THIRD-PARTY SENATE CANDIDATES could play key roles in some of the fall’s closest contests—in some cases with the help of a major party candidate. In South Carolina, where Democrat Jaime Harrison has run close to Sen. Lindsey Graham with the help of record-shattering fundraising, Harrison has paid for digital ads that use reverse psychology to promote Constitution Party candidate Bill Bledsoe, calling him “Too Conservative” for the Senate, a bid to get Graham voters to defect to Bledsoe. Graham’s campaign seems to have recognized the risk—Bledsoe dropped out of the race and backed Graham earlier this month, and Graham...

Source: Wall Street Journal October 16, 2020 09:22 UTC