Jun 10 2008
Graham Defeats Witherspoon Challenge
COLUMBIA, S.C. — U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham fended off a primary challenge Tuesday from a Republican who accused the one-term incumbent of being too liberal for South Carolina while criticizing his ties to John McCain and their work on failed immigration reform.
With 66 percent of precincts reporting, Graham had 68 percent of the vote compared with 32 percent for challenger Buddy Witherspoon, a retired orthodontist and former Republican National Committee member.
Not surprisingly, Graham whomped Witherspoon in today’s election. I knew that was going to happen and since the U.S. Senate race was the only race on the Republican ballot in my area I should have just voted in the Democratic Primary for Bob Conley. At the moment, the race between Conley and Michael Cone is too close to call.
