This past election were a few. The main one is the Good Ole Boy network in the state. They are basically RINOs. In the primary, there were too many challengers to Graham. They should have settled on one or 2 candidates early . With that, the anti-Graham vote was too disperse.You add on to that that SC has an open primary. I wouldn't put it past the RINOs to bring in Dem voters to vote for Graham.
Do these RINOs benefit from Graham pork? Unless he’s shoveling them money it seems like any Good-Old-Boy from their network would do. From an outside the state perspective it’s hard to see what they gain other then pork.