By
Ed Kilgore,
political columnist for Intelligencer since 2015
Darline Graham knows all good political things come from Mar-a-Lago.
All things being equal, Darline Graham Nordone should have the opportunity to develop her own record and persona, both in her service as interim U.S. senator for the rest of 2026 and as a candidate for a full six-year term beginning next year. On the other hand, she owes her rather elevated starting point in politics entirely to her late brother, Lindsey Graham. (Her prior service on the South Carolina Commission for the Blind, while worthy, is at a different level of policy-making altogether). So you’d expect her to show some exceptional deference to the man who won the seat she holds. That is not, however, how she’s rolling, as the Washington Examiner reports:
