Favorite Son
Lindsey Graham Beats Hillary Clinton on At Least One Campaign Money Measure
He may be lagging in the polls, but that doesn't stop donors in his home state from investing in the South Carolina senator.
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Lindsey Graham has failed to find traction in the crowded Republican presidential field, but there's one metric where he dominates: raising money from the states that will host the first four presidential nominating contests of 2016.
Among the Republicans who are seeking to jump-start their campaigns in the key early states of Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, and South Carolina, only one is a favorite son: Graham, the senior senator from South Carolina. Even as he lags in the polls, Graham has emerged as the early-state fundraising king.