President Donald Trump isn't on the ballot, but his clout over the GOP and the immense power of his endorsements in Republican primaries are on the line Tuesday in statewide runoff elections in South Carolina and Oklahoma.Trump is backing Sen.Darline Graham in the Republican Senate nomination runoff in South Carolina, in the race to succeed her late brother, GOP Sen.
Lindsey Graham, who unexpectedly died this summer at age 71.And the president is supporting former state budget secretary and former state Sen.Mike Mazzei for the Republican gubernatorial nomination in Oklahoma, where GOP Gov.
Kevin Stitt is term-limited.Both Trump-backed candidates are facing off in competitive contests on that day that also includes a special election runoff in Georgia to fill a congressional seat left vacant following Democratic Rep.David Scott’s death in April.
The two candidates are Democrats, which means the winner will further reduce an already extremely fragile Republican majority in the House.DEMOCRACY ’26: STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE FOX NEWS ELECTION HUBPresident Donald Trump arrives for a campaign rally with U.S.Sen.
Darline Graham (R-SC) on August 21, 2026 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.President Trump traveled to South Carolina to join Republican Senate candidate Darline Graham for a campaign rally ahead of Tuesday's runoff election against Ralph Norman.
(Win McNamee/Getty Images)In South Carolina, Darline Graham is facing off with conservative Rep.Ralph Norman, with the winner replacing the late senator as the Republican Senate nominee on the midterm ballot in reliably red South Carolina.Graham and Norman finished first and second in a special Senate primary two weeks ago, but with neither candidate landing a majority of the vote, they advanced to a runoff from a field that also included Rep.
Russell Fry and former governor and former Rep.Mark Sanford."We need every South Carolina patriot to go to the polls and vote for Darline Graham," Trump urged on Friday as h...