US Senate candidate asks judge to put him on special GOP primary ballot

A decertified candidate for U.S. Senate is asking a South Carolina judge to order his name be included on special primary election ballots.

By: Jessica Holdman

Outlets: South Carolina Daily Gazette

Published: August 3, 2026

Words: 880

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 1 day ago

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COLUMBIA — A decertified candidate for U.S. Senate is asking a judge to order his name be included on special GOP primary ballots going forward.

But with absentee and overseas military ballots already in the mail, the South Carolina Republican Party argues altering ballots now would interrupt an election already in progress.

Danny Ford II of Clemson, one of a dozen people who filed to run in the Aug. 11 primary, sued the Republican …

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