{"id":1606,"date":"2026-07-23T10:40:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T10:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1606"},"modified":"2026-07-23T10:40:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T10:40:35","slug":"darline-graham-republicans-dont-know-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1606","title":{"rendered":"Darline Graham? Republicans Don\u2019t Know Her."},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Darline Graham made it official that she wants to run for a full term to represent South Carolina in the Senate. But unlike her brother, Sen. Lindsey Graham, who died suddenly earlier this month, few people know where she stands on most issues.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1600\">You Have Dining Questions. Tom Sietsema Has Answers.<\/a><\/p><p>President Donald Trump and top Senate Republicans <span><u>quickly endorsed<\/u><\/span> Darline Graham to become South Carolina\u2019s next full-term Republican senator. But few Republican lawmakers personally know Graham, who was <span><u>appointed to the seat<\/u><\/span> just last week.<\/p>\n<p>The low profile could put Graham, a longtime disability advocate who previously served on the South Carolina Commission for the Blind, at a disadvantage, even with Trump\u2019s backing effectively making her the frontrunner in next month\u2019s special election.<\/p><p>\u201cThese are people with legislative records that they can point to, that are proven to say, \u2018Hey, prices are up, we can bring prices down if we do X, Y and Z. Here\u2019s what I\u2019ve done in the past,\u2019\u201d CJ Westfall, chair of the Dorchester County Republican Party, told NOTUS.<\/p>\n<section>\n<div>\n<h2>\n<span>Trending<\/span>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"SINGH_FAMILY_NOTUS_JM060 copy.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-1539\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/76445c2cef10e3d52043b0529872c58a-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/76445c2cef10e3d52043b0529872c58a-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/76445c2cef10e3d52043b0529872c58a-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/76445c2cef10e3d52043b0529872c58a.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      Suspicion and Doubt at the National Civics Contest\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Tom Sietsema headshot\" class=\"wp-image-1604\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/43ec2f9d71cf8a595de99c27350cd713-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/43ec2f9d71cf8a595de99c27350cd713-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/43ec2f9d71cf8a595de99c27350cd713-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/43ec2f9d71cf8a595de99c27350cd713.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      You Have Dining Questions. Tom Sietsema Has Answers.\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A sign is seen near a voting center in South Carolina.\" class=\"wp-image-1599\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/176b4db758d94d015ab08760bb17d76b-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/176b4db758d94d015ab08760bb17d76b-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/176b4db758d94d015ab08760bb17d76b-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/176b4db758d94d015ab08760bb17d76b.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      States Are in a \u2018Fight to the Death\u2019 for the Democratic Primary Calendar\u2019s Top Spot\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Antonio Williams Commanders AP - 26153597963879\" class=\"wp-image-1605\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/99e9795664a5f12f1e682c2605ee80e0-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/99e9795664a5f12f1e682c2605ee80e0-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/99e9795664a5f12f1e682c2605ee80e0-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/99e9795664a5f12f1e682c2605ee80e0.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      Five Players to Watch at Commanders Training Camp\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>Darline is \u201csomebody that\u2019s unproven and just has the stamp of approval by the president. I don\u2019t think that\u2019s the end-all, be-all for South Carolina,\u201d Westfall added. As a county party chair, he cannot endorse any candidate in the race.<\/p><p>Republican senators are still getting to know Graham, who cast her first votes in the Senate this week after a whirlwind appointment by South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster. Initially, many believed she would serve as a caretaker for the last six months of her brother\u2019s term, with several South Carolina Republicans expressing interest in the job, until a surprise Trump endorsement for a full six-year term upended the race.<\/p><p>\u201cShe certainly seems competent from the little bit I\u2019ve seen. But competence isn\u2019t even a requirement in this job, as I can demonstrate and prove,\u201d Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-North Dakota) joked to NOTUS.<\/p><p>\u201cThat\u2019s what primaries are for \u2014 to discover those things,\u201d he added. \u201cIt\u2019s a very short time frame to prepare. Others who are in the business of politics may have that edge. On the other hand, her answers will be very instructive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Graham doesn\u2019t have long to convince South Carolina voters to keep her in Washington. The state will hold a special election on Aug. 11, giving her roughly two weeks to introduce herself to voters after her brother\u2019s funeral plans take place next week. The winner will compete against Democrat Annie Andrews in the November election.<\/p><p>Trump\u2019s endorsement of Graham isn\u2019t scaring off rivals from challenging her. Reps. Ralph Norman and Russell Fry have hopped into the race, along with businessman <span><u>Mark Lynch<\/u><\/span>. Former Gov. Mark Sanford and Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette are expected to throw their hats in the ring. Evette, notably, came up short in <span><u>her bid for governor<\/u><\/span> last month despite having Trump\u2019s endorsement, underscoring that Graham\u2019s campaign for Senate is no sure thing.<\/p><p>\u201cEach candidate has a strength,\u201d Tyson Grinstead, chair of the Richland County GOP and a former campaign adviser to Lindsey Graham, told NOTUS. \u201cDarline\u2019s a newcomer but she has Sen. Graham\u2019s campaign and she\u2019s got Sen. Graham\u2019s structure in place to help her, and so I think that kind of evens out with some of the other candidates.\u201d<\/p><p>\u201cRussell Fry\u2019s definitely got longstanding relationships. Ralph Norman has just come out of the governor\u2019s race,\u201d added Grinstead, who cannot endorse a candidate as a county party chair. \u201cAnd then you\u2019ve got Darline with Sen. Graham\u2019s campaign, which was one of the only statewide campaigns that had a lot of money spent on it.\u201d<\/p><p>Fry and Norman are pushing for a debate in Charleston on Aug. 4, the day before early voting starts. While the details are still being worked out, Norman suggested that\u2019s where voters will have the opportunity to \u201cfind out\u201d more about Graham, who hasn\u2019t yet indicated whether she will participate.<\/p><p>Graham did give a hint about her priorities as senator in a recent interview with Fox News\u2019 Sean Hannity indicating she may focus more on domestic rather than foreign policy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI used to see him on the talk shows,\u201d she <span><u>said<\/u><\/span> of her brother. \u201cI would watch him, and I\u2019d be like, \u2018Lindsey, are you just talking about national security all the time?\u2019 And I understand that\u2019s important. Protecting our borders, national security, absolutely. I said, \u2018But talk about also what matters to the average person. The price of groceries, the price of gas, health care, insurance, those kind of things.\u2019 That\u2019s what I\u2019m worried about,\u2019\u201d Graham said.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1596\">States Are in a \u2018Fight to the Death\u2019 for the Democratic Primary Calendar\u2019s Top Spot<\/a><\/p><p>She has moved to quickly align herself with Trump\u2019s key legislative priority, a sweeping bill that would change some voting rules, known as the SAVE America Act. And she has the support of top Senate Republicans who immediately backed her campaign, including Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas, chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee and a staunch defense hawk.<\/p><p>Senate Republicans are also hoping that Graham\u2019s support for a bipartisan Russia sanctions bill, which her brother long advocated for, will help get the legislation across the finish line in Congress and to Trump\u2019s desk.<\/p><p>\u201cSenator Darline Graham has worked for the people of South Carolina for almost 30 years, and now the U.S. Senate is an extension of that service. God calls on ordinary people to do extraordinary things, and it\u2019s clear she has met the moment,\u201d said Taylor Reidy, a Graham spokesperson told NOTUS in a statement.<\/p><p>Touting her work so far, Reidy pointed to her votes to confirm judges and the president\u2019s nominees and added, \u201cSen. Darline Graham was sworn in eight days ago and in that time alone, she has led the introduction of major sanctions legislation, cosponsored the SAVE America Act and a host of pro-life bills.<\/p><p>Still, policy groups have yet to decide on Graham\u2019s qualifications. Students for Life America, a prominent anti-abortion group, has yet to decide whether it will endorse Graham in the primary, with a spokesperson telling NOTUS on Tuesday that the group is still evaluating her positions. The late senator was an outspoken anti-abortion ally in Congress, and SFLA backed some of his efforts to restrict abortion.<\/p>\n<p>Graham is working quickly to shore up support on the right. On Wednesday, she announced she is co-sponsoring more than a half-dozen anti-abortion rights bills, including the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act.<\/p><p>Despite the questions about her background, Graham does have a number of things working in her favor. Due in large part to her brother and to Trump, she has high name recognition that others running may not enjoy.<\/p><p>\u201cIt\u2019s huge statewide. It\u2019ll be low turnout so name recognition will be an even bigger factor,\u201d said Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-West Virginia), a member of Republican leadership who has endorsed Graham.<\/p><p>One South Carolina Republican strategist who spoke to Graham recently said she wants to chart her own path in the Senate.<\/p><p>\u201cTrue to Graham fashion, she wants to own her own lane. And it\u2019s not Lindsey\u2019s lane,\u201d the strategist told NOTUS.<\/p><p>Republicans are expecting Graham to begin campaigning in earnest after her brother\u2019s funeral services on July 28. The late senator died at age 71 from a rupture of his aorta due to a hardening of his arteries, according to a preliminary analysis by the D.C. medical examiner.<\/p><p>\u201cI know I\u2019m a hard worker. I learned that from Lindsey,\u201d Graham said in her interview with Hannity. \u201cI feel like I can do it. I feel an inner peace about it. Will it be difficult? Yes. Absolutely.\u201d<\/p><p>Capito conceded that Graham could face a challenge getting her message out in such a short time frame, but indicated she should be able to gather enough financial support.<\/p><p>\u201cI think she will have a challenge getting her own voice out, and I don\u2019t know if that\u2019s a choice she\u2019s going to make,\u201d Capito said. \u201cIs it her own voice, or is it just \u2018I\u2019m going to be the voice of my brother\u2019 plus?\u201d<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1592\">House Committee Advances Bill Limiting D.C.\u2019s Ability to Raise Taxes<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Graham decided to run for a full Senate term after being appointed to the seat after her brother\u2019s death, but people are still learning what she stands for.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-senate"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Darline Graham? 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