Yep, same guy. Came in 3rd in the primary, I read somewhere else today. This was the guy being set up to take on Graham in the primary.
Very interesting. He certainly wasn’t on Rudy’s team during the SC Senatorial primary (aside from the fact that Rudy wasn’t running for anything),and he did actually seem better than Graham in some ways. Ravanel is an old SC name, and many people thought he lost simply because of his connection with hereditary wealth and power.
But maybe there was something else going on. I don’t live in SC and don’t really pay attention to things there unless I’m visiting my daughter, so I couldn’t really say with any accuracy what the situation was. However, it’s still pretty stunning that Ravanel should turn up in something like this.