‘Write-In Ralph’: South Carolina Republicans Challenge Trump’s Senate Pick

In South Carolina, 28-year-old Avery Milton, who voted for Donald Trump in the past three elections, says he feels betrayed by the president, particularly after Trump launched a war on Iran. Milton is helping lead a grassroots campaign urging voters to write in Republican Congressman Ralph Norman instead of backing the official Senate nominee, Darline Graham, who has Trump’s endorsement. Write-in campaigns rarely succeed; in South Carolina’s 2022 Senate race, write-in votes made up just 0.1 percent of ballots cast. Graham’s difficulty uniting conservatives could give Democratic challenger Annie Andrews an opening.