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Darline Graham, the sister of the late senior senator from South Carolina, will run for the Republican nomination to the U.S. Senate, she said in an interview with Fox News anchor Sean Hannity.
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A clip of the interview was posted by Fox News on Monday afternoon. The full interview will air 9 p.m. Monday.
“I’ve made a decision,” Graham said in the video. “I’m in.”
President Donald Trump endorsed Darline Graham for a full six-year U.S. Senate term Friday afternoon. The Republican nomination was left vacant after Lindsey Graham died suddenly July 11.
“I hope Darline does this, in that there would be nobody better to honor the legacy of her beloved brother, Lindsey,” Trump said in a Truth Social post Friday. “Darline, who comes from an absolutely incredible family, has been a WINNER all of her life and, should she accept, has my Complete and Total Endorsement in the Special Election for U.S. Senate in South Carolina.”
Graham was appointed to finish her brother’s U.S. Senate term by Gov. Henry McMaster. The term ends January 3, 2027.
She had never held elected office before the appointment and serves as commissioner on the South Carolina Commission for the Blind. Graham also worked as a business services and communication director at the South Carolina Vocational Rehabilitation Department. If she wins the nomination and general election, Graham will be the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate to represent South Carolina.
“I’ve worked for almost 30 years for the people of this state,” Graham said in the Fox News clip. “I feel like I can do it. I feel an inner peace about it.”
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Lindsey Graham never married or had children, and he was very close with Darline Graham. She often appeared on the Senate and presidential campaign trail alongside Graham.
A special election will be held August 11. Filing for the position opens at noon Tuesday and closes a week later.
U.S. Reps. Russell Fry and Ralph Norman and former congressional candidates Duke Buckner and Mark Lynch have also announced bids for the open Senate nomination.
Lindsey Graham died July 11, with a preliminary report indicating he died from an aortic dissection — a tear in the aorta— due to arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
The winner of the August special primary election will compete against Democratic nominee Annie Andrews in November.
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