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{"id":27641,"date":"2026-10-26T22:15:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T22:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/ralph-norman-under-pressure-from-fellow-south-carolina-republicans-to-campaign-for-darline-graham\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T22:15:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T22:15:13","slug":"ralph-norman-under-pressure-from-fellow-south-carolina-republicans-to-campaign-for-darline-graham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/ralph-norman-under-pressure-from-fellow-south-carolina-republicans-to-campaign-for-darline-graham\/","title":{"rendered":"Ralph Norman under pressure from fellow South Carolina Republicans to campaign for Darline Graham"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Rep. Russell Fry says fellow South Carolina Republican Rep. Ralph Norman should be doing more to help GOP Sen. Darline Graham win election to a full term in the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As somebody who carried the conservative banner as long as he has, he should step into the arena,\u201d Fry told reporters at a Monday campaign event in Myrtle Beach. \u201cHe didn&#8217;t win. I didn&#8217;t win either.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fry and Norman both competed against Graham in the Republican primary to be on the November ballot. Norman advanced to a runoff with Graham, who was appointed by Gov. Henry McMaster to fill out the remainder her late brother&#8217;s term and ultimately endorsed by President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Now Graham is locked in a closer-than-expected race against Democratic nominee Annie Andrews, prompting national Republicans to flock to defend what is typically considered a safely red seat. Norman, who enjoys deep popularity among conservatives, said he plans to vote for Graham but not campaign with her.<\/p>\n<p>Fry, appearing at an event Monday alongside House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), described Andrews as &#8220;a far more dangerous result for the future of this country&#8221; and urged Norman to be &#8220;more vocal&#8221; in the last week before the midterms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope that he does, in the final eight days, step into the sunlight a little bit and help his Republican nominee,\u201d Fry said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump is expected to hold a rally in Norman\u2019s district Thursday. A spokesperson for Norman did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Russell Fry says fellow South Carolina Republican Rep. Ralph Norman should be doing more to help GOP Sen. Darline Graham win election to a full term in the Senate. &#8220;As somebody who carried the conservative banner as long as he has, he should step into the arena,\u201d Fry told reporters at a Monday campaign [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-congress"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27641\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}