The Campaign Spot: South Carolinians Go to the Polls Again

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It's runoff day in The Palmetto State, and two of Sarah Palin's endorsements are on the line in the candidacies of Nikky Haley and Tim Scott:

In South Carolina, Republicans will pick their gubernatorial nominee between Nikki Haley and Gresham Barrett. The past two weeks have seen no anti-Haley bombshells, so she is expected to win; in the first round, she had 49 percent to about 22 percent for Barrett. But because a little over 50 percent voted for someone else last time, it’s possible this might not be the rout that the first round’s results would suggest. Haley represents overturning the established order of Palmetto State GOP politics, and there are a lot of folks who are comfortable with the way things are already.

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Down-ticket in South Carolina’s 1st congressional district is the GOP runoff for U.S. House; Tim Scott is expected to finish ahead of Paul Thurmond, son of the longtime senator. This is an R+10 district, and so the winner is likely to go on to win in November; if elected, Scott would be the first African-American Republican in the House since J. C. Watts retired.

The State, SC's largest newspaper, will have updates from the runoff election here throughout the day. The South Carolina State Election Commission will be reporting unofficial results here after the polls close.

- JP