Here Are the Candidates Vying for Sen. Lindsey Graham’s Seat

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The deadline for candidates to file their intent to run in the special Republican primary election to fill the late Sen. Lindsey Graham’s seat is next week, and the race is already looking quite crowded.Graham, who represented South Carolina in the Senate for more than two decades, had been seeking his fifth term in the upper chamber before he died of an aortic dissection last week. Days after his death, South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster appointed Graham’s sister, Darline Graham Nordone, to finish out the remainder of his term, which ends in January.Voters, meanwhile, will have the opportunity to pick a new Republican nominee to vie for a full term in his seat in the special Republican primary election on Aug. 11. Candidates have until July 28 to file their intent to run. Here are the candidates who have announced their plans to enter the race so far.Darline Graham NordoneNordone told Fox News’ Sean Hannity in an interview released on Monday that she plans to run for a full term in her brother’s Senate seat. “I’m in,” she said during the interview.A few days earlier, President Donald Trump urged Nordone to run for a full term.“Darline, who comes from an absolutely incredible famil...

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