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Deep Fried Rose Ceremony

7th District Republican Congressman Russell Fry stands on stage at his Freedom Fry gathering with 5th District Congressman Ralph Norman, one of four Republicans running for governor that were in attendance at the event in Myrtle Beach on Aug. 18, 2025.
Gavin Jackson
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7th District Republican Congressman Russell Fry stands on stage at his Freedom Fry gathering with 5th District Congressman Ralph Norman, one of four Republicans running for governor that were in attendance at the event in Myrtle Beach on Aug. 18, 2025.

On this episode of the South Carolina Lede for August 19, 2025: we brief you on what four of the five Republican gubernatorial candidates discussed at a recent Republican gathering in Myrtle Beach; we caught up with Sen. Lindsey Graham on the campaign trail in the Pee Dee; two big endorsements also dropped this week—who got a the political equivalent of a Bachelor rose from whom; and more!

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Gavin Jackson graduated with a visual journalism degree from Kent State University in 2008 and has been in the news industry ever since. He has worked at newspapers in Ohio, Louisiana and most recently in South Carolina at the Florence Morning News and Charleston Post and Courier.