MONCKS CORNER - Democrat Annie Andrews won a United States Senate race in South Carolina, defeating Republican Senator Darline Graham, according to PBS NewsHour, which published the full video of Andrews' victory speech.
PBS NewsHour, citing Associated Press reporting, said Andrews' win came in a state that President Donald Trump carried three times by double digits, and it described the result as a "stark defeat for the Republican Party."
The Guardian reported that the outcome has set off a "bitter postmortem" within the party as Republicans come to terms with Graham's loss. Its headline asked how Republicans lost a Senate seat in a strongly Republican state.
The Guardian also reported that Shane Brown, a voter, did not cast a ballot in the race even though he knew about the contest and was aware that its outcome was competitive when he refrained from voting.
George Chidi reported the Guardian story from Moncks Corner, South Carolina.
The available summaries do not give vote totals, a margin of victory or a full account of the causes of the result. The details in this story come from the titles and summaries of The Guardian's report and the PBS NewsHour report cited above.
Sources: PBS NewsHour: WATCH: Democrat Annie Andrews' full victory speech after flipping South Carolina Senate seat; The Guardian: How did Republicans lose a Senate seat in fireball-red South Carolina?.