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Trump’s endorsement power faces another GOP test in South Carolina after Alan Wilson advances

One week after President Donald Trump's endorsement-winning streak in high-profile Republican primaries was snapped, the president's immense clout over the GOP is facing another test in South Carolina.While Trump's preferred choice for the Palmetto State's GOP gubernatorial primary, Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette, has clinched one of the two tickets in the race for the nomination, so has South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson.The two will now advance to the Republican runoff election in two weeks, the Associated Press reports, in the race to succeed term-limited GOP Gov. Henry McMaster. DEMOCRACY...