Republican wins South Carolina state House special election

Republican John Lastinger has won the peculiar predetermination for a South Carolina authorities House seat vacated by ex-state Rep. RJ May (R), who pleaded blameworthy this twelvemonth to distributing kid intersexual maltreatment material, according to Decision Desk HQ. Lastinger, a pastor, defeated Democrat and retired Army Col. Joseph “Chuck” Hightower to triumph authorities House District 88,…