Though she was previously not a politician or public figure, she is expected to be a reliable vote for the Republican majority.

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster announced the appointment of Sen. Lindsey Graham’s sister, Darline Graham Nordone, to serve in the longtime Republican lawmaker’s seat after he…

Darline Graham Nordone has been appointed to fill the Senate term of her late brother, Lindsey Graham, who died over the weekend.

Nordone will attend the Senate Republican lunch before taking her oath, the Washington Examiner first reported.

Nordone has long been a fixture in her brother’s political career. But their relationship extended beyond politics.