While Trump likes to assert the power of his endorsements, South Carolina conservatives have already rejected one of his picks this year during the state’s GOP gubernatorial primary in June. “Darline is really in for a dogfight,” said one Republican official working on Senate races. Her main rivals are Representatives Ralph Norman and Russell Fry, who both boast solid conservative bona fides and broad endorsement coalitions: “Norman has secured the endorsements of conservative Republican Sens. But in recent months, a number of his endorsed candidates have lost high-profile elections — a trend South Carolina Republicans have noticed. “We’re not going to have a coronation in this state and elect Darline as the queen, underneath the king, Lindsey.”