Lindsey Graham’s sister, Darline Graham, says she will run to succeed him

WASHINGTON – Senator Darline Graham of South Carolina, who was sworn in last week to temporarily replace her brother, the late Senator Lindsey Graham, said on July 20 that she would enter the race to succeed him.The announcement came days after US President Donald Trump urged her to run for the seat. It cements her rapid transformation from a grieving sister seen as a caretaker of the Republican-held Senate seat to a first-time candidate vying for a place in the nation’s most powerful governing body.Darline Graham shared her decision in an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity.“I feel like I can do it,” she said in a clip from the interview, which was set to air on the night of July 20. “I feel an inner peace about it.”The filing period for the special Republican primary election opens