{"id":12286,"date":"2026-07-21T06:06:37","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T01:06:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=12286"},"modified":"2026-07-21T06:06:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T01:06:37","slug":"nordone-to-launch-bid-for-grahams-senate-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=12286","title":{"rendered":"Nordone to launch bid for Graham&#039;s Senate seat"},"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<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.axios.com\/xg3MMbCYLnYDczef7DOR1kC0Eus=\/0x34:4000x2284\/1366x768\/2026\/07\/20\/1784573065671.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/07\/13\/lindsey-graham-senate-replacement-darline-nordone\" target=\"_blank\">Darline Graham Nordone<\/a> (R-S.C.) confirmed on Monday that she&#8217;s jumping into the GOP race for her late brother <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/07\/12\/lindsey-graham-dies-suddenly-71\" target=\"_blank\">Lindsey Graham&#8217;s<\/a> Senate seat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why it matters:<\/strong> President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/politics-policy\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\">Trump<\/a> endorsed Nordone last week, giving her a boost ahead of the filing period for the seat, which opens Tuesday. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>What they&#8217;re saying:<\/strong> &#8220;I&#8217;m in,&#8221; Nordone said when asked in a Fox News <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FoxNews\/status\/2079270238902693913\" target=\"_blank\">interview<\/a> clip posted on X Monday.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;It is a tremendous amount of pressure,&#8221; she said, referring to both her decision to run and Trump&#8217;s endorsement.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;I&#8217;ll continue to say I&#8217;ve been praying a lot, talking to my family. But with the love of my family, with the support of his staff, I know I&#8217;m a hard worker. I learned that from Lindsey. He cared about the people of this state. I&#8217;ve worked for almost 30 years for the people of this state.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>The full interview will air Monday night on Fox News&#8217; <strong><em>&#8220;Hannity.&#8221; <\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Catch up quick:<\/strong> South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster (R) appointed Nordone last week to replace her brother after his sudden death.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>She has never held public office and previously worked to help people with disabilities find employment. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Zoom out: <\/strong>The <a href=\"https:\/\/scvotes.gov\/u-s-senate-special-republican-party-filing-primary\/\" target=\"_blank\">filing period<\/a> for the special election closes July 28.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>South Carolinians will vote in an Aug. 11 Republican primary, with the winner advancing to the November ballot to face Democratic candidate Annie Andrews. <\/li>\n<li>The winner of November&#8217;s contest will hold Graham&#8217;s former seat for the full six-year term.  <\/li>\n<li>Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2026-election\/ralph-norman-launches-campaign-replace-lindsey-graham-senate-rcna588189\" target=\"_blank\">confirmed<\/a> on Saturday that he was hopping into the race, as did Rep. Russell Fry <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/5978093-fry-seeks-graham-senate-seat\/\" target=\"_blank\">on Monday<\/a> (R-S.C.). Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) said she will not run for the seat on Monday, despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/07\/12\/lindsey-graham-nancy-mace-south-carolina-senate\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;strongly considering&#8221;<\/a> it before Trump endorsed Nordone.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Editor&#8217;s note: This story has been updated with additional information throughout.<\/em><\/p>\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>Sen. Darline Graham Nordone (R-S.C.) confirmed on Monday that she&#8217;s jumping into the GOP race for her late brother Lindsey Graham&#8217;s Senate seat. Why it matters: President Trump endorsed Nordone last week, giving her a boost ahead of the filing period for the seat, which opens Tuesday. What they&#8217;re saying: &#8220;I&#8217;m in,&#8221; Nordone said when&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12287,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/images.axios.com\/xg3MMbCYLnYDczef7DOR1kC0Eus=\/0x34:4000x2284\/1366x768\/2026\/07\/20\/1784573065671.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-political-news"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12286","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=12286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12286\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}