Primaries end with a draw in SC House’s ongoing intraparty GOP battle

A lower-key rerun of the pitched GOP-versus-GOP battles of 2024 in the SC House ended roughly the same as last cycle: a stalemate.

By: Alexander Thompson

Outlets: South Carolina Daily Gazette

Published: July 3, 2026

Words: 1,508

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 2 days ago

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COLUMBIA — Though overshadowed by statewide and federal contests, the intraparty battle in the GOP-dominated state House of Representatives continued between the mainline House Republican Caucus and the renegade House Freedom Caucus in last month’s primary and runoff.

It was a lower-key rerun of the pitched GOP-versus-GOP battles that raged across the state in the 2024 cycle.

The arguments and many of the matchups were the same. And both sides once again cried foul over …

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