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Chris Stein in Washington, David Smith in Columbia, South Carolina and Lucy Campbell

Lindsey Graham’s sister appointed to serve rest of Republican’s Senate term

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Joe Biden administers the Senate oath to Lindsey Graham as Graham's sister Darline looks on during a ceremony on 6 January 2015 in Washington DC. Photograph: Susan Walsh/AP

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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