Darline Graham Senate Run
Darline Graham enters the South Carolina Senate race as party groups and rivals weigh in.
July 23, 2026 · Updated Jul 23, 8:30pm ET
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What happened
Darline Graham Nordone
Darline GrahamAmerican politician (born 1964) was appointed to her brother Lindsey Graham’s Senate seat after his sudden death on July 11 and said she will run in the South Carolina special election. Trump is backing Graham, who made the SAVE America Act her first cosponsored Senate bill, while former South Carolina governor Mark Sanford
Mark SanfordAmerican politician (born 1960) has entered the Republican primary. She faces conservative scrutiny over a $100 donation to a state senator who helped block an abortion ban. The Republican Jewish CoalitionRepublican Jewish Coalition501(c)(4) political lobbying group in the United States endorsed her as aligned with Lindsey Graham’s pro-Israel foreign policy.
Lindsey Graham Succession
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