Sheri Biggs, a nurse and Air Guard lieutenant colonel, is making her first run for office in the South Carolina 3rd Congressional District (Sheri Biggs campaign)
Former President Donald Trump announced this week he is endorsing nurse practitioner Sheri Biggs for South Carolina’s 3rd Congressional District, after backing her rival through the Republican primary and runoff.
“Sheri Biggs is an America First Patriot who will be an incredible Congresswoman for South Carolina’s Third Congressional District!” Trump posted on Truth Social, his social media platform. “A Lieutenant Colonel in the Air National Guard, Sheri has served our Country with Distinction, and will bring that same fighting spirit to Congress.”
Trump initially endorsed pastor Mark Burns, who had made a national name for himself stumping for Trump since 2016. Burns made it out of the primary with 33% of the vote. Biggs trailed him with 29% of the vote.
But in a runoff, Biggs won the GOP nomination with 51% of the vote.
Although she did not have Trump’s endorsement at the time, Biggs said on the night of the runoff that her win was still a victory for the former president as she backed him and his agenda.
“Beyond humbled and honored to have earned the complete and total endorsement of President (Trump),” Biggs posted on X, formerly Twitter, on Wednesday evening.
Gov. Henry McMaster backed Biggs from the start, the only Congressional race where he split from Trump in his endorsements. In now endorsing Biggs, Trump noted McMaster’s support, saying the governor “is a big fan of Sheri, and so am I.”
“President Trump’s endorsement of Sheri Biggs underscores her strength as a candidate who will go to Washington to deliver for South Carolina, championing our shared conservative values and pushing back against the liberal agenda,” said Brandon Cahrochak, spokesman for McMaster, on Friday.
Biggs will face Democrat Bryon Best and Mike Bedenbaugh of the Alliance Party in November in a bid to represent the conservative Upstate district that spans 11 counties and runs along the Georgia border from Edgefield County to the state’s northwest corner.
Biggs and Burns emerged from a crowded primary after U.S. Rep. Jeff Duncan announced in January that he wouldn’t seek re-election after 14 years in Congress.
The post Trump backs winner of GOP runoff in SC 3rd District after previously endorsing rival appeared first on SC Daily Gazette.