Polls are open
7 a.m.
South Carolina voters will help decide the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate — a title Lindsey Graham held before his July 11 death.
Now, just one month after Graham's death and two weeks after held memorial services, polls are open in the race to decide the GOP's new nominee that will appear on November's General Election ballot.
Polls will be open from until 7 p.m. for voters who have yet to participate in the election. More than 61,000 people cast an early ballot during a three-day early voting period.
Registered voters who participated in the June Democratic primary election cannot vote Tuesday. But South Carolinians who cast a ballot in the initial Republican primary or who did not vote at all can make a selection.
Voting locations can be found on the state Election Commission's website. The start of the school year has made certain centers that people typically visit unavailable.
The candidates listed are:
- Walterboro Attorney Duke Buckner
- Danny Ford II, a farmer who had previously run for commissioner of agriculture in June
- U.S. Rep. Russell Fry, who represents South Carolina's 7th Congressional District
- U.S. Senator Darline Graham — the former Commissioner of the state Commission for the Blind and Lindsey Graham's sister
- Businessman Mark Lynch, who received the second highest share of the vote in the June 9 Senate primary GOP election
- Former Myrtle Beach Mayor Mark McBride
- U.S. Representative Ralph Norman, who represents South Carolina's 5th Congressional District
- Retired U.S. Air Force Reserve Maj. and budget analyst Glenda Gail Parker
- Former U.S. Rep. and Gov. Mark Sanford
- Lexington resident Samuel Sam Shepherd, a bio-chemical and medical engineer
The winner of the election would face Democratic nominee Dr. Annie Andrews in the November General Election. If no candidate receives a majority of the vote, a runoff election between the two candidates with the highest vote share would be held Aug. 25.
