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THANKS FOR JOINING US, WYFF NEWS FOUR AT SIX STARTS RIGHT NOW. PRIMARY DAY IN SOUTH CAROLINA. I HAVE A STRONG RECORD OF BEING EFFECTIVE. WE’VE MADE SURE THAT THEY’RE SPENDING MONEY ON ROADS AND OPPOSED CRONY DEALS. TIME IS WINDING DOWN TO GET THOSE FINAL VOTES IN SO, YOU KNOW, WE HOPE THAT THE AFTERNOON WILL BRING OUT SOME MORE VOTERS FROM CONGRESS TO THE STATE HOUSE AND A LOCAL RACES. WE HAVE IT ALL COVERED FOR YOU. ANOTHER HISTORIC COURT CASE. NO ONE IN THIS COUNTRY IS ABOVE THE LAW. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN’S SON GUILTY ON ALL CHARGES. HE NOW FACES THE POSSIBILITY OF DECADES BEHIND BARS, TURNING UP THE HEAT. WE’RE TALKING MID 80S TOMORROW, BUT MID 90S LATER THIS WEEK. COMING UP I’LL LET YOU KNOW HOW LONG IT STICKS AROUND ONE HOUR NOW UNTIL THE POLLS CLOSE ON THE SOUTH CAROLINA PRIMARY NIGHT. RESULTS WILL START TO COME IN SHORTLY AFTER THAT. TONIGHT, MANY STATE AND LOCAL PRIMARIES WILL BE DECIDED OR NARROWED DOWN FOR RUNOFFS. WYFF NEWS FOUR IS YOUR HOME FOR COMMITMENT 2024 COVERAGE. THIS AND EVERY ELECTION SEASON WE HAVE LIVE TEAM COVERAGE ACROSS THE UPSTATE, GIVING YOU INFORMED INFORMATION TONIGHT AT SIX, WE’RE PREVIEWING RACES ACROSS THE AREA. FIRST TONIGHT, ONE OF THE MOST CONTENTIOUS PRIMARY BATTLES IS FOR SOUTH CAROLINA’S FOURTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. THAT INCLUDES MUCH OF SPARTANBURG AND GREENVILLE COUNTIES, AS THE SEAT IS HELD BY THREE TERM INCUMBENT WILLIAM TIMMONS AND HIS CHALLENGER IS STATE REPRESENTATIVE AND LEADER OF THE STATE FREEDOM CAUCUS. ADAM MORGAN. OUR JANE ROBELOT IS COVERING THIS RACE AND JOINS US WITH A PREVIEW. JANE. WELL, NIGEL AND CAROL, REPRESENTATIVE WILLIAM TIMMONS HAS NOT HAD THIS KIND OF PRIMARY OPPOSITION FOR HIS LAST TWO RACES, AND ADAM MORGAN IS COMING AT HIM FROM THE RIGHT THIS MORNING, ADAM MORGAN AND HIS WIFE MEGAN WENT TO VOTE, TAKING THEIR THREE CHILDREN TO THE POLL WITH THEM. HE CHARGES THAT TIMMONS IS NOT CONSERVATIVE ENOUGH. YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW YOU’RE GETTING ALL THESE FLIERS AND EVERY SINGLE CANDIDATE IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY HAS THE SAME THINGS ON THEIR FLIERS. THEY ALL SAY THEY’RE CONSERVATIVE. THEY ALL SAY THEY’LL DO THINGS. BUT I’M RUNNING ON MY RECORD OF ACTUALLY KEEPING THOSE PROMISES AND LEADING THE FIGHT ON THOSE ISSUES. REP. TIMMONS WAS OUT WITH HIS CAMPAIGN TEAM NEAR CHERRYDALE MALL IN GREENVILLE THIS MORNING. HE TELLS US HE STANDS ON HIS RECORD. FOR THE LAST FIVE AND A HALF YEARS I’VE VOTED CONSERVATIVE, BUT I’VE ALSO GOTTEN RESULTS. MY COLLEAGUES TRUST