Host Luis-Alfredo Garcia asks reporter Scott Morgan about a movement among some conservative voters to write-in U.S. Rep. Ralph Norman's name on General Election ballots instead of voting for GOP nominee Sen. Darline Graham.

Two women headline the race to replace Republican Congresswoman Nancy Mace.

President Donald Trump held a rally in South Carolina amid early voting to help boost GOP turnout in the midterm election, particularly for Sen. Darline Graham in what may be a tight Senate race.

Maayan Schechter asks State Election Commission Executive Director Conway Belangia about what South Carolina voters need to know before early voting and Election Day, including election security.

Several factors are giving Democrats hope in winning the U.S. Senate seat formerly held by the late Sen. Lindsey Graham for the first time since 1998.

The Republican National Committee said President Donald Trump will travel to Clemson, South Carolina, on Oct. 21 for a midterm rally before Election Day.

Though the Clarendon County Board of Voter Registration and Elections has unanimously voted to hire a new executive director, the public doesn’t know who it is yet.

South Carolina will have a new elected U.S. Senator for the first time in about 15 years. And if one of the three leading women on stage wins the election, she will be the state's first woman elected to represent South Carolina in the Senate.

South Carolina's two candidates in the lead to succeed Republican U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace as the coastal district representation in the U.S. House shared their vision for the position in a Wednesday night debate held about a month before Election Day.

Republican Attorney General Alan Wilson and Democratic state Rep. Jermaine Johnson faced off four weeks ahead of the General Election.

On this episode of the South Carolina Lede for October 27, 2026: we bring you our final candidate profile of the 2026 cycle with a look at the two candidates running for the U.S. Senate—Republican incumbent Sen. Darline Graham and Democratic nominee Annie Andrews, a pediatrician; and more!

On this episode of the South Carolina Lede for October 24, 2026: Trump rallied for Sen. Darline Graham in the Upstate, getting a boost from the Governor and House Speaker Murrell Smith this week; we hear from voters at the fair, the Upstate, and Trump supporters; Maayan Schechter has an interview with State Election Commission Director Conway Belangia as we close out the first week of early voting; and more!

On this episode of the South Carolina Lede for October 20, 2026: we caught up with Rep. James Clyburn, who was casting his vote early in Orangeburg; Sen. Darline Graham breaks with Pres. Trump over his move to give Russia a break on oil sanctions; we look deeper into whether a Democrat like Dr. Annie Andrews can win in this red state; and more!

On this episode of the South Carolina Lede for October 17, 2026: we’re less than three weeks away from election day, with early voting starting Monday. Host Gavin Jackson sits down with First Congressional District candidates vying to replace outgoing Congresswoman Nancy Mace; we talk with Republican Charleston County Councilwoman Jenny Honeycutt and Democrat retired Vice Admiral Nancy Lacore; and more!