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特朗普总统周一上午背书达琳·格雷厄姆·诺登
作者：利奥·布里塞尼奥、亚历克斯·米勒、保罗·施陶瑟 福克斯新闻
发布时间：2026年7月13日 美国东部时间下午4:07 | 更新时间：2026年7月13日 美国东部时间下午5:08
林赛·格雷厄姆之妹将通过州长任命填补南卡罗来纳州空缺席位
达琳·格雷厄姆·诺登将成为南卡罗来纳州首位女性联邦参议员。（图片来源：官方供图/SCETV）
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南卡罗来纳州联邦参议员林赛·格雷厄姆（共和党，南卡）的妹妹达琳·格雷厄姆·诺登在唐纳德·特朗普总统的推动下，获任命填补兄长的参议院席位。
“我很荣幸邀请他的妹妹达琳·格雷厄姆现在接替他完成未竟的工作，”南卡罗来纳州州长亨利·麦克马斯特在周一下午的仪式上说道。
作为特朗普的亲密盟友，麦克马斯特在其兄长、资深议员因主动脉夹层突然去世近48小时后任命了诺登。
特朗普此前曾力推格雷厄姆“出色的妹妹”诺登获得这一职位。
“这将是对林赛的绝佳致敬，他深爱着她，”特朗普周一上午在Truth Social的帖子中写道。
与林赛·格雷厄姆之死相关的心脏病可毫无征兆发作——您需要了解的信息
南卡罗来纳州州长亨利·麦克马斯特于2026年7月13日周一任命达琳·格雷厄姆·诺登填补已故参议员林赛·格雷厄姆的席位。（福克斯新闻）
消息人士告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，其他最初被考虑的人选包括副州长帕姆·埃维特——特朗普曾背书她竞选州长共和党提名但失败——前众议员特雷·高迪和前参议员吉姆·德明特。
她的任命将填补该席位至2027年1月3日，随后选民将在11月投票选出未来六年的该席位议员。
目前尚不清楚62岁的诺登是否会考虑竞选完整的六年任期，而这场定于8月11日举行的特别选举的共和党提名预演已经在私下展开，南卡罗来纳州联邦众议员南希·梅斯（共和党，南卡）和拉尔夫·诺曼（共和党，南卡）均有意参选。
格雷厄姆的去世缩小了共和党在参议院的多数党优势，也给保住所有共和党议员的支持带来了压力，尤其是在肯塔基州联邦参议员米奇·麦康奈尔因摔倒和肺炎仍在接受治疗的情况下。
诺登此前基本不公开露面，她与拉里·诺登结婚，育有两个女儿。据南卡罗来纳州盲人委员会（SCCB）2026-2027财年预算显示，她曾以委员身份在该委员会工作。该委员会旨在帮助南卡罗来纳州失明和低视力居民实现就业、独立和自给自足。
过去她曾透露自己与林赛·格雷厄姆关系亲密，在她11岁时母亲去世后，是兄长抚养她长大。
“我一直敬仰林赛。从我记事起，他就一直在我身边。如果我摔倒擦伤膝盖，跑去找的人一定是林赛，”她在2014年的竞选广告中回忆道。
诺登此前从未担任过民选公职。她将成为南卡罗来纳州首位女性联邦参议员。
格雷厄姆之死引发共和党争夺参议院席位，特朗普暗示已有心仪人选
前参议员林赛·格雷厄姆（左）与妹妹达琳·格雷厄姆·诺登（右）合影。（图片来源：威廉·B·普洛曼/NBC via Getty Images；雷尼尔·埃尔哈特/美联社）
获得特朗普背书后，全国共和党参议员委员会（NRSC）主席、南卡罗来纳州联邦参议员蒂姆·斯科特也于周一上午在官方宣布前表态支持诺登。
“林赛·格雷厄姆的妹妹达琳·格雷厄姆·诺登将是完成剩余参议院任期的绝佳人选，”斯科特在X平台的帖子中写道。
“在与达琳交谈后，我认为没有人比她更能理解林赛对家庭、我们的州和我们国家的热爱。”
麦克马斯特还提到，在任命诺登前，他曾与她以及特朗普交谈过。
“周日凌晨我们通电话时，你含泪同意任职，之后我一直在想你会说什么，而你迅速意识到自己肩负的服役责任，这让我深受感动。随后我致电总统，他认为这是个好主意，”麦克马斯特说道。
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参议院多数党领袖、南达科他州联邦参议员约翰·图恩也对诺登表示支持。
他周一下午告诉CNN，他已于前一日与诺登和麦克马斯特进行了交谈，并认为任命这位资深议员的妹妹填补其空缺，“在我看来，这非常合理。”
“我认为，在很多方面，这将是延续林赛政治遗产的方式，而且如果他们最终做出这样的决定，我认为会有很多人支持，”图恩说道。
特别选举初选的 filing 期将于7月21日开始，特别选举将于8月11日举行。若需要进行 runoff，将在8月25日举行，留给候选人的竞选时间仅为两个月，随后便是11月3日的大选。
利奥·布里塞尼奥是福克斯新闻数字频道国会团队的政治记者，此前曾供职于《世界杂志》。
Lindsey Graham’s sister appointed to Senate as GOP rushes to protect fragile majority
2026-07-13 4:07pm EDT / Fox News
Darline Graham Nordone was endorsed by President Trump Monday morning
By Leo Briceno , Alex Miller , Paul Steinhauser Fox News
Published July 13, 2026 4:07pm EDT | Updated July 13, 2026 5:08pm EDT
Lindsey Graham’s sister to fill vacant South Carolina seat with gubernatorial appointment
Darline Graham Nordone will become the first female U.S. Senator from the Palmetto State. (Credit: Handout/SCETV)
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Darline Graham Nordone, the sister of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., was appointed to fill her brother’s Senate seat after a push from President Donald Trump.
“It’s my honor to ask his little sister, Darlene Graham, to finish his work for him now,” South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster said at a ceremony on Monday afternoon.
McMaster, a close Trump ally, appointed Nordone nearly 48 hours after her brother and longtime lawmaker suddenly died from an aortic dissection.
McMaster’s pick comes after Trump pushed for Graham’s “wonderful sister” Nordone to get the job.
“This would be a fabulous tribute to Lindsey, who loved her dearly,” Trump wrote in a post to Truth Social on Monday morning.
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Gov. Henry McMaster appointed Darline Graham Nordone to fill the late Sen. Lindsey Graham’s seat on Monday, July 13, 2026.(Fox News)
Others were also initially considered, including Lt. Gov. Pam Evette, who Trump endorsed in her failed bid to clinch the GOP nomination for governor, former Rep. Trey Gowdy and former Sen. Jim DeMint, sources told Fox News Digital.
Her appointment fills the seat through Jan. 3, while voters decide in November who will hold the seat for the next six-year term.
At this point, it’s unclear if Nordone, 62, would consider running for a full six-year term, and there’s already private jockeying to run in the special election, set for Aug. 11, to secure the GOP nomination in the Palmetto State, with Reps. Nancy Mace, R.S.C., and Ralph Norman, R-S.C., both eyeing a bid.
Graham’s death narrowed Republicans’ Senate majority and added pressure to keep every GOP vote available, especially with Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., still being treated after a fall and pneumonia.
Nordone, who has largely kept out of the public eye, is married to Larry Nordone and has two daughters. She has worked with the South Carolina Commission for the Blind (SCCB) as commissioner, according to the organization’s 2026-27 budget. The SCCB provides services aimed at helping blind and low-vision South Carolina residents gain employment, independence and self-sufficiency.
In the past, she has described a personal closeness with Lindsey Graham, having been raised by him after the death of their mother when she was just 11.
“I have always looked up to Lindsey. He’s just always been there for me as long as I can remember. If I fell down and scraped my knee, Lindsey was the one I ran to,” she recounted in a 2014 campaign ad.
Nordone has not previously held elected office. She will become South Carolina’s first female senator.
GRAHAM’S DEATH IGNITES GOP SCRAMBLE FOR SENATE SEAT AS TRUMP HINTS HE ALREADY HAS A FAVORITE
Former Sen. Lindsey Graham, left, pictured alongside his sister, Darline Graham Nordone, right.(William B. Plowman/NBC via Getty Images; Rainier Ehrhardt/Associated Press)
Following Trump’s endorsement, Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., the chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), also put his support behind Nordone on Monday morning ahead of the announcement.
“Lindsey Graham’s sister, Darline Graham Nordone, would be a fantastic pick to serve out the remainder of the Senate term,” Scott wrote in a post to X.
“After speaking with Darline, there is no one better who understands Lindsey’s love for family, our state and our country.”
McMaster also described speaking with Darline ahead of her appointment as well as with Trump.
“After we spoke on the phone in the wee hours of Sunday morning and you agreed to serve through tears, I had wondered what you would say and I was humbled by your quickness to see the duty that you had to serve. And I called the president afterwards, and he thought it was a great idea,” McMaster said.
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., also voiced his support for Nordone.
He told CNN Monday afternoon that he had already spoken with both Nordone and McMaster the day before, and believed that tapping the longtime lawmaker’s sister to fill his spot, “in my view, makes a lot of sense.”
“I think, in many respects, it would be a way of extending Lindsey’s legacy here, and certainly something that, if that’s what they decide to end up doing, I think there’d be a lot of support for,” Thune said.
The filing period for a special primary election begins on July 21, with the special election to follow on Aug. 11. A runoff, if needed, would be held Aug. 25, leaving the candidate just two months to campaign before the Nov. 3 general election.
Leo Briceno is a politics reporter for the congressional team at Fox News Digital. He was previously a reporter with World Magazine.
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