Darline Graham Launches 6-Year Senate Bid, Pushes Brother’s Russia Sanctions Bill
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Updated · POLITICO · Jul 22
Darline Graham Launches 6-Year Senate Bid, Pushes Brother’s Russia Sanctions Bill
3 articles · Updated · POLITICO · Jul 22
Summary
Darline Graham has moved beyond caretaker status days after her appointment, campaigning for South Carolina’s August Republican primary while serving out Lindsey Graham’s seat.
Tuesday brought key signs of that push: she kept Lindsey Graham’s four committee assignments, introduced his bipartisan Russia sanctions proposal as her first bill, and co-sponsored Trump-backed election legislation.
Republican senators say they still do not know her policy profile well, though she has voted with the GOP and says she will use her panels to back Trump judicial nominees and steer resources to South Carolina.
Her early message is that she will honor Lindsey Graham’s legacy without copying him, signaling more focus on groceries, gas, health care and other domestic issues than on the foreign-policy role that defined her brother.