Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) crushed his Tea Party foes Tuesday evening, topping the 50 percent to win his primary outright and avoid a runoff.
The Associated Press has called the race for Graham, who had 59 percent of the vote with 54 percent of precincts reporting. Graham’s closest rival was state Sen. Lee Bright, who took just 13 percent of the vote.
Graham came into the election cycle with a target on his back from South Carolina Tea Party activists and national conservative groups. But he ran hard from the start, raising huge sums for the race and deterring potential foes from running against him, leaving organizations like the Club for Growth without a candidate to back.
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