Darline Graham Is Thinking About Running for Her Brother’s Seat — and South Carolina Should Want Her To

daughter after their parents died when she was 13. She spent her career advocating for people with disabilities — a master’s degree in rehabilitation counseling, decades of real work in the field, not a political career built on ambition. When she said “I will be there for him,” she meant it in the most literal way imaginable.

Tim Scott — South Carolina’s senior senator and one of the most respected Republicans in the chamber — was asked directly about the possibility and didn’t hesitate. “Why not her would be my question.” He noted he doesn’t have a specific candidate in mind yet, but made clear the race’s top issue will be affordability and cost of living — a kitchen table argument