Instead, Harrison bought advertising on TV, on Facebook, even on Candy Crush (viaNewsweek).
But it wasn’t enough.
Graham won his fourth six-year term in the U.S. Senate in deeply conservative South Carolina fairly handily.
Graham led by more than 14 percentage points as of 11:07 p.m. Eastern (viaCNN).
Newsweeksaid in a headline that Harrison’s loss was the most expensive in Senate history.
“They’re going crazy raising money off the Supreme Court and we need to fight back.”
Republicans toldNewsweekthat Harrison maybe got too much money for his own good.
Democratic donors were also extra generous this year in two other Senate races.
