Primary Brings Stalemate Between GOP Caucus, Freedom Caucus — The Anderson Observer

Primaries end with a draw in SC House’s ongoing intraparty GOP battle

Members of the House Freedom Caucus raise their hands during the chamber's budget debate on Tuesday, March 10, 2026, to request a roll call vote on an amendment. In the middle are Reps. Josiah Magnuson of Campobello and Sarita Edgerton of Spartanbug. (Courtesy of the House photographers' office/photo by Kim Kim Foster)COLUMBIA — Though overshadowed by statewide and federal contests, the intraparty battle in the GOP-dominated state House of Repre…

Primary Brings Stalemate between GOP Caucus, Freedom Caucus — The Anderson Observer

Alexander Thompson/South Carolina Daily GazetteCOLUMBIA — Though overshadowed by statewide and federal contests, the intraparty battle in the GOP-dominated state House of Representatives continued between the mainline House Republican Caucus and the renegade House Freedom Caucus in last month’s primary and runoff.It was a lower-key rerun of the pitched GOP-versus-GOP battles that raged across the state in the 2024 cycle.The arguments and many of…