Charlie James reports early primary election results as leads shift rapidly.

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Full Transcript Charlie James: All right, we got some results coming in right now, and they're going to start coming in fast and furious. Right now, Ralph Norman is leading with 28.3% of the vote. Darlene Graham 27.2. Russell Fry at 20.3%. Mark Sanford 18.7, Mark Lynch coming in with 3.6% of the vote. Mm, looking over in, um, York County, we've got Ralph Norman getting 54.7% of the vote. Orangeburg County, Darlene Graham doing quite well there with 42.7%. Mark Sanford actually coming in second place right now at 20.3%. Charleston County, Mark Sanford leading Charleston County right now with 32.9% of the vote. Darlene Graham coming in second at 29% of the vote right now. So, um, now, all right, that's just flipped again. Here we go. I'm telling you, it's going to be quick. Darlene Graham now in the lead with 28.4%. Ralph Norman's at 27.6. Russell Fry coming in at 19%. So, um, man, I'm telling you what, once this thing starts rolling, it's going to roll quickly. Let's go to Randy in Greenwood. How you doing, Randy? Randy: Good, how are you? Charlie James: I'm great. What's up, man? Randy: I was number 74, sadly, so not a very big turnout. But I did vote against the second coming of the Graham estate. (laughter) Charlie James: All right. All right, well, there you go. We'll see how that works out tonight. All right, again, now—I told you it was going to change—Russell Fry now in the lead with 32% of the vote. Darlene Graham 29.1, Ralph Norman at, uh, 19.1%. Now, this is some of this from Oconee County. Um, Darlene Graham getting 32% there. Ralph Norman at 25.5. Greenville County don't have—do I have anything from—no, not yet, it was highlighted, but nothing there. Newberry County, Ralph Norman, 33% of the vote. Uh, Florence, uh, Russell Fry, you can expect this, Russell Fry at 53.6%, Darlene Graham coming in second place with 25.2. Getting down to Horry County, uh, Russell Fry getting 46 and a half percent of the vote. That third—that, that congre—that seventh congressional district right there, I think that's going to—that could possibly be big—pretty big for Russell Fry. Let's go to Candy in Greenville. Candy, welcome. Candy: Yeah, hey. Charlie James: Hey! What's up? Candy: Um, yeah, I voted, but I was the last one, cause I procrastinate. (laughter) Charlie James: Okay. Candy: And, and my—the sheet that I signed, it said 76, but the sheet next to me on the other table said 67, so. And that was over there at Earl Street Baptist Church. Charlie James: Okay. All right. Well, I appreciate it, Candy. Thank you very, very much. All right, Russell Fry now at 36%, Darlene Graham 32%. We've got Ralph Norman, um, this is statewide, Ralph Norman at—where is he? Uh, 12.72%. Breaking this down a little bit by county, um, let me just go back up here and get this. (singing) La-la-la-la-la-la-la. Again, uh, Horry County doing very well for Russell Fry. Ah, we still got a lot of counties there, lots going on. We've got a very small percent of—percentage of the vote in. Um, estimated votes counted in Charleston County, where Mark Sanford is actually leading by 3.9%, only 9% of the vote is counted there. Chesterfield County, 16% of the vote is being counted. Um, Darlene Graham is at plus or minus 1% um, in that. You know, maybe one, you know, half a percentage point there or something like that. Um, let's take another look. Russell Fry still holding that lead right now. Um, la-la-la-la-la-la-la, let's take another look here, make sure I get you all of this information. Um, yep, Russell Fry at 32.4%, Ralph Norman—which, by the way, Mark Sanford doing very well down in the Lowcountry with 672 votes. Um, Darlene Graham with 539, Russell Fry with 363. So Russell Fry is actually—this is interesting. So in the Lowcountry right now, Mark Sanford and Russell Fry—well, Mark Sanford, Darlene Graham, and then Russell Fry, that is—that is the lineup right now down in the Lowcountry. Uh, Orangeburg County, Darlene Graham, 42% of the vote right n ...

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