{"id":4104,"date":"2026-07-23T18:42:58","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T18:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=4104"},"modified":"2026-07-23T18:42:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T18:42:58","slug":"wild-candidate-takes-on-darline-graham-for-senate-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=4104","title":{"rendered":"Wild Candidate Takes on Darline Graham for Senate Seat"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>Mark Sanford threw his name in the ring to take on late Sen. Lindsey Graham\u2019s sister for the South Carolina Senate seat in defiance of Donald Trump. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=4102\">Leavitt Fury Over \u2018MAGA Barbie\u2019 Backlash<\/a><\/p>\n<p>While the president is backing Sen. Darline Graham in her bid for a full term after she was appointed to temporarily fill the position, it hasn\u2019t stopped a series of candidates from joining the crowded field. <\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cOur ability to afford things, inflation, and the way people struggle to build a life are but symptoms of spending beyond our means as a country. We\u2019re at a tipping point, and that\u2019s why I\u2019ve decided to run for the U.S. Senate,\u201d Sanford said in his campaign launch video. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Sanford has had a wild run in politics, first serving as a congressman from 1995 to 2001 before being elected governor. During his tenure, he made national headlines for an affair after he disappeared for a week in 2009, claiming he was hiking the Appalachian Trail, when he was actually in Argentina with his mistress. <\/p>\n<p>Yet despite the scandal, Sanford was still reelected to Congress in a 2013 special election and served until he lost in the 2018 midterms. He also took on Trump for the 2020 GOP presidential nomination with a short-lived White House bid.<\/p>\n<p>Sanford was just one of several Republicans to jump in the GOP special election race since filing opened on Tuesday. Republican voters will choose who gets to replace Graham as their nominee this November on August 11 after he died unexpectedly less than two weeks ago. He was up for reelection in the midterms.<\/p>\n<p>South Carolina Reps. Russell Fry and Ralph Norman both announced bids to seek the nomination as well, as did businessman Mark Lynch. <\/p>\n<p>Graham has an edge with the backing of the president, but she has faced mounting questions over her politics. While she has years of service as a public servant, she has never served in a political office or run for an elected position. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=4100\">Smiling McConnell Aide Awkwardly Confronted Over Health Mystery<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 62-year-old sister of the late senator is quickly trying to shore up support among the MAGA base. The first bill she co-sponsored was the SAVE America Act, Trump\u2019s top priority voting bill.<\/p>\n<p>She also co-sponsored a series of anti-abortion bills in the Senate on Wednesday, just one day after the Daily Beast reported on her 2020 campaign donation to GOP state Sen. Katrina Shealy, one of the so-called \u201csister senators\u201d who went on to help block a total abortion ban in her state in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Graham has picked up a series of endorsements since indicating this week that she would seek a full term in the Senate, including from Sens. Tom Cotton, Shelley Moore Capito and Majority Whip John Barrasso. <\/p>\n<p>But not everyone is following Trump\u2019s lead and backing the untested Senate newcomer. Rep. Nancy Mace endorsed Norman, as did former Sen. Jim DeMint.<\/p>\n<p>Other conservatives have taken issue with nepotism in the race and Graham\u2019s limited experience. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHard pass. Birthright senatorship is idiotic,\u201d wrote Sean Davis, co-founder of The Federalist, in a social media post after Graham made her plan to run official. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=4098\">Darline Graham Hit With Growing \u2018Nepo Senator\u2019 Backlash<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Sanford threw his name in the ring to take on late Sen. Lindsey Graham\u2019s sister for the South Carolina Senate seat in defiance of Donald Trump. 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