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Trump jumps into Republican primaries for governor in South Carolina, Iowa and Oklahoma

Trump’s backing could shift crowded Republican primaries, with polls showing Evette and Feenstra in tight races and many voters still undecided.

  • On Friday, President Donald Trump endorsed South Carolina Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette in the state's Republican gubernatorial primary, passing over Rep. Nancy Mace and Congressman Ralph Norman.
  • Trump praised Evette as an "America First Patriot" who "never wavered," while also announcing Henry McMaster, Jr. as her running mate.
  • The GOP primary field includes Mace, Norman, Attorney General Alan Wilson, Rom Reddy, and South Carolina State Senator Josh Kimbrell, with Trafalgar Group polling showing Evette leading at 19.9 percent to Wilson's 19.4 percent.
  • Mace suggested her demands for transparency regarding Jeffrey Epstein files cost her the endorsement, declaring, "If this is the price of an endorsement, I will never pay it."
  • South Carolina voters head to the polls for the Republican primary on June 9, with a runoff election scheduled for June 23 if no candidate secures an outright majority.
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President Donald Trump extended his intervention in the Republican primary for governor, backing Randy Feenstra in Iowa and Mike Mazzei in Oklahoma, one day after giving his support to South Carolina's Lt.Governor Pamela Evette—a move that left Congresswoman Nancy Mace, once the president's ally, out of play. In Iowa, whose primary is celebrated Tuesday, Trump described Feenstra as "MAGA from head to to toe" and assured that she would "fight tir…

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USA Today broke the news in New York, United States on Friday, May 29, 2026.
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