Credit: Gage Skidmore

On Tuesday night, quintessential RINO and warmongering establishment figure Senator Lindsey Graham successfully defended his seat against a surge of grassroots primary challengers, locking down the Republican nomination as he marches toward a fifth consecutive term in Washington.

Decision Desk HQ officially projected Graham as the winner shortly after polls closed, defeating his closest competitor, Greenville businessman and America First outsider Mark Lynch, along with a handful of other conservative challengers.

According to results reported Tuesday night, Graham captured approximately 56.8% of the vote (more than 263,000 votes), while Lynch received nearly 29% (around 134,000 votes). The remaining votes were split among several other candidates, allowing the incumbent to avoid a runoff.

Credit: Politico

The senator now faces Democrat Annie Andrews in November. While Democrats continue to dream of flipping South Carolina blue, history is not on their side. Republicans have dominated statewide races in the Palmetto State for decades, making Graham the clear favorite heading into the fall campaign.

As The Gateway Pundit reported just yesterday, retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn issued a blistering call to action, urging South Carolina voters to “FIRE LINDSEY GRAHAM” and send the America First candidate Mark Lynch to Washington instead.

For a Republican representing a deeply red state, Graham’s conservative scorecards consistently hover around a “C” grade, according to the Institute for Legislative Analysis.

The Institute for Legislative Analysis gave Graham a 72% rating for 2025 and a 60% lifetime score, noting that he scored below the Republican Senate average in their limited-government index.

According to the Conservative Review Liberty Score, Lindsey Graham currently has a 43% Liberty Score, or an “F” grade, placing him below the top tier of Senate conservatives on that scorecard.

Conservative Review grades lawmakers based on what it considers the most important conservative votes over a rolling six-year period.

Jim Hᴏft Jim Hᴏft is the founder and editor of The Gateway Pundit, one of the top conservative news outlets in America. Jim was awarded the Reed Irvine Accuracy in Media Award in 2013 and is the proud recipient of the Breitbart Award for Excellence in Online Journalism from the Americans for Prosperity Foundation in May 2016.

You can email Jim Hᴏft here, and read more of Jim Hᴏft's articles here.

Ad block users: Some site features may not work correctly while an ad blocker is enabled, because they break scripts and content this website depends on. If you can't see comments below, for example, please disable your ad blocker.