ME, AND THEY RESPECT ME. AND THAT’S WHY PRESIDENT TRUMP ENDORSED ME. AND THAT’S WHY THE GOVERNOR WAS UP HERE YESTERDAY. SO I THINK OUR RECORD SEPARATE US. AND THAT’S WHAT TIMMONS IS STANDING ON. HE’S STANDING ON THE ENDORsem*nTS OF FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND ALSO THE MOST POPULAR POLITICIAN IN SOUTH CAROLINA. ACCORDING TO A WINTHROP POLL, GOVERNOR HENRY MCMASTER. MEANWHILE, ADAM MORGAN HAS THE BACKING OF FLORIDA REPRESENTATIVE MATT GAETZ AND ALSO GREENVILLE COUNTY SHERIFF HOBART LEWIS LIVE IN GREENVILLE. JANE ROBELLO, WYFF NEWS FOUR. JANE THANK YOU. AND CONTINUING WITH THE STATE WIDE RACE, U.S. HOUSE DISTRICT THREE, THERE’S QUITE A LONG LIST OF REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES VYING TO GET ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT. OUR PEYTON FURTADO IS LIVE IN ANDERSON WITH MORE. AND WHAT’S AT STAKE, PEYTON. YOU’RE TELLING ME. ABSOLUTELY. WE’VE GOT NINE CANDIDATES THAT WE’RE COVERING HERE TODAY. TWO DEMOCRATS, SEVEN REPUBLICAN ONES. NOW, A LOT IS AT STAKE HERE. IT’S GOING TO BE A BIT OF A FREE FOR ALL HERE IN OUR REGION. NOW, A FEW THINGS TO GO OVER. ONE NO INCUMBENT INVOLVED IN THIS RACE. SO EVERYONE IS BRAND NEW TO RUNNING FOR THIS PARTICULAR POSITION. NUMBER TWO AGAIN NINE PEOPLE RUNNING FOR THIS AND NUMBER THREE, HUGE SWATH OF SOUTH CAROLINA’S REPRESENTED IN DISTRICT THREE. IT’S NINE COUNTIES OR PARTS OF COUNTIES. NOW ALL PRIMARIES TYPICALLY DON’T HAVE A MAJOR TURNOUT. THOSE WHO HAVE TO COME OUT, THOSE WHO HAVE COME OUT SAY THEY VOTED FOR CANDIDATES WHO ALIGNED WITH WHAT THEY’RE PASSIONATE ABOUT. WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE’RE REPRESENTED AS PEOPLE THAT THAT THEY’RE LOOKING OUT FOR THE THE WORKING CLASS FOLK. YOU KNOW, WE WORK HARD. WE’RE WORRIED ABOUT OUR ECONOMY, WORRIED ABOUT WHAT WE’RE PAYING FOR GROCERIES. WE’RE ABOUT THE PRICE OF GAS AND JUST THE WAY OUR COUNTRY IS GOING TODAY. WE’VE GOT SEVEN REPUBLICANS RUNNING TODAY CHERI BIGGS, KEVIN BISHOP, MARK BURNS, FRANKIE FRANCO, PHIL HEALY, STUART JONES AND ELSPETH SNOW. SNOW MURDAUGH. AND ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE, WE’VE GOT BRIAN BEST AND FRANCIS GOLDNER. NOW THE STAKES ARE HIGH FOR THIS ONE. WE’RE GOING TO BRING YOU UPDATES AFTER THE POLLS CLOSE, BUT FOR NOW LIVE IN ANDERSON. I’M PEYTON FURTADO WYFF NEWS FOUR. PEYTON. THANK YOU. LET’S TURN TO WEATHER NOW. CHIEF METEOROLOGIST CHRIS JUSTICE JOINS US WITH A QUICK LOOK AT THE FORECAST. RIGHT. YEAH. WHAT’S THE THEME THIS WEEK. AND WE ARE TOASTY OUT RIGHT NOW IN THE LOW TO MID 80S ACROSS THE UPSTATE UPPER 70S IN THE MOUNTAINS. BUT THIS THEME THIS WEEK IS GOING TO BE FOR US TO BE DRY AND TURNING HOTTER EACH DAY. WE’RE GOING TO BE PUSHING NOT ONLY 90, BUT THE LOW TO MID 90S OUTSIDE GREENVILLE RIGHT NOW. LOTS OF SUNSHINE, 83 DEGREES. THE WINDS ARE CALM, THE HUMIDITY IS IN CHECK. IT’S NOT LOW. IT’S ALSO NOT HIGH. SO RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE IT’S 82 IN SPARTANBURG, 79 IN ASHEVILLE. OVER THE NEXT 12 HOURS, LOOK FOR TEMPERATURES TO COOL ON DOWN TO THE LOW TO MID 60S WITH PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES COMING UP. I’LL MAP OUT YOUR WEEKEND FORECAST, INCLUDING THOSE MID 90S. THANKS, CHRIS. IN GREENVILLE COUNTY, NUMEROUS COUNCIL SEATS ARE ON THE LINE AND A FEW OTHER MAJOR POSITIONS ARE UP FOR GRABS AS WELL. ALL ARE REPUBLICAN RACES EXCEPT FOR COUNTY COUNCIL, DISTRICT 25 RASHAD WILLIAMS IS LIVE AT COUNTY SQUARE AS THE 7 P.M. CUT OFF APPROACHES. YEAH, NIGEL, IT’S RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. WE ARE KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON FOUR RACES. WE’LL GET TO THOSE IN JUST A MOMENT. AT 5:00. YOU MAY REMEMBER I MENTIONED MARCUS RUSSELL, A YOUNG VOTER WITH A MESSAGE TO THOSE WHO STILL NEED TO GET OUT TO CAST THEIR BALLOT. I THINK THE LOCAL ELECTIONS ARE WHERE YOU REALLY WANT YOUR VOICE TO BE HEARD. IT’S WHERE YOU SEE THAT DAY TO DAY IMPACT. SO THAT’S WHY I CAME TO VOTE TODAY. SO FAR, AS OF 6:00, VOTER TURNOUT IS ROUGHLY 12%. AND OFFICIALS SAY THAT IS LOW FOR TODAY. WE HOPE THAT THEY’RE NOT THEY’RE NOT STAYING HOME BECAUSE THEY THINK IT’S A DONE DEAL, BECAUSE IT’S NEVER A DONE DEAL. SOMETIMES 1 OR 2 VOTES DO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. BREAKING DOWN THE RACES NOW DISTRICT 25, THE ONLY DEMOCRATIC RACE INCUMBENT, INES FANT, AND THREE CHALLENGERS, DERRICK QUARLES, PATRICK PRINCE AND LISA SWEENEY. THERE IS NO INCUMBENT FOR DISTRICT 22. YOU HAVE FOUR REPUBLICAN CHALLENGERS WHO ARE LISTED HERE ON YOUR SCREEN, ALL VYING FOR THAT SPOT HEADING TO DISTRICT 20. REPUBLICAN INCUMBENT STEVE SHAW AND TWO REPUBLICAN OPPONENTS LOOKING FOR THEIR OPPORTUNITY. AND GREENVILLE COUNTY SHERIFF. IT’S A SHOWDOWN BETWEEN REPUBLICAN INCUMBENT HOBART LEWIS AND REPUBLICAN MIKE FORTNER, AND WE CANNOT REMIND YOU ENOUGH AS LONG AS YOU ARE IN LINE BEFORE 7 P.M., YOU WILL STILL BE ABLE TO VOTE. WE’LL CONTINUE TO BRING YOU UPDATES ON AIR AND ONLINE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT, AS THE RESULTS COME IN. NIGEL RASHAD, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE’VE LESS THAN AN HOUR BEFORE POLLS CLOSED AND WE’RE FOCUSING ALSO ON TWO KEY RACES IN SPARTANBURG COUNTY THE RACE FOR SHERIFF AND THE DISTRICT 12 SEAT. OUR PHOENIX IS LIVE IN SPARTANBURG NOW WITH MORE ON THE CANDIDATES. TANIQUA. GOOD EVENING. CAROL. NIGEL. THERE ARE FOUR REPUBLICANS COMPETING FOR SENATOR SCOTT TALLY SPOT FOR THE DISTRICT 12 SEAT AND TWO REPUBLICANS COMPETING FOR SHERIFF. NOW FOR THE DISTRICT 12 SPOT. THERE’S HOPE BLACKLEY, WHO SERVED AS SPARTANBURG COUNTY CLERK OF COURT FOR ALMOST NINE YEARS. THEN THERE’S FORMER SENATOR LEE BRIGHT, WHO HELD THAT SEAT FOR TWO TERMS BEFORE LOSING TO SENATOR SCOTT TALLEY IN A RUNOFF IN 2016 AND STATE REPRESENTATIVE ROGER NUTT SERVED TWO TERMS, REPRESENTING THE SOUTH CAROLINA HOUSE, DISTRICT 34 AND SKIP DAVENPORT IS A GREER BUSINESSMAN. NOW, EARLY TODAY, I CAUGHT UP WITH A VOTER, AND HE ENCOURAGES PEOPLE TO GET OUT AND VOTE. HE STILL SHOULD VOTE, EVEN IF YOU DO. AND I’VE DONE THIS EVEN IF YOU DO A WRITE IN, IT’S STILL JUST YOU HAVE THAT RIGHT AND YOU SHOULD, YOU KNOW, USE THAT RIGHT TO VOTE. JUST THAT’S YOUR VOICE. AND SHERIFF CHUCK WRIGHT IS RUNNING AGAINST FORMER EMPLOYEE NICK DUNCAN. AGAIN. POLLS CLOSED AT 7 P.M. AND WE WILL HAVE THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION LATER TONIGHT. FOR NOW, REPORTING LIVE IN SPARTANBURG, TANIQUA PENNIX WIFE NEWS FOR TANIQUA. THANK YOU. WE TURN NOW TO PICKENS COUNTY FOR THE SHERIFF’S RACE. THERE ARE FIVE REPUBLICANS VYING FOR THE NOMINATION. OUR SYDNEY SHADRIX IS LIVE AT A POLLING LOCATION IN PICKENS WITH MORE ON THE RACE. SYDNEY. CAROL. NIGEL, THE VOTERS THAT WE’VE SPOKEN TO TODAY SAY THAT THE RACE FOR SHERIFF IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THEM, AND HERE’S WHY. WHOEVER IS ELECTED WILL BE ONLY THE THIRD SHERIFF THAT THIS COUNTY HAS SEEN IN ABOUT 50 TO 60 YEARS, ABOUT 55 YEARS. SHERIFF RICK CLARK, THE CURRENT SHERIFF HE SERVED SINCE 2013. HE IS NOT SEEKING REELECTION. PRIOR TO CLARK, DAVID STONE SERVED AS SHERIFF FOR 44 YEARS, MAKING HIM ONE OF THE LONGEST SERVING SHERIFFS IN THE COUNTRY. THERE ARE SEVERAL COUNTY COUNCIL SEATS ON THE BALLOT AS WELL, BUT WE SPOKE TO A VOTER WHO SAID, EVEN SO, THE SHERIFF’S RACE IS STILL TOP OF MIND. PROBABLY SHERIFF, MY WHY? WHY IS THAT? WELL, THAT KIND OF SETS THE TONE FOR THE WHOLE COUNTY. AND I FEEL LIKE THE CANDIDATE I VOTED FOR HAS A LOT OF EDUCATIONAL KNOWLEDGE IN HIS BACKGROUND, AND AND LAW ENFORCEMENT. HERE’S A LOOK AT THE CANDIDATES WHO ARE RUNNING AGAINST FIVE CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR PICKENS COUNTY SHERIFF. THEY ARE ALL REPUBLICAN, MAKING THIS AN UNCONTESTED RACE. COME NOVEMBER. WE HAVE SEEN A STEADY STREAM OF VOTERS OUT IN PICKENS COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON. AGAIN, POLLS DO CLOSE AT SEVEN. WE’LL HAVE THE RESULTS FOR YOU