South Carolina’s GOP Senate primary results are in.
And the race was not even close.
Lindsey Graham easily won South Carolina’s Republican Senate primary on Tuesday night after securing 57.8% of the vote.
In second place was “America First” candidate Mark Lynch who garnered only 28% of the vote.
Take a look:
Politico had these details to report on South Carolina’s primary results:
South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham is on his way to clinching his fifth term in the Senate.
Graham won the Republican primary for Senate on Tuesday, vanquishing five opponents that included businessperson Mark Lynch — who challenged the senator over his staunch support for the war in Iran and long history in Washington. Lynch also drew support from some of the president’s most prominent MAGA Republican critics.
But Graham won more than half the primary vote, allowing him to avoid an embarrassing two-week runoff sprint. He is expected to cruise to victory in November; a Democrat has not represented the state in the Senate since 2005, when longtime Sen. Fritz Hollings chose not to seek reelection.
The four-term senator spent big in the final weeks of the campaign to make sure he won, combining with his allies to spend over $18 million in television and digital ads touting his record and endorsement from President Donald Trump. That spending proved to be decisive in staving off Lynch’s challenge from the right.
He even called in the big guns for a last minute bump, bringing in Trump, who reaffirmed his support for his occasional frenemy in a telerally on the eve of the primary election.
Here was Graham’s response after winning his primary:
Thank you to the big guy, God.
Thank you to the Republican primary voters for your confidence in me and rejecting garbage. I have the best team in politics. President Trump’s endorsement is the gold standard in the Republican world.
To my South Carolina team, my dear friend… pic.twitter.com/uYHLnRNcqE
— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) June 10, 2026
Full text:
Thank you to the big guy, God.
Thank you to the Republican primary voters for your confidence in me and rejecting garbage. I have the best team in politics. President Trump’s endorsement is the gold standard in the Republican world.
To my South Carolina team, my dear friend Senator Tim Scott, Governor McMaster, Congressmen Fry, Wilson, Timmons, and so many others – thank you.
To my dear sister and her family, I’m forever grateful for the way you stand up for your brother.
On to victory in November.
While speaking to supporters at a victory party, Graham bizarrely compared President Trump to God:
Lindsey Graham, in his victory speech, compares President Trump to God and says, "Mr. President, you're not far behind God."
"Mr. President, you're not far behind God."
South Carolina has been electing Lindsey Graham since 2003. pic.twitter.com/pujdmQU081
— Shadow of Ezra (@ShadowofEzra) June 10, 2026
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