Darline Graham Senate Run

Darline Graham enters the South Carolina Senate race as party groups and rivals weigh in.

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Summary

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Darline Graham Nordone 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 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 Coalition endorsed her as aligned with Lindsey Graham’s pro-Israel foreign policy.

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Abortion doubts

Darline Graham’s past donation to a lawmaker who blocked a total abortion ban has damaged her claim to be firmly anti-abortion. MAGA voters now have reason to doubt her conservative credentials, forcing her to explain or hide the donation.