SC-SEN: Upstate Democrat announces bid to unseat Lindsey Graham
An Upstate engineer announced his bid Wednesday to be the 2026 Democratic nominee challenging U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham.
Lee Johnson, a Greenville businessman, touts on his campaign website a lifetime of “building things from the ground up,” saying he wants to take his commitment to hard work to Washington.
“I wasn’t born into politics. I was born in a construction family, operating heavy equipment before I could drive,” Johnson said in launching his bid to oust South Carolina’s senior senator. “My family taught me how to build things — like roads and bridges — and I’ve carried that with me everywhere: from construction sites and factory floors to boardrooms.”
Johnson, like any Democrat in a statewide race in South Carolina, will face an uphill battle. But Democrats’ last attempt to unseat Graham could make that climb steeper.
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