# Trump-Backed Candidates Are Costing the GOP Its Future

https://mins.news/en/item/33602

- Bloomberg News, 2026-08-26 21:05 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-08-26/graham-s-south-carolina-win-shows-trump-still-holds-his-base?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6a8f55100602a6000171e3fc

> Darline Graham, sister of former South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham, decisively defeated Republican Congressman Ralph Norman, a MAGA conservative, on Tuesday. Her family name and the president’s forceful campaign helped drive the win. She will face Democrat Annie Andrews, a Charleston pediatrician, in the reliably Republican state.

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