Seventh district congressman Russell Fry and Graham’s sister, interim U.S. senator Darline Graham Nordone. Ironically, Nordone’s presumed vote for Shealy is what appears to have qualified her for the 2026 ballot under a hotly disputed S.C. Republican Party (SCGOP) candidate eligibility rule. Fry’s campaign asked. In addition to Fry and Nordone, congressman Ralph Norman, former S.C. governor Mark Sanford and Upstate businessman Mark Lynch are campaigning for this seat. So are Walterboro, S.C. attorney Duke Buckner, former Myrtle Beach, S.C. mayor Mark Struthers McBride and a host of other lesser-known candidates.