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华盛顿讯 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻预测，南卡罗来纳州联邦参议员达琳·格雷厄姆于周二晚间赢得该州共和党联邦参议员决选，在为接替已故兄长林赛·格雷厄姆而举办的特别初选中击败众议员拉尔夫·诺曼，将作为候选人参与今年11月的参议院选举。
曾寻求连任的四届联邦参议员林赛·格雷厄姆于上月突然离世，促使各方快速角逐接替他的参议院席位及11月大选候选人资格。南卡罗来纳州州长亨利·麦克马斯特任命已故参议员的妹妹担任其剩余任期的临时参议员，该任期将于明年年初结束。但林赛·格雷厄姆已于6月赢得共和党提名，因此完整六年任期的候选人提名权交由选民投票决定。
特朗普总统曾鼓励达琳·格雷厄姆竞选完整任期。不过，总统的支持并未阻止其他多名共和党人参选，其中包括诺曼。在8月11日的特别初选中，达琳·格雷厄姆和诺曼是得票前两名，达琳·格雷厄姆获得近33%的选票，诺曼得票率接近25%。由于两位候选人均未获得过半数选票，因此进入决选阶段。
临近决选时，尽管缺乏公职选举经验，达琳·格雷厄姆仍将自己塑造为“问题解决者、批判性思考者和领导者”。她强调自己为南卡罗来纳州服务数十年的经历，其中最近的职务是南卡罗来纳州盲人事务委员会专员。
她与兄长关系亲密，已故的林赛·格雷厄姆终身未婚且无子女。达琳·格雷厄姆将自己的工作作风比作兄长，并将这种作风归功于在南卡罗来纳州中部经营酒吧和酒类商店的勤劳父母。她誓言延续兄长的政治遗产，但同时强调自己会以独特方式履职参议院。
62岁的达琳·格雷厄姆在向选民推介自己时，其任职经历和能否胜任完整参议院任期成为初选的核心议题。上周的一场辩论中，她在回答有关台湾和南海的问题时表现窘迫，称自己“对国家安全问题了解不多”，这一表现凸显了本次选举的关键疑问：南卡罗来纳州选民是否会支持这位经验相对不足的候选人。
“我不是一名老练的政客，”她在表态支持军方时说道。
与此同时，诺曼则强调自己作为保守派立法者的资历。这位73岁的房地产开发商自2017年起代表南卡罗来纳州担任联邦众议员，在这场短暂的初选中与达琳·格雷厄姆划清界限，称她为“无名候选人”。
但在总统的支持下，这位新任临时参议员最终赢得决选。特朗普总统上周赴南卡罗来纳州为达琳·格雷厄姆助选，并于周一举办了电话拉票活动。在竞选活动中，总统承认自己“曾敦促她参选”。
“我对她说：‘达琳，你必须参选，’”特朗普说道。“因为所有人都喜欢她，所有人都尊重她……我认为林赛对达琳的尊重胜过他认识的任何人，包括我在内。”
达琳·格雷厄姆在周二晚间的胜选演讲中感谢了总统，并对支持者表示：“没有你们，我们不可能取得这场胜利，我们由衷感激。”
据美国联邦选举委员会数据，特朗普的政治行动委员会为达琳·格雷厄姆的竞选活动拨打了超过80万通面向南卡罗来纳州选民的电话，花费超过80万美元。达琳·格雷厄姆此次获胜得益于总统为其竞选投入的大量精力。
周二决选的胜利使她将在11月大选中与6月赢得民主党初选的安妮·安德鲁斯博士对决。但该席位预计仍将由共和党掌控。南卡罗来纳州自1998年以来从未选出过民主党联邦参议员，且特朗普在2024年大选中以18个百分点的优势赢得该州。
Sen. Darline Graham projected to win runoff in South Carolina GOP Senate primary, defeating Rep. Ralph Norman
August 25, 2026 / 10:24 PM EDT / CBS News
Washington — Sen. Darline Graham won the Republican Senate runoff in South Carolina on Tuesday night, CBS News projects, defeating Rep. Ralph Norman in the special primary to replace Graham’s late brother, Sen. Lindsey Graham, on the ballot this November.
Lindsey Graham, a four-term senator who had been seeking reelection, died suddenly last month, prompting a sprint to replace him in the Senate and on the ballot. South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster appointed the late senator’s sister to serve out the rest of his term, which ends early next year. But the question of who would be on the ballot for a full six-year term, after Lindsey Graham had won the GOP nomination in June, was up to the voters.
President Trump encouraged Darline Graham to run for a full term. But the president’s endorsement didn’t stop a number of other Republicans from jumping into the race, including Norman. Darline Graham and Norman were the top two vote-getters in the special primary election on Aug. 11, with Darline Graham getting nearly 33% of the vote to Norman’s almost 25%. But since neither candidate secured 50% of the vote, the contest went to a runoff.
As the runoff approached, Darline Graham billed herself as “a problem solver, a critical thinker, and a leader,” despite her lack of experience in elected office. She touted decades of experience working for South Carolina, including most recently serving as commissioner of the South Carolina Commission for the Blind.
She and her brother had a close relationship, and the late senator never married or had children. Darline Graham likened her work ethic to her brother’s, and credited their hardworking parents who ran a bar and liquor store in central South Carolina for modeling that ethic. But as she vowed to carry on her brother’s legacy, she also emphasized that she would bring her own approach to the Senate.
As Darline Graham, 62, introduced herself to voters, her experience and ability to serve a full term in the Senate appeared to be at the center of the primary. And the dynamic came to a head when she struggled to answer a debate question regarding Taiwan and the South China Sea last week, saying she was “not that informed on national security.” The answer underscored a key question in the contest, as South Carolinians considered whether to back the less-experienced candidate as their nominee.
“I’m not a polished politician,” she said, while expressing her support for the military.
Meanwhile, Norman touted his credentials as a conservative legislator. The 73-year-old real estate developer, who’s represented South Carolina in the House since 2017, drew a line between himself and Darline Graham in the short-lived primary fight, calling her an “unknown candidate.”
But the newly minted senator pulled off a win in the runoff with the president’s support. Mr. Trump campaigned for Darline Graham in South Carolina last week and hosted a tele-rally on Monday. As he campaigned, the president acknowledged that he “asked her to do this.”
“I said, ‘Darline, you gotta do it,’” Mr. Trump said. “Because everyone loves her, everyone respects her… I think Lindsey respected Darline more than any other person he knows, including me.”
Graham thanked the president in a Tuesday night victory speech, telling supporters: “Our victory would not have been possible without you, and we are truly grateful.”
Darline Graham’s victory came after the president threw substantial effort behind her campaign. Mr. Trump’s PAC spent more than $800,000 on phone calls to South Carolina voters for Darline Graham, according to the Federal Election Commission.
The win in Tuesday’s runoff sets up a November contest against Dr. Annie Andrews, who won the Democratic primary in June. But the seat is expected to remain in GOP control. South Carolinians haven’t elected a Democrat to the Senate since 1998, and Mr. Trump won the state by 18 points in 2024.
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