Want to believe that Harrison has a legit shot of beating Lindsay Graham, but won't believe that SC would elect a black democrat to state-wide office until I see it.
Not counting two reconstruction senators from Mississippi in 1870, there have been only 8 African-Americans ever elected to the Senate. 3 from Illinois, 2 from Mass, Booker (NJ), the current Dem. VP nominee (CA), and Republican Tim Scott (SC). Pretty sad. Further, SC has been a Republican stronghold for decades. No Democratic Presidential candidate has carried SC, in 44 years (Jimmy Carter in 1976 was the last), and Carter is the only Democrat to carry SC in 60 years. As most recent examples, Trump, Romney and McCain all easily carried SC in the last 3 Presidential elections. Also, in 2014, Graham won the senate race by a 54-39-4-3 margin. That is a lot of ground to make up in 6 years.
So, for a Southern state to elect an African-American Democratic candidate would be historic for the State, the South and the country. Would love it, but regardless of the closeness of recent polls, history overwhelmingly favors Graham.
As an aside, the fact the SC Senate race, and even the Presidential race, might be close in SC, is a good sign for the outcome of lots of other races to be decided next month.
