Darline Graham loss flips South Carolina Senate seat to Democrats for first time in decades
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President Trump handpicked Darline Graham to take over the seat held by her brother, influential Senator Lindsey Graham, after his death.
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South Carolina Senator Darline Graham loses seat she filled after her brother former-Senator Lindsay Graham died in July
ByBrandon Drenon
Published4 November 2026, 03:21 GMT
Updated 29 minutes ago
Republican South Carolina Senate candidate Darline Graham is projected to have lost her race, handing Democrats their first statewide victory in 28 years.
The Democrat, Annie Andrews, a former paediatrician, was on course to pull off a stunning upsetin Tuesday's midterm elections, according to the BBC's US partner CBS.
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