he primary process to select his replacement begins almost immediately, with candidate filing opening July 28th.
The immediate concern, separate from the Senate race itself, is the committee vacuum Graham’s death creates. He chaired the Senate Budget Committee — a critical role at a moment when the reconciliation process is still grinding forward — and was one of Washington’s most influential voices on foreign policy at a moment when the Middle East situation demands exactly that kind of experienced, credible engagement. Those gaps don’t fill themselves, and Republican leadership needs to move quickly on both fronts.
But for today, the focus is on Darline Graham Nordone — a woman who knows better than anyone what her brother gave
