Paul Duns, the lead architect of controversial and conservative policy planning, faces a tough primary for his incumbent in four terms in 2026.
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WASHINGTON – The original author of Project 2025, a conservative blueprint that was at the heart of the 2024 presidential election, is diving into the South Carolina Senate race to rule out fourth-term Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham.
Paul Duns, a 56-year-old lawyer, worked for President Donald Trump in his first term, told The Associated Press that he was challenging Graham to promote the president’s agenda.
“What we did with Project 2025 is really changing the game in terms of closing the doors in a progressive era,” Dans said. “If you look where the chokepoint is, it’s the United States Senate, and that’s the origin of the swamp.”
DANS was the leading architect of over 900 pages of policy plans to dismantle and rebuild the country’s government. Many of the action items on the agenda have already been implemented by Trump in his second term, including a freeze on federal employment.
Currently, DANS is trying to deal with South Carolina Senators. He is expected to formally announce his bid on July 28 at an event in Charleston, the Associated Press reported.
The major contests will likely bring voters in the Palmetto State of Maga against each other.
Graham has been a regular target of criticism by Trump and his supporters over the past decade, and lawmakers have sometimes split from GOP leaders. But Trump and Graham have been allies in recent years, and the senators have already received “full and full approval” from the president in March.
Graham is also supported by South Carolina Senators Tim Scott and Gov. Henry McMaster.
The challenge of DANS will be a difficult battle with famous incumbents.
Chris Lacivita, a political strategist who advised Trump’s 2024 campaign and helped Graham re-elect, accused Dan of “parachute” South Carolina in a comment to the Associated Press.
“Like everything that Paul Dunn begins, this will end prematurely too,” Lashivita said.
