SC GOP will likely lose case, judge says in keeping US Senate candidate in the race, for now

Another decertified candidate took issue with the rule disqualifying him for living in North Carolina instead of South Carolina.

By: Skylar Laird

Outlets: South Carolina Daily Gazette

Published: July 31, 2026

Words: 1,205

Last Updated: 2 days, 5 hours ago

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COLUMBIA — A decertified candidate for U.S. Senate should stay a choice for voters for the time being, a Richland County judge ruled Friday, just five days before early voting starts.

The decision came one day before the state’s deadline for mailing absentee ballots in the special GOP primary.

Danny Ford II, one of a dozen people who filed to run in the Aug. 11 primary, sued the Republican Party on Thursday for disqualifying …

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