Trump wants Graham's sister as Senate replacement — not Mace

President Trump wants the late Senator Lindsey Graham's sister, Darline Graham Nordone, to fill his South Carolina Senate seat on an interim basis, Axios reports, following Graham's unexpected death early Sunday. Trump's advisers had signaled Nordone as the likely placeholder pick, and Governor Henry McMaster is expected to name a temporary replacement. A Republican primary is set for August eleventh, with the winner of the November third election taking the seat in January. Axios adds that Congressman Russell Fry is a favorite among some Trump insiders, while Representative Nancy Mace has drawn sharp backlash from Trump's operation for floating her own name the morning Graham's death was announced.

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