Sen. Darline Graham Nordone (R-SC), backed by President Donald Trump, advanced to a runoff election that will determine who will inherit the seat previously held by her brother, the late Sen. Lindsey Graham. The Senate runoff marks the second major South Carolina GOP race to advance to a runoff this summer. Graham Nordone was appointed to serve out the remainder of her late brother’s Senate term by Gov. The crop of candidates soon narrowed to Graham Nordone, Fry, and Norman, former Gov. In lending Graham Nordone his public support, Trump elevated a candidate who until July had been a political unknown.