Voters head to the primary polls Tuesday

MORNING NEWSBREAK | Polls will be open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday for voters to cast ballots in hundreds of primary elections across the state. Up for grabs are 170 legislative seats in the S.C. House and Senate, seven congressional seats and a bevy of local offices.

What pundits will be watching during the elections are 32 races featuring mainstream Republican candidates against hard-right Freedom Caucus candidates in a battle over the soul of the GOP. In the Charleston area, congressional candidates are dropping millions of dollars to win party primaries.

Here are congressional, legislative and local candidates in Charleston County. Note: (i) denotes incumbent.

Democratic primary candidates

U.S. House District 1: Mac Deford, Michael B. Moore
S.C. Senate District 32: Ronnie A. Sabb (i), Prinscillia D. Sumpter
S.C. Senate District 42: Kim Greene, Deon Tedder (i)
S.C. House District 15: Damian Daly, J.A. Moore (i)
S.C. House District 109: Jessica Bright, Tiffany Spann-Wilder (i)
S.C. House District 111: Regina Duggins, Wendell G. Gilliard (i), Dwayne M. Green
S.C. House District 116: Charles Glover Sr., Charlie Murray

Republican primary candidates

U.S. House District 1: Nancy Mace (i), Catherine Templeton, Bill Young
U.S. House District 6: Duke Buckner, Justin Scott
S.C. Senate District 41: Matt Leber, Sandy Senn (i)
S.C. Senate District 44: Brian Adams (i), Shawn Pinkston
S.C. House District 112: Joe Bustos (i), Nadine Deif
S.C. House District 114: Jody Bohman, Gary Brewer (i)
Charleston County Sheriff: Rocky Burke, Rick Keys, Greg Kitchens, Carl Ritchie
Read the City Paper’s endorsements.

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