What Darline Graham's win means for the GOP
WHAT DARLINE GRAHAM’S WIN MEANS FOR THE GOP. It was hard to predict exactly how the runoff to choose the new Republican Senate candidate from South Carolina would work out. The whole process unfolded remarkably quickly following the unexpected death of Sen. Lindsey Graham on July 11. Since then, the state Republican Party organized a primary, held debates, and then held a runoff on Tuesday. It was won by Graham’s sister, Darline Graham Nordone, who is already in the Senate, having been appointed by Gov. Henry McMaster (R-SC) to serve out the final months of her brother’s term.
