Roll Call on the Road: South Carolina

By Bill Clark

Posted August 10, 2026 at 3:37pm

CQ Roll Call traveled last week to South Carolina, which is playing host to Tuesday’s special primary election to select a new Republican Senate nominee following Sen. Lindsey Graham’s sudden death.

Photo editor Bill Clark captured some of the action as Senate hopefuls — and other South Carolina candidates — made their pitches to voters.

Note: Appointed Sen. Darline Graham, a candidate in the special election, was stuck in Washington until Saturday for final votes before the August recess and was not available for photos during the trip.

Here are some images:

South Carolina Sen. Darline Graham makes her way to votes in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday as the Senate raced to wrap up its work before the August recess. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford returned to the State House in Columbia on Thursday, with pigs in tow, to discuss wasteful spending in the U.S. government. Sanford is one of 10 Republican candidates bidding to replace Lindsey Graham on the November ballot. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

South Carolina Rep. Ralph Norman speaks to attendees at the U.S. Senate Stump Stop event for Republican candidates at the Charleston Rifle Club in Charleston, S.C., on Thursday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Former Myrtle Beach Mayor Mark McBride, clad in a seersucker suit and American flag bow tie, stands during the opening prayer at the U.S. Senate Stump Stop event in Charleston on Thursday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

A poster for businessman and Senate hopeful Mark Lynch is seen above the crowd during the U.S. Senate Stump Stop event Thursday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Norman speaks during Thursday’s U.S. Senate Stump Stop event in Charleston. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Sanford speaks Thursday during the U.S. Senate Stump Stop as event organizer Alan Wilson, the South Carolina attorney general and this year’s Republican nominee for governor, looks on. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

South Carolina Rep. Russell Fry speaks Thursday at the U.S. Senate Stump Stop event in Charleston as Wilson, who is the son of Rep. Joe Wilson, listens. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Charleston County Councilmember Jenny Costa Honeycutt, the Republican nominee for the state’s 1st District, shakes hands at the U.S. Senate Stump Stop event on Thursday. Honeycutt faces Democrat Nancy Lacore in the race to succeed GOP Rep. Nancy Mace. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Pediatrician Annie Andrews, right, the Democratic Senate nominee in South Carolina, made several campaign stops Saturday, including meeting vendors at the Annual Gullah Geechee Celebration on Edisto Island. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)