2026年7月13日，美国东部时间上午11:03 / CNN
作者：埃里克·布拉德纳、凯文·利普塔克
更新于2026年7月13日，美国东部时间上午11:41
档案：认识林赛·格雷厄姆的妹妹达琳·格雷厄姆·诺多恩
档案：认识林赛·格雷厄姆的妹妹达琳·格雷厄姆·诺多恩
美国总统唐纳德·特朗普周一表示，他已向南卡罗来纳州州长提议，由参议员林赛·格雷厄姆的妹妹达琳·格雷厄姆·诺多恩出任这位上周突然离世的资深议员的空缺席位。
“我已向亨利·麦克马斯特州长推荐，由林赛·格雷厄姆亲爱的妹妹达琳担任伟大的南卡罗来纳州的临时参议员，”特朗普在Truth Social上写道。“这将是对林赛的绝佳致敬，他深爱着她！”
根据该州法律，麦克马斯特可以任命一名临时接替者填补格雷厄姆的空缺席位。但由于格雷厄姆今年正值连任竞选期，他的去世将触发一场快速初选，以确定11月大选 ballot 上的替代候选人。
麦克马斯特已安排美国东部时间下午4点举行新闻发布会，宣布其人选。
该州长与特朗普是长期盟友。特朗普在2024年竞选活动中曾表示，他在第一任期内提名南卡罗来纳州前州长妮基·黑利出任美国驻联合国大使，目的是提携时任副州长的麦克马斯特。
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达琳·格雷厄姆·诺多恩是谁？
格雷厄姆与妹妹一生都十分亲近，他的妹妹在2015年接受美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）达娜·巴什采访时表示，当时她的哥哥正宣布参选2016年共和党总统候选人提名。
“即便在父母在世时，他们也长时间辛勤经营一家小生意。所以从那时起，他就一直照顾我。”她说。
同年，《每日邮报》在线版询问未婚的格雷厄姆谁会担任他的“第一夫人”。
“嗯，我有个妹妹。如果有需要，她可以胜任这个角色，”他说道。
两人在“卫生咖啡馆”后方的一间单间里长大——这家酒吧、台球厅和酒类商店由他们的父母在南卡罗来纳州森特勒尔镇经营。
父母在15个月内相继去世后，1976年，13岁的达琳成为孤儿。作为家族首位大学生、同时也是后备军官训练团成员的格雷厄姆成为了达琳的法定监护人。她在2015年接受CNN采访时表示，这让她能够享受到哥哥的军人福利。
她说，最初被哥哥收养“一开始有点奇怪”，但后来她明白了“这完全合情合理”。
“我知道他一直在尽所能照顾我，这对我们俩都是最好的选择，”她说。
麦克马斯特已届任期限制，今年无法寻求连任。今年，在特朗普背书麦克马斯特的副州长帕梅拉·埃维特参加该州州长初选后，特朗普曾提议让麦克马斯特的儿子小亨利·麦克马斯特出任副州长的潜在人选。
小亨利·麦克马斯特拒绝了，他在社交媒体上写道，“现在根本不是我考虑参选这个职位的合适时机”，而埃维特最终在州长初选 runoff 中输给了南卡罗来纳州总检察长艾伦·威尔逊。
一位知情人士告诉CNN，埃维特当时正在接听有关参选格雷厄姆席位的电话。特别初选的其他潜在候选人包括众议员南希·梅斯和拉尔夫·诺曼。
本文已更新补充更多信息。
Trump says Lindsey Graham’s sister should be appointed to his Senate seat
Jul 13, 2026, 11:03 AM ET / CNN
By Eric Bradner, Kevin Liptak
Updated Jul 13, 2026, 11:41 AM ET
From the archives: Meet Lindsey Graham’s sister, Darline Graham Nordone
From the archives: Meet Lindsey Graham’s sister, Darline Graham Nordone
President Donald Trump said Monday he recommended to South Carolina’s governor that Sen. Lindsey Graham’s sister,Darline Graham Nordone, be appointed to serve in the late lawmaker’s seat after he suddenly died over the weekend.
“I recommended, to Governor Henry McMaster, Lindsey Graham’s wonderful sister, Darline, to serve as interim Senator from the Great State of South Carolina,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “This would be a fabulous tribute to Lindsey, who loved her dearly!”
Under state law, McMaster can appoint a temporary replacement to fill Graham’s vacant seat. But because Graham was up for reelection this year, his death will kick off a sprint primary election to replace him on the November ballot.
McMaster has scheduled a 4 p.m. ET press conference to announce his pick.
The governor and Trump are longtime allies. Trump said on the 2024 campaign trail that he nominated South Carolina’s former governor, Nikki Haley, as his US ambassador to the United Nations in his first term to elevate McMaster, who was then the lieutenant governor.
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Who is Darline Graham Nordone?
Graham and his sister were close their entire lives, his sister told CNN’s Dana Bash in a 2015 interview after her brother launched his bid for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination.
“Even when my parents were alive, they worked really long, hard hours running a small business. So even then, he was a caregiver to me,” she said.
The same year, the unmarried Graham was asked by the Daily Mail Online who would be his first lady.
“Well, I’ve got a sister. She could play that role if necessary,” he said.
The two grew up in a single room behind the Sanitary Cafe — a bar, pool hall and liquor store their parents ran in Central, South Carolina.
After their parents died within 15 months of each other, Darline became orphaned at age 13 in 1976. Graham — the first in his family to attend college, and a member of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps — became Darline’s legal guardian. That enabled Darline to access her brother’s military benefits, she told CNN in 2015.
She said being adopted by her brother “was a little odd” at first, but she came to understand “it makes perfect sense.”
“I knew he was doing what he could to take care of me, and it was best for us,” she said.
McMaster is term-limited and cannot seek reelection this year. Trump this year floated the governor’s son, Henry McMaster Jr., as a potential pick for lieutenant governor after he endorsed McMaster’s lieutenant governor, Pamela Evette, in the state’s gubernatorial primary.
McMaster Jr. declined, writing on social media that “now is simply not the right time for me to be considered” for the post, and Evette went on to lose a primary runoff to South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson.
A source familiar with the matter told CNN that Evette was fielding calls about entering the race for Graham’s seat. Other potential candidates for a special primary election include Reps. Nancy Mace and Ralph Norman.
This story has been updated with additional information.