South Carolina has never sent a woman to the United States Senate in its 238-year history until now. Governor Henry McMaster appointed Darline Graham Nordone, the late Senator Lindsey Graham's younger sister, to finish out his term on Monday, 13 July 2026.
The appointment ends a streak stretching back to the state's 1788 ratification of the Constitution and thrusts a woman who spent decades supporting her brother's campaigns from the sidelines directly into his old seat.
