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The top Republican super PAC involved in Senate races is planning to spend $5 million in South Carolina, a source familiar with the spending confirmed to NBC News on Tuesday.
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source → involve → Tuesday
The injection of funds from the Senate Leadership Fund, a group aligned with Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., is the latest sign that the race between GOP Sen. Darline Graham and Democratic pediatrician Annie Andrews is competitive.
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race → align → Graham
The outlay was first reported by Axios.
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outlay → report → Axios
It comes as the Senate map is shifting further in Democrats’ favor, putting Republican-leaning states increasingly in play with less than a month remaining until Election Day.
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month → come → Day
Trump carried South Carolina by 18 points in 2024.
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Trump → carry → 2024
The last Democrat elected to represent South Carolina in the Senate was Fritz Hollings, who served from 1966 until 2005.
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who → elect → 2005
The Graham and Andrews campaigns didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment.
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campaigns → respond → comment
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster appointed Graham to the seat soon after her late brother, Sen. Lindsey Graham, died suddenly in July.
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brother → appoint → July
Within days, Darline Graham announced she would run for a full six-year Senate term with the backing of President Donald Trump.
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she → announce → Trump
Graham became the GOP Senate nominee after she defeated Rep. Ralph Norman in a primary runoff in August.
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she → become → August
The president has campaigned for Graham and used an anti-trans slur to attack Andrews on Monday in a Truth Social post by referring to her three times as “trannie.”
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president → campaign → trannie
An outside GOP group, Security is Strength, also launched an attack ad against Andrews on Monday focused on transgender issues.
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Security → launch → issues
But it’s Andrews who has been dominating the airwaves so far this fall.
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who → ’ → airwaves
Since the beginning of September, Andrews’ campaign has spent $6.1 million on ads, according to the ad-tracking firm AdImpact.
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campaign → spend → firm
That’s nearly 10 times more than the $687,000 in ads from outside Republican groups.
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That → ’ → groups
Graham’s own campaign has not spend any significant funds on ads since the August primary runoff.
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campaign → spend → runoff
The new spending underscores how races that were previously considered competitive — like the Senate matchup in North Carolina between Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and Republican Michael Whatley, and the Georgia race between Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff and Republican Rep. Mike Collins — are now viewed as leaning toward Democrats.
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that → underscore → Democrats
The Senate race in solid red Kansas between GOP Sen. Roger Marshall and Democratic pastor Adam Hamilton also has tightened.
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race → tighten → Marshall
In response to that changing dynamic, the Senate Leadership Fund canceled its ad spending in North Carolina’s Senate race last week and launched a new ad campaign in Kansas.
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Fund → change → Kansas
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