Darline Graham

role Junior United States senator from South Carolina since July 2026
role Appointed to fill the vacancy created by the death of her brother, Lindsey Graham
achievement First woman to represent South Carolina in the United States Senate
background Public administrator by background
background Born June 12, 1964

Track record

Assembled from Congress.gov · FEC · official disclosures — each fact links its own source

69.2%
Roll-call participation →
voted in 13 recorded roll calls

Missing a vote is not inherently negative — an absence can be excused, reflect leadership or committee duty, or a recorded pairing.
3
Bills sponsored →
plus 34 cosponsored

A count of bills introduced as the primary sponsor; most legislation never advances, regardless of who sponsors it.
0
Sponsored bills enacted →
of 3 bills sponsored

Whether a bill becomes law depends on the whole Congress, not the sponsor alone; substantive provisions often pass folded into other vehicles.
100%
Party-unity voting
votes with the party majority · on 9 party-line votes

Party-unity is how often a member votes with their own party's majority on party-line votes — it reflects agenda alignment, not loyalty, independence, or virtue.
0%
Cross-party voting
votes with the other party's majority on those same votes

The share of the same party-line votes cast with the OTHER party's majority — a descriptive rate, not a measure of principle.
0
Documented positions →
no positions documented yet

Documented, sourced positions we have on record — the absence of a documented position is not the absence of a view.
0
Committee assignments
none on record

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Assembled from CivicGate's ingested public records for Darline Graham. A fact shown as “—” means we don't yet hold that data — not that the value is zero.

Voting record

Data from senate.gov roll-call records

69.2%

of Senate roll calls voted

8Yea 1Nay 0Present 4Not voting

Full voting record (13 roll calls) → · Congress 119 · based on 13 of 915 recorded roll calls

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Issue positions (2)

Documented + CivicGