Overview
- Sen. Darline Graham Nordone said Monday she will run for a full six-year term after being appointed last week to fill her late brother Lindsey Graham’s seat.
- South Carolina opens a one-week filing period on July 21 and will hold a special Republican primary on August 11 with a potential runoff on August 25.
- Several Republicans have entered or reactivated campaigns despite Trump’s public push for Graham, including Reps. Ralph Norman and Russell Fry and businessman Mark Lynch.
- Federal rules limit direct transfers from Lindsey Graham’s campaign to a relative to $2,000 while party committees such as the NRSC can provide coordinated support under recent court precedent, which could shape funding for Nordone’s campaign.
- If the GOP nominee wins in November they are expected to hold the seat for the full term and the short timeline means name recognition and high-profile endorsements will be decisive in voters’ choices.