By now, you know most of the election outcomes

Sen. Lindsey Graham fought off a well-financed Democratic challenge to win.

A conservative Lexington County voter turnout gave the senator 78,716 to challenger Jaime Harrison’s 37,810.

Harrison’s strategy to siphon off Graham support with ads for conservative Dr. Bill Bledsoe did not work. Bledsoe got 2,031 votes from voters who apparently did not realize he had dropped out of the race.

Graham’s win may help Republicans retain their major ity in the US Senate. That will help block some of the wilder schemes of the Green New Dealers who want to wreck our country and its economy

County voters gave President Trump even more votes, 79,874, to former Vice President Joe Biden’s 36,632 votes.

Voter turnout was high. With 97 of 99 precincts reporting, 210,568 votes were cast, 86,342 of them on election day.

In the hotly-contested District 5 school board race, challengers Catherine Huddle and Rebecca Hines won. This will tip the balance of votes against the district’s heavily-criticized spending plans and unpopular $34 million Amicks Ferry Road school.

In other contested races:

• Congressman Joe Wilson defeated Democrat Adair Boroughs 79,766 to 36,296. Joe is almost bullet proof. So is Democratic state Sen. Nikki Setzler who defeated Republican Chris Smith 11,283 to 9,963. And Democrat Sen. Dick Harpootlian bested another GOP challenge.

It may be weeks before the Presidential election is decided.

President Trump’s attorneys are contesting ballots in a half dozen states including Georgia and North Carolina.

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