Darline Graham Avoids Reporters Weeks After Taking Lindsey Graham's Senate Seat
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Updated · The New York Times · Aug 8
Darline Graham Avoids Reporters Weeks After Taking Lindsey Graham's Senate Seat
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Aug 8
Summary
July 14 swearing-in put Darline Graham in Lindsey Graham’s Senate seat, but in the weeks since she has rarely answered Capitol reporters, spoken little in committee hearings and given few interviews.
That reticence has drawn sharper attention because she moved quickly from temporary successor to candidate, announcing within days that she would run to keep the South Carolina seat.
Her low profile leaves basic questions about the first-time officeholder’s views unresolved even as she took over her brother’s office, staff, committee assignments and, briefly, his security detail.
The contrast is especially stark because Lindsey Graham was known for frequent, expansive exchanges with the press, making his sister’s silence a defining early feature of her Senate tenure.