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Democrats Win South Carolina Senate Seat
In the first big surprise of election night, Senator Darline Graham, a Republican, lost her seat to a Democratic challenger in South Carolina. Our national political correspondent Shane Goldmacher explains how the senator’s missteps contributed to her loss.
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What the coverage shows
Coverage converges on Democrats taking a South Carolina Senate seat, with all outlets framing it as a flip and most identifying Annie Andrews as the winner over Republican Darline Graham. The New York Times is the only outlet in this set to call it the first big surprise of election night and to say Graham’s missteps contributed to the loss, while PBS NewsHour is the only one to spotlight Andrews’ victory speech. Several other extracts are actually about North Carolina, so the South Carolina framing is not uniform across the group.
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