Late Lindsey Graham's sister advances to runoff in South Carolina primary

Darline Graham, sister of the late South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, has advanced to a runoff election in the primary for her brother's vacant Senate seat. Graham secured 33% of the vote in Tuesday's primary, placing her in a runoff against current House Representative Ralph Norman, who garnered 24% of the vote. Ten candidates competed for the Republican nomination.

The winner of the Aug. 25 runoff will face Democratic candidate Annie Andrews in the November midterm elections. This is the second time voters in South Carolina have gone to the polls in two months due to the unexpected death of Lindsey Graham on July 11, which left his Senate seat open. Lindsey Graham, a senator since 2003, had won the June 9 primary, seeking his fifth term in the upper chamber, by nearly 28 percentage points. Following his death, his sister Darline was appointed to fill his seat until January, with the explicit support of then-President Donald Trump.