Republicans skeptical Darline Graham can win a full Senate term

Darline Graham has President Trump's endorsement, a wave of goodwill after the death of her brother, Senator Lindsey Graham, and his seat by temporary appointment — yet Republicans doubt she can hold it, Axios reports. Ahead of South Carolina's August eleventh primary, GOP operatives tell Axios she inherits her brother's ceiling with the conservative base, remains largely unknown to voters herself, and risks a backlash in a state with a long history of rejecting perceived political handoffs. Rivals like Representatives Ralph Norman and Russell Fry enter with statewide profiles, and early polls show Graham trailing. Her allies counter that Trump's backing is the party's most valuable asset, that she's inheriting a seasoned campaign team, and that money is flowing — the super PAC that supported the late senator says it will spend nine hundred thousand dollars on her behalf.

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