The Washington Post published a story this morning under a headline its own newsroom must have winced at: Congress could get a lot whiter with Democratic redistricting.

Republican voters have spent three weeks being told that September is when the Senate gets serious about the SAVE America Act. Leadership went home in August without passing it. The explanation offered was that the votes were not there and that the fight would resume when senators returned.

Darline Graham won South Carolina's Senate runoff Tuesday by about five points, turning back Congressman Ralph Norman with President Trump's endorsement and more than $800,000 from MAGA Inc. behind her.

South Carolina votes today, and conservatives across the country should be paying attention to a runoff most of the national press has filed under human interest.

The grassroots revolt over the SAVE America Act has now reached Senate leadership, and Majority Whip John Barrasso's answer this week is a good illustration of why it is not subsiding.

Every cycle produces a moment when the people who track these races professionally start saying the same thing at the same time. That moment arrived this week, and conservatives who care about holding the Senate need to read the numbers rather than the commentary.