Graham, Inglis Win Important Primary Battles in SC

South Carolina's senior U.S. Senator, Republican Lindsey Graham, has fought off a GOP challenger and won the Party's nomination to run for another term in November.

Graham stirred up very public and vocal anger among the voters by supporting John McCain's amnesty plan for illegal aliens. So vehement was the opposition to Graham and McCain that both quickly backed off the plan in order to avoid political suicide.

The Democrat who will run against Graham in November is an unknown entity, and Graham is expected to retain his seat in the U.S. Senate.

In another closely-watched race, Republican Bob Inglis, the U.S. Congressman representing S.C.'s 4th Congressional district, defeated his GOP challenger as well. Inglis faced extreme voter discontent when he voted with Democrats in Congress to oppose the troop surge in Iraq.

Inglis now claims his vote was a mistake and that he is pleased that the surge is working.

Again, Inglis represents a strongly conservative Republican district in South Carolina, and he is expected to have no trouble winning another term to the U.S. Congress.

On the local level in South Carolina, one of the more interesting races for the legislature resulted in the challenger, Steve Parker, beating the incumbent Ralph Davenport in a landslide. For more information on that race, click here:
http://carolinacountryside.blogspot.com/2008/06/parker-beats-davenport-in-landslide.html