Darline Graham and Ralph Norman head to South Carolina’s Senate runoff

Ralph Norman and Darline Graham participate in a televised debate before the Republican primary runoff in Newberry South Carolina, on 18 August. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

Reese Boyd, the chair of the Horry county Republican party marveled on Monday afternoon at how little time Senator Darline Graham and Representative Ralph Norman have had to campaign for the Senate primary: “This is not the normal way of things.”

“This is something that usually lasts at least, you know, the better part of a year,” he said. “People normally spend the better part of 18 months getting ready for it. Who knows? This may be the right way to do it? Who knows.”