South Carolina primary: Marianne Williamson beating Dean Phillips in fight for second place

Published February 3, 2024 10:19pm ET



Author Marianne Williamson is on track to defeat Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN) for second place Saturday in the South Carolina Democratic primary, in which both candidates finished in the low single digits — trailing President Joe Biden by more than 100,000 votes.

With about 95% of the vote tallied, Williamson secured 2% of the vote to Phillips’s 1.7%, dealing a blow to the Minnesota congressman who spent time campaigning in the Palmetto State to boost his long-shot presidential bid. Both were far below Biden, who amassed 96% of the votes by 11 p.m.

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