# Trump scores much-needed double primary victory in South Carolina and Oklahoma

https://mins.news/en/item/32741

- France 24, 2026-08-26 07:41 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260826-trump-scores-much-needed-double-primary-victory-in-south-carolina-oklahoma

> US President Donald Trump won two badly needed victories on Tuesday as his preferred candidates prevailed in the Republican runoffs in South Carolina and Oklahoma. The sweep interrupts a bruising stretch in which his endorsed candidates lost 10 contests this cycle, including six in the past two weeks, while his approval ratings fell sharply.

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