一名共和党众议员将南卡罗来纳州竞争激烈的参议院选举称为“令人尴尬”，并补充说，现任参议员达琳·格雷厄姆（共和党）正在“拖累共和党人竞选下票职位”。
A House Republican called the competitive Senate race in South Carolina “embarrassing,” adding that incumbent Sen. Darline Graham (R) is “dragging Rs down the ticket.”
“共和党以18个百分点的优势赢得了这个席位。现在竞争如此激烈，以至于议长不得不来到南卡罗来纳州第一国会选区为共和党候选人拉票冲刺，这令人尴尬，”这位不愿透露姓名的议员在周四由NewsNation资深国会记者乔·哈利勒在社交平台上发布的一段对话中写道。据当地新闻电台WCSC报道，众议院议长迈克·约翰逊（共和党-路易斯安那州）预计将在南卡罗来纳州第一国会选区助选。
“Republicans won this seat by 18 points. The fact it’s this close and the speaker has to come to SC 1 to drag the R across the finish line is embarrassing,” the anonymous member wrote in an exchange posted Thursday by NewsNation senior congressional correspondent Joe Khalil on the social platform Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is expected to campaign in South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District, according to local news station WCSC.
格雷厄姆与她的民主党对手安妮·安德鲁斯之间正在上演一场胶着的参议院竞选。非党派选举预测机构Decision Desk HQ（DDHQ）倾向于看好格雷厄姆，给她65%的获胜几率。
A tight Senate race is unfolding in South Carolina between Graham and her Democratic opponent Annie Andrews. Nonpartisan election forecaster Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ) leans in favor of Graham, giving her a 65 percent chance of winning the race.
然而，最近一项《纽约时报》/锡耶纳大学的民调显示，在南卡罗来纳州的可能选民中，两位候选人的支持率均为48%。自1998年以来，该州尚未选出过一名民主党人进入国会参议院。
However, a recent a New York Times/Siena University poll showed both candidates with 48 percent support among likely voters in South Carolina, a state which has not elected a Democrat to the upper chamber of Congress since 1998.
“达琳正在拖累共和党人竞选下票职位，”这位共和党议员在哈利勒的帖子中写道。“唯一的安慰是州长选赛的形势如预期那样。”特朗普总统最近第三次也是最后一次前往南卡罗来纳州，为格雷厄姆的参议院竞选造势。格雷厄姆是由南卡罗来纳州州长亨利·麦克马斯特（共和党）在其兄长、参议员林赛·格雷厄姆（共和党）去世后任命接任该席位的。
“Darline is dragging Rs down the ticket” the Republican member wrote, as recounted in Khalil’s post. “The only saving grace is that the governors race is where it should be.”President Trump recently made his third and final trip to South Carolina to boost support for Graham’s Senate bid. Graham was appointed to the seat by South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster (R) following the death of her brother, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R).
在该州的州长选举中，根据DDHQ的数据，南卡罗来纳州检察长艾伦·威尔逊（共和党）以74%的获胜几率领先其民主党对手杰梅因·约翰逊。
In the state’s gubernatorial race, South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson (R) has a 74 percent chance of winning against his Democratic opponent Jermaine Johnson, according to DDHQ.