Illness, death, and turmoil change face of GOP Senate
ILLNESS, DEATH, AND TURMOIL CHANGE FACE OF GOP SENATE. One of the colder aspects of life in Washington politics is that the death of an important person often results, before much grieving is done, in a frenzy of speculation about who will get the unfortunate important person’s job. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), whose death set off an immediate “frenzy” of guessing about who would fill his post both in the short and long term.Gov.
- ▪ILLNESS, DEATH, AND TURMOIL CHANGE FACE OF GOP SENATE.
- ▪One of the colder aspects of life in Washington politics is that the death of an important person often results, before much grieving is done, in a frenzy of speculation about who will get the unfortunate important person’s job.
- ▪Lindsey Graham (R-SC), whose death set off an immediate “frenzy” of guessing about who would fill his post both in the short and long term.Gov.
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ILLNESS, DEATH, AND TURMOIL CHANGE FACE OF GOP SENATE. One of the colder aspects of life in Washington politics is that the death of an important person often results, before much grieving is done, in a frenzy of speculation about who will get the unfortunate important person’s job. So it is with Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), whose death set off an immediate “frenzy” of guessing about who would fill his post both in the short and long term.Gov. Henry McMaster (R-SC) answered the first part of the question Monday afternoon, appointing the late senator’s sister, Darline Graham Nordone, to serve the remainder of Graham’s term, which lasts until Jan. 3, 2027.
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