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The Force is with him? ‘Luke Skywalker’ actor endorses US Senate candidate from SC

The force was strong in a tweet posted Sunday by “Star Wars” actor Mark Hamill.

Hamill, who played protagonist Luke Skywalker in the “Star Wars” franchise, weighed in on South Carolina’s U.S. Senate race, writing a tweet to Democratic candidate Jaime Harrison, who faces Republican incumbent Sen. Lindsey Graham.

“Dear Jamie- If you can #SendLindsayHome, I’ll give you a MILLION likes & you’ll be my 2nd favorite Harrison,” Hamill wrote in the tweet, which was posted just before 3 a.m. Sunday.

Hamill had retweeted a post from Harrison, who expressed excitement over two of his tweets receiving “likes” from Hamill last week.

He included the hashtag #FORCEHimOuttaTheSenate, a nod to the “mysterious energy field created by life that binds the galaxy together” in the “Star Wars” movies, according to the franchise’s website.

Harrison and Graham will face each other in the 2020 election for the seat held by Graham since 2003.

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Teddy Kulmala
The State
Teddy Kulmala covers breaking news for The State and covered crime and courts for seven years in Columbia, Rock Hill, Aiken and Lumberton, N.C. He graduated from Clemson University and grew up in Barnwell County.
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