{"id":10308,"date":"2026-07-19T06:18:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T01:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=10308"},"modified":"2026-07-19T06:18:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T01:18:26","slug":"trumps-endorsement-of-lindsey-grahams-sister-could-set-the-stage-for-a-historic-senate-succession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=10308","title":{"rendered":"Trump&#8217;s Endorsement of Lindsey Graham&#8217;s Sister Could Set the Stage for a Historic Senate Succession"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"paragraph-content\">\n<div>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">\u201cDuring her visit, I asked Darline, for the Good of our Nation, to run for the U.S. Senate,\u201d he wrote on <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116936914779266256\" title=\"undefined\" target=\"undefined\">Truth Social<\/a>. \u201cI hope Darline does this, in that there would be nobody better to honor the legacy of her beloved brother, Lindsey.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">Graham Nordone, who has never held an elected office, will otherwise fill the seat until the winner is sworn in next January. If she did choose to run and win herself, she would become the first person in American history to succeed a sibling in the Senate.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">She is considering Trump\u2019s suggestion, according to the news platform <a href=\"https:\/\/www.semafor.com\/article\/07\/17\/2026\/darline-graham-eyeing-a-run-for-a-full-senate-term\" title=\"undefined\" target=\"undefined\">Semafor,<\/a> which cites sources close to the situation. Four people familiar with the matter also reportedly told the <em>Associated Press<\/em> that she had <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/lindsey-graham-darline-trump-mcmaster-fee07e7991d764bffe91dffb161927ca\" title=\"undefined\" target=\"undefined\">expressed<\/a> interest in a potential campaign.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">Graham Nordone\u2019s office did not return TIME\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">Republican leaders have been supportive about Graham Nordone\u2019s first days in office, with National Republican Senatorial Committee Chair Tim Scott saying this week in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FoxNews\/status\/2077478074455580988?s=20\" title=\"undefined\" target=\"undefined\">press conference<\/a> that she \u201chas been off to a remarkable start\u201d and could be a \u201cseriously good fit for the state.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cDuring her visit, I asked Darline, for the Good of our Nation, to run for the U.S. Senate,\u201d he wrote on Truth Social. \u201cI hope Darline does this, in that there would be nobody better to honor the legacy of her beloved brother, Lindsey.\u201d Graham Nordone, who has never held an elected office, will otherwise&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10309,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/static.time.com\/v3\/assets\/bltea6093859af6183b\/blt75de076ade7eb917\/6a5bc562307d7f0e7ad10342\/GettyImages-2286098877.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pics-news"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10308\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}