Darline Graham’s inherited Senate seat revives the ‘widow’s mandate’ with a sibling twist

U.S. Sen. Darline Graham’s appointment belongs to a long American tradition of family succession in politics. AP Photo/Meg Kinnard Gibbs Knotts, Coastal Carolina University and Christopher A. Cooper, Western Carolina University South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster’s July 2026 appointment of Darline Graham to fill the remainder of her late brother Lindsey Graham’s Senate term – […] The post Darline…