Donald Trump-endorsed state Rep. Russell Fry avoided a runoff and defeated Rep. Tom Rice (R-S.C.), one of the former president’s most outspoken critics, in South Carolina’s 7th Congressional District primary on June 14.
With 95 percent of the votes reported at 10:41 p.m. ET, Fry received 51.08 percent of the vote followed by Rice at 24.57 percent, according to Decision Desk HQ.
The race included Rice and six challengers. In South Carolina, primary candidates must surpass 50 percent of the vote to move on to the general election.
Multiple polls showed that Fry and Rice were the two top candidates, but the surveys forecast that neither would get more than 50 percent support….