2026 United States Senate election in South Carolina

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2026 United States Senate election in South Carolina has come up in 2 episodes across 2 podcasts in TMT, including Pod Save America, The Megyn Kelly Show. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.

What people said

Mark LynchSouth Carolina businessman and Republican U.S. Senate candidate challenging Lindsey Graham

Lynch attributes Graham's repeated reelection partly to South Carolina's open primaries allowing Democratic crossover votes.
“we have open primaries of all things. So we don't require party registration”
The Megyn Kelly Show: Tucker Carlson on Neocons vs. Trump's Iran Peace Deal, and "Hate Speech" Censorship, Plus Lindsey Graham's Primary Challenger | Ep. 1312 (May 7, 2026) · Listen from 1:33:15
Lynch criticizes Lindsey Graham's voting record as failing on conservative and constitutional scorecards.
“his conservative lifetime voting record is 43 percent, failing. His constitutional voting record is 57 percent, failing”
The Megyn Kelly Show: Tucker Carlson on Neocons vs. Trump's Iran Peace Deal, and "Hate Speech" Censorship, Plus Lindsey Graham's Primary Challenger | Ep. 1312 (May 7, 2026) · Listen from 1:30:25
Lynch says third-place candidate Paul Danz, polling at 11%, withdrew and endorsed him.
“He took his name off the ballot, he endorsed me, and he was at 11 percent”
The Megyn Kelly Show: Tucker Carlson on Neocons vs. Trump's Iran Peace Deal, and "Hate Speech" Censorship, Plus Lindsey Graham's Primary Challenger | Ep. 1312 (May 7, 2026) · Listen from 1:29:01

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Jon LovettCo-host of Pod Save America; diarization split of the same speaker during the economics segment

Lovett says a Democratic win in South Carolina is hard but not impossible, depending on the Republican nominee.
“So is it hard? Absolutely. Is it impossible? No. It depends on who the person is”
Pod Save America: Trump Honors Dead Friend, Restarts War (Jul 14, 2026) · Listen from 30:36

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Podcasts

Pod Save America · 1 episode
The Megyn Kelly Show · 1 episode

Episodes

Trump Honors Dead Friend, Restarts War
Pod Save America · Jul 14, 2026 · 1 h 19 min
Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett and Tommy Vietor discuss the resumed Iran war, Lindsey Graham's death and McConnell's health, then Lovett interviews Brian Tyler Cohen about his book.
Tucker Carlson on Neocons vs. Trump's Iran Peace Deal, and "Hate Speech" Censorship, Plus Lindsey Graham's Primary Challenger | Ep. 1312
The Megyn Kelly Show · May 7, 2026 · 1 h 41 min
Megyn Kelly and Tucker Carlson discuss neocon opposition to a possible U.S.–Iran deal, a House resolution on antisemitic speech, and Trump; Mark Lynch discusses challenging Lindsey Graham.