CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The death of Sen. Lindsey Graham, who was running for a fifth term when he passed away over the weekend, began a tumultuous new chapter in

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham died Saturday after a brief and unexpected illness, his office said in statement posted on social media.

Lindsey Graham, a politician and attorney serving as the senior United States senator from South Carolina, a seat he had held since 2003, has died.

Lindsey Graham, a prominent Republican senator, has died at the age of 71 from a brief illness.

The South Carolina Republican was running for reelection to his fifth term in the Senate, having begun his tenure in 2003.