Imagine for a second that you own a restaurant. Your chief cook has proven himself, having managed a wide menu and served lots of customers. He has been key to your own restaurant’s success, bringing a breadth of experience to the restaurant and consistent performance in the kitchen. Suddenly, your cook passes away unexpectedly. One of your employees, still grieving from the loss of your cook, suggests hiring your cook’s grieving wife because he knows she cooks for her kids at home. You feel a tug of empathy, but you know that continued prosperity for your restaurant requires some serious experience in a restaurant kitchen. You would not risk success by chasing your feelings regarding your cook’s family, and determine the job should be filled by someone with cooking experience.
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This is the same decision facing the voters in South Carolina. Senator Lindsey Graham recently passed away unexpectedly. The governor, in an impulse of grieving and sympathy, appointed Senator Graham’s sister to fill out his term, a term with about a half a year remaining in an election year.
Lindsey Graham’s sister admits she’s “not that informed on national security” during a South Carolina GOP Senate debate — days before her runoff against Rep. Ralph Norman.
— Fox News Politics (@foxnewspolitics) August 19, 2026
Darline Graham, appointed to fill her late brother’s seat and backed by Trump for a full six-year term, was… pic.twitter.com/ImFUsIQ7qb
I’m sure Darline Graham Nordone is a nice woman with a desire to serve South Carolina and finish her brother’s legacy. But legacy building should be for historians and legislating for experienced legislators. Recall that Senator Lindsey Graham served in the House before becoming a senator, and served in local government before that. And, South Carolina has such an experienced legislator in Congressman Ralph Norman, running in the special election to replace Graham. Voters should not let short-term emotional grief for Graham influence their decision. They are voting for someone to do a job representing South Carolina’s values and interests in the U.S. Senate for the next six years.
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A recent caller to a radio talk show lamented that he didn’t want to vote for Norman because he didn’t want a career politician. But it in fact was Graham who worked his whole career in local, state, and federal government, not Norman. Graham had never built or run a business or created anything in the private sector. Norman, on the other hand, is a real estate developer who learned his trade from his father and brings business acumen to a government sorely needing more. Does that remind you of anyone else transforming government for the better?
Speaking of you but-Trumpers, I am a huuuugee, bigly, almost perfect supporter of President Trump. In this case though, South Carolina has a better choice than the one endorsed by the president. I don’t live in South Carolina myself, but if I did, I would vote for Congressman Norman. I would remind South Carolinians that we are in a serious cultural and political fight for the future of our country. Please vote for a proven fighter in Ralph Norman to fight for you for the next six years.
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