jamie self from the state newspaper. candidates joining us tonight are bill connor of orangeberg, lindsey graham of seneca, nancy mace of charleston, richard cash, lee bright and benjamin dunn also of columbia. before we begin tonight, some brief ground rules. each candidate will have one minute to respond to the question. if necessary, i will allow a 30-second rebuttal. we drew names when the candidates arrived for the order in which we will start, and that first question will go to mr. connor and then to all of the rest of you in turn. this has been a contentious race by most assessments. we have a two-term incumbent, and we have six aspirants to replace him. some of you have made some fairly harsh accusations this the course of the campaign so far. senator graham can defend himself, that's not my role here tonight, but what i'd like to know and i think the voters would like to know is if this is a referendum on lindsey graham, why then, senator, do you have a target on your back, and why specifically, candidates, is this such a verial campaign? >> thank you, senator graham, for being here, and thank the rest of the candidates. >> thank you. >> tw