It’s Election Day in South Carolina, Maine, Nevada and North Dakota.Voters in all four states are heading to the polls to pick their candidates for November’s general election. Check for live updates from a bustling primary night below:8:15 p.m. ETHouse majority whip and Democratic stalwart Rep. James Clyburn has cruised to a primary victory in South Carolina’s 6th Congressional District, according to the AP.Clyburn, South Carolina’s only Democrat in Congress, beat two challengers as he seeks a 16th term. Clyburn’s endorsement of Biden was widely seen as the defining factor that led to the current president’s victory in the 2020 Democratic primary.8:00 p.m. ETPolls have closed in Maine. They’ve also closed in Texas’ 34th Congressional District, where a special election is being held to fill the seat vacated by Democratic Rep. Filemon Vela.7:45 p.m. ETIncumbent Henry McMaster has been named the winner of the Republican primary for governor in South Carolina, according to the AP.McMaster is seeking a second full term. He faced one primary challenger, Harrison Musselwhite.7:00 p.m. ETPolls have closed in South Carolina, the first state to wrap up tonight. Two GOP House members, who have sided against former President Donald Trump on a couple of occasions, face primary challengers from their political right.Rep. Tom Rice has staunchly opposed the former president’s unfounded claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen. His opposition culminated in Rice’s vote to impeach Trump the second time following the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. Rice was one of 10 Republicans to do so.Rice faces six challengers, with state Rep. Russell Fry leading the pack. Fry has Trump’s endorsement.Rep. Nancy Mace is the other GOP House member facing a Trump-backed challenger. Mace, who has taken a softer stance against Trump compared to Rice, objected to the calls to overturn the 2020 election, as well as condemning the former president after the events of Jan. 6, 2021. Mace is facing Katie Arrington, a former state representative. Arrington was endorsed by Trump back in February, claiming that “she has the tremendous backing of almost all who know her — especially when she is compared to Nancy Mace!”Mace, however, has former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who was also the ambassador to the United Nations under Trump’s presidency, in her corner.
It’s Election Day in South Carolina, Maine, Nevada and North Dakota.
Voters in all four states are heading to the polls to pick their candidates for November’s general election.
Check for live updates from a bustling primary night below:
8:15 p.m. ET
House majority whip and Democratic stalwart Rep. James Clyburn has cruised to a primary victory in South Carolina’s 6th Congressional District, according to the AP.
Clyburn, South Carolina’s only Democrat in Congress, beat two challengers as he seeks a 16th term. Clyburn’s endorsement of Biden was widely seen as the defining factor that led to the current president’s victory in the 2020 Democratic primary.
8:00 p.m. ET
Polls have closed in Maine. They’ve also closed in Texas’ 34th Congressional District, where a special election is being held to fill the seat vacated by Democratic Rep. Filemon Vela.
7:45 p.m. ET
Incumbent Henry McMaster has been named the winner of the Republican primary for governor in South Carolina, according to the AP.
McMaster is seeking a second full term. He faced one primary challenger, Harrison Musselwhite.
7:00 p.m. ET
Polls have closed in South Carolina, the first state to wrap up tonight.
Two GOP House members, who have sided against former President Donald Trump on a couple of occasions, face primary challengers from their political right.
Rep. Tom Rice has staunchly opposed the former president’s unfounded claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen. His opposition culminated in Rice’s vote to impeach Trump the second time following the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. Rice was one of 10 Republicans to do so.
Rice faces six challengers, with state Rep. Russell Fry leading the pack. Fry has Trump’s endorsement.
Rep. Nancy Mace is the other GOP House member facing a Trump-backed challenger. Mace, who has taken a softer stance against Trump compared to Rice, objected to the calls to overturn the 2020 election, as well as condemning the former president after the events of Jan. 6, 2021.
Mace is facing Katie Arrington, a former state representative. Arrington was endorsed by Trump back in February, claiming that “she has the tremendous backing of almost all who know her — especially when she is compared to Nancy Mace!”
Mace, however, has former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who was also the ambassador to the United Nations under Trump’s presidency, in her corner.
