U.S. Senator-Designate Darline Graham, sister of late Senator Lindsey Graham, leaves the Senate floor after visiting her late brother's desk, with U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) and U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-AL) before her swearing-in to fill his seat, in Washington, D.C., July 14. (Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)
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WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Darline Graham said she plans to run for a full term to replace her brother, Lindsey, who recently died after serving two decades in the U.S. Senate.
“I have been praying a lot, talking to my family … I feel like I can do it. I feel an inner peace about it. Will it be difficult? Yes. Absolutely,” Graham told Fox News’ ‘Hannity’ program in a clip released on Monday.
Her announcement comes days after U.S. President Donald Trump asked her to run for the U.S. Senate in a special Republican primary in South Carolina on August 11.
Graham was appointed to fill her brother’s vacant Senate seat until the first week of January.
U.S. Representative Ralph Norman, a South Carolina Republican, said on Saturday he will seek to replace Lindsey Graham in the Senate.
(Reporting by Jasper Ward in Washington; editing by Michelle Nichols)
