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Added on the 27/02/2016 13:46:08 - Copyright : Reuters EN
Polls open in South Carolina's Democratic primary, where former vice president Joe Biden seeks a decisive victory to rebound and challenge frontrunner Bernie Sanders. IMAGES
Voters in South Carolina cast their ballots in the "First in the South" contest to pick the Republican nominee for the Nov. 8 U.S. presidential election. Rough Cut (no reporter narration's).
Voters cast their ballots in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina as polls open in the state's Republican primary in which former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley and former United States President Donald Trump are going head-to-head in the race for the 2024 Republican Party’s presidential nomination. IMAGES
Rep. Jim Clyburn of South Carolina is a close ally of Joe Biden. Clyburn said Biden has fallen short in nominating Black figures to top positions in the administration, according to The Hill. "There is only one Black woman so far ... I want to see where the process leads to, what it produces. But so far it's not good." Black voters overwhelmingly backed Biden in both the Democratic primaries and the general election. Business Insider reports that many lawmakers and activists would like to see Black figures represented in key Cabinet positions.
CNN projects that South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham has held on to his Senate seat. Graham will return to the Senate for a fourth term after defeating Democratic challenger Jaime Harrison. South Carolina is a conservative state that hasn't elected a Democrat to the Senate since 1998. CNN has also projected that President Donald Trump will win the state's 9 electoral votes. Graham serves as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Graham pushed through Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation just days before the election. Graham had said previously that he would not appoint a Supreme Court judge during an election year.
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).