The DSCC announced Thursday that it would be making a “seven-figure investment” in the South Carolina Senate contest, which will “support TV ads as well as polling, field organizing and data tools, and other resources.” This makes the DSCC the first major national group to get involved in the contest between Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham and Democrat Jaime Harrison, though a pro-Graham super PAC called Security is Strength announced all the way back in late April that it was booking $1.6 million in TV time for October and early November.
Graham began the year looking secure in a state that hasn’t elected a Democrat to statewide office since 2006, but this has turned into a serious race. Harrison has been a very strong fundraiser, and while there haven’t been many polls here, most of the numbers we’ve seen have found Graham tied or just barely ahead. On Wednesday, Quinnipiac released a survey that found Graham and Harrison deadlocked 48-48 as Donald Trump led only 51-45 in a state he’d carried 55-41 four years ago.
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