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Sen. Tim Scott and South Carolina's governor will chair Lindsey Graham's reelection bid
South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, one of President Donald Trump's closest congressional allies, is kicking off his pursuit of a fifth term with two of his home state's top Republicans chairing his 2026 campaign, an early show of strength in a race where the longtime lawmaker is expected to face primary challengers.
Graham's campaign told The Associated Press on Tuesday that Sen.
Tim Scott and Gov. Henry McMaster will chair his 2026 run. Scott, the state's junior senator, is current chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, the chamber's campaign arm and — after challenging Trump for the 2024 presidential nomination — campaigned for him during the GOP primary.
McMaster recently became the state's longest-serving governor, having been elected to two terms of his own after serving the remaining two years of Nikki Haley's term after she became Trump's first ambassador to the United Nations.
Both McMaster and Scott were surrogates for