spartanburg, an Upstate county that Trump won by 34 points in 2024. To make matters even worse for Graham, Andrews took the lead in Greenville and York, counties where Trump won by 22 and nearly 20 points in 2024, respectively.
\n\nThere's two critical issues for Graham in these areas. For Spartanburg and Greenville, Graham likely inherited the struggles of her late brother, Sen. Lindsey Graham, in the Upstate region, particularly because Trump essentially recruited her for the race after Graham's death.
\n\nWith Trump's endorsement, Darline Graham won her competitive primary runoff against Rep. Ralph Norman, a popular congressman from York county. Tonight, we saw Graham lose to Andrews in Norman's home county, despite the fact that Trump won the area easily in…
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