Lindsey Graham’s sister appointed to serve rest of Republican’s Senate term
by Chris Stein in Washington, David Smith in Columbia from US news | The Guardian on (#76YY3)
South Carolina governor asks Darline Graham Nordone to replace senator who died on Saturday, after Trump recommendation
Henry McMaster, South Carolina's governor, appointed Lindsey Graham's sister, Darline Graham Nordone, to replace him in the Senate following his death on Saturday, after Donald Trump recommended that she be given the role.
Her appointment was welcomed by lawmakers from both parties, who saw Nordone as an appropriate replacement for the brother who had raised her after their parents died when she was a teenager.
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