Darline Graham

§1On the ballot

Why this matters: This is exactly how the candidate appears on your ballot, from the state's official candidate list.

§2Who they are

Why this matters: Background and experience help you judge how someone might do the job. These come from public records and the candidate's own materials.

✎ Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

Darline Graham was born and raised in Central, South Carolina, and lives in Lexington.⁴ She attended Anderson College, earned a bachelor's degree from the College of Charleston and a master's degree in rehabilitation counseling from South Carolina State University.^4,5 She worked as an optician, at Clemson University and as a rural carrier associate for the U.S. Postal Service.⁴ She joined the South Carolina Vocational Rehabilitation Department in 2007 and later led the South Carolina Commission for the Blind, where she oversaw 130 employees in 10 offices and a $90 million budget.⁴ Governor Henry McMaster appointed her to the U.S. Senate on July 13, 2026, to fill the vacancy left by the death of her brother, Senator Lindsey Graham, and she took the oath of office the next day.^4,5

Why they say they're running

Her campaign website says she is running, at President Trump's request, to bring her conservative values and decades of public service to the Senate.^4,6

Service in Congress since 2023

• 2026–nowU.S. Senator, SC³

Websites and accounts

• Official websitedgraham.senate.gov³
• Campaign websitedarlinegraham.com^4,7
• Facebookfacebook.com/DarlineGrahamSC⁴
• Instagraminstagram.com/darlinegrahamsc⁴
• X (Twitter)x.com/DarlineGrahamSC⁴
• Otherflickr.com/photos/darlinegrahamsc⁴

§3What they've said on the issues

Why this matters: These are positions the candidate has stated publicly — on their campaign website or in public statements — summarized in plain words with a link to where they said it. Issues they haven't spoken about publicly are left out.

✎ Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

Each issue has its own range of views. A position is marked on that range only when the candidate's own statement clearly matches one option; there is no overall left–right score.

§4Popular bills that never got a vote

Why this matters: Many bills with wide support from both parties never reach a vote, so no member of Congress is ever on record for or against them. Signing on as a sponsor or cosponsor is the only public record of support.

While Darline Graham served, these bills had broad support from both parties but never reached a floor vote. No officeholder ever had to vote on them. Darline Graham sponsored or cosponsored 1 of the 28. How bills die without a vote.

§5Money

Why this matters: Campaigns report where their money comes from and how much they have left. Outside groups that spend on their own, without coordinating with the campaign, report that too.

Reported to the Federal Election Commission for the 2025–2026 election cycle, through October 14, 2026.³⁶

Where the money came from

Outside spending

Groups spending independently reported $9,971,765 supporting and $7,807,911 opposing Darline Graham this cycle, primary and general combined, in the 24- and 48-hour reports the law requires for larger expenditures, filed through October 26, 2026.³⁷

Smaller expenditures that appear only on a group's regular monthly or quarterly report aren't in these totals, so the full amounts can be somewhat higher. When a group amends a report, only its latest version is counted.

§6Financial disclosures

Why this matters: Federal candidates and members of Congress must report their assets, income, debts and outside jobs, and members must report stock trades. These filings show possible conflicts of interest.

Senate candidates and senators file with the Senate's own disclosure system, which asks each visitor to agree to its terms before searching, so we can't link straight to a filing. You can search for Darline Graham at efdsearch.senate.gov³⁸.