00:00Decades after Lindsey Graham stepped in to care for his younger sister,
00:03she is now stepping into the Senate seat he left behind.
00:06Following the sudden death of Senator Lindsey Graham, his sister, Darlene Graham-Nordone,
00:12has been appointed to temporarily fill his vacant Senate seat.
00:15But the appointment carries deeply personal significance.
00:18When they were teenagers, both of their parents died within 15 months of each other.
00:22Lindsey, then just 22, became the legal guardian of his 13-year-old sister and later adopted her,
00:29helping raise and support her after their parents' deaths.
00:32Now, she is stepping into the Senate seat her brother held for more than two decades.
00:37Appointed by Governor Henry McMaster following public backing from President Donald Trump,
00:42Nordone will make history as the first woman to represent South Carolina in the U.S. Senate.
00:47Nordone will serve through the remainder of Graham's term,
00:50while voters choose a longer-term successor through a special election process,
00:54beginning with an August primary and culminating in the November general election.
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