Trump goes 1-1 in South Carolina primaries as Rice loses, Mace wins

Rep. Tom Rice’s vote to impeach former President Donald Trump ultimately cost him his seat in South Carolina’s deep-red 7th Congressional District.

The conservative record that Mr. Rice, a Republican, compiled over his five terms in Congress was not enough to beat his Trump-backed challenger, state Rep. Russell Fry, who won the seven-candidate primary race.

It was a different story in the more moderate 1st Congressional District where Rep. Nancy Mace defeated Mr. Trump’s preferred pick, former South Carolina state Rep. Katie Arrington, who fully embraced his stolen election claims.

To avoid a June 28 primary runoff and win the nomination outright, candidates needed to capture at least 50% of the vote.

Mr. Fry cleared that hurdle, carrying every county in the district on his way to outperforming Mr. Rice by a 51% to 24.6% margin.

Ms. Mace beat back Ms. Arrington by a  53.1% to 45.2% margin.