Darline Graham wins GOP primary for war-hawk brother Lindsey’s Senate seat

The Trump-backed political novice prevailed despite admitting that national security was “not my thing” Darline Graham has won South Carolina’s Republican Senate primary runoff, putting the political novice in a strong position to secure a full six-year term in the seat held for more than two decades by her famously hawkish late brother, Lindsey Graham.Graham defeated five-term Congressman Ralph Norman on Tuesday, taking roughly 52% of the vote against his 48%, according to preliminary results. She will face Democratic nominee Annie Andrews, a pediatrician, in the November 3 general election. Republicans are heavily favored in South Carolina, which has not elected a Democratic US senator since 1998.The 62-year-old was appointed to the Senate by South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster in July following her brother’s sudden death, which came just hours after the veteran lawmaker returned from a visit to Kiev.She had never held elected office before, having previously served as commissioner of the South Carolina Commission for the Blind and in a communications role at the state Vocational Rehabilitation Department. What was initially presented as a caretaker appointment quickly turned ...