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Democrats scramble to wrest control of US Senate

Jaime Harrison, Democratic challenger for the U.S. Senate race in South Carolina, put up a valiant fight against incumbent Lindsey Graham, who now embarks on his fourth term in office. Danielle Vinson, a Furman University...

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Voter turnout in South Carolina surges on Election Day

Politics reporter Kirk Brown of the Independent Mail says South Carolina's voter-turnout percentage may be among the highest in decades. He turned to Furman's Danielle Vinson, a politics and international affairs professor, to explain why....

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VP Pence stumps in SC one week before Election Day to boost Graham’s Senate bid

How do you know when a U.S. Senate race is close? Your state gets a strategically-placed visit from the Vice President of the United States. Vice President Mike Pence paid a visit to Greenville, South...

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Graham, Harrison need to win ‘narrow group’ of SC voters in next debate

In the South Carolina U.S. Senate race, the two contenders for the seat are in a dead heat according to political observers. Three-term U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham has inched ahead of Democratic challenger Jaime Harrison...

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Lindsey Graham suddenly in trouble in deep-red S.C.

An article in Bloomberg reports on the tenuous status of U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham for re-election in South Carolina - a race that has evolved from solidly Republican to a "toss-up" according to some election...

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Jaime Harrison says there’s one battle he’s already won

Polls show Democratic challenger Jaime Harrison is neck and neck with incumbent Republican Senator Lindsey Graham for the U.S. Senate race in South Carolina. CNN National Political Writer Brandon Tensley, a 2012 Furman alumnus, writes...

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Sen. Graham may be ‘in trouble’ with re-election in South Carolina

A FOX News article reports that Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham may be in for his toughest re-election fight yet against well-funded Democratic challenger Jaime Harrison. Danielle Vinson, a professor of politics and international affairs at...

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Is Lindsey Graham actually in trouble in S.C.?

After announcing his bid for the South Carolina U.S. Senate race in 2019, Democrat Jaime Harrison is gaining steam in campaign financing, nearly neck-and-neck with incumbent Lindsey Graham. Still, the challenger is facing an "uphill...

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