Trump endorsement streak gets unusual boost with South Carolina GOP governor nomination

COLUMBIA, S.C. - He wasn't on the ballot, but President Donald Trump was a winner in South Carolina's Republican gubernatorial runoff.

The candidate Trump endorsed, state Attorney General Alan Wilson, defeated Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette to capture the GOP nomination in the race to succeed term-limited Republican Gov. Henry McMaster, the Associated Press reported Tuesday.

But there was no way Trump could lose in the South Carolina runoff, which was shaping up to be the latest test of Trump's...