The former director of Project 2025, Paul Dans, launched a Senate race against longtime incumbent Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., on Monday, saying he wants to bring Project 2025’s controversial right-wing agenda to the Senate—and becoming one of several further-right candidates now challenging latter-day Trump ally Graham.

A chief architect of Project 2025, Paul Dans, is launching a Republican primary challenge to Sen. Lindsey Graham in South Carolina, joining a crowded field that will test the loyalties of President Donald Trump and his MAGA movement in next year's midterm election.

Paul Dans, the main force behind the polarizing conservative blueprint Project 2025, is planning to challenge South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham in next year’s Republican primary.