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Rep. Tom Rice (R-SC), who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump last year, will lose his primary to a Trump-backed challenger.
State Rep. Russell Fry won the race in a relative blowout as one of six candidates who were vying to unseat Rice. Decision Desk HQ called the race at 10:37 ET.
Fry needed to cross the 50% threshold to avoid a runoff.
Rice was among only 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach the former president after the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.
Trump said of Rice, “He lifted up his hand and that was the end of his political career — or we hope it was.”
Rice defended his vote on Tuesday morning during an interview with NBC News’ Vaughn Hillyard.
“You know, the truth will set you free, and I think that Donald Trump is not the future of the Republican Party,” Rice said. “I think, you know, he was a consequential president, and we accomplished things that lifted all people up while he was president.”
Rice added it is time for Republicans
The South Carolina Republican told a reporter Tuesday evening he had no regrets about voting to impeach Trump.