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Will Darline Graham Be Anointed Tonight?

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Senator Darline Graham (R., S.C.) exits the Senate Chamber after voting on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., July 22, 2026.

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I wanted to slip a quick Corner hit in under the wire before polls close in South Carolina at 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time, because a surprise may be brewing in a race most people have slept on: the race to replace Lindsey Graham in the Senate.

Graham, of course, won renomination back in June, then was unexpectedly felled by a heart condition at nearly the same age as his father was. Governor Henry McMaster’s appointment of Graham’s sister Darline to fill the remainder of his current term — at President Trump’s direct behest — was greeted with general approval by all, given that she was a political tyro.

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Jeffrey Blehar

Jeffrey Blehar is a National Review staff writer living in Chicago. He is also the co-host of National Review’s Political Beats podcast, which explores the great music of the modern era with guests from the political world happy to find something non-political to talk about.

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