Darline Graham Nordone Wins Runoff in South Carolina’s Special GOP Senate Primary
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Nordone Wins South Carolina Republican Senate RunoffIn November, she will face Democrat Annie Andrews in the election to fill her late brother’s Senate seat.
- South Carolina’s governor had appointed Nordone to serve the remainder of her late brother Lindsey Graham’s term.
- In the Aug. 11 special primary, Nordone received nearly 33% and Ralph Norman nearly 25%, leaving neither with the required majority and sending both into the runoff.
- The Associated Press called Nordone the runoff winner at 9:01 p.m. ET on election night, when she held about 52.5% of the vote.
- Nordone will face Democrat Annie Andrews, a pediatrician who won her primary in June, in the November general election.
There is still a big hole in my heart, but I know he’s looking down right now very proud of everyone in this room.— Darline Graham Nordone, addressing supporters at a rally after securing the GOP Senate nomination
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- The Republican primary is set for Tuesday, August 11, 2026; Cook Political Report rates the seat solidly Republican, while Democrats face an uphill effort.
- Some Republicans question whether she is sufficiently known as the preferred candidate; Graham instead emphasizes her outsider status and plans to focus more on domestic issues and affordability than her brother did.
- Her rivals include Representatives Ralph Norman and Russell Fry, former Gov. Mark Sanford and businessman Mark Lynch; if no candidate exceeds 50%, the top two will enter an August 25 runoff.
- The Republican winner of the primary or a potential runoff will face Democrat Annie Andrews in November, a pediatrician who won the Democratic Senate primary in June.
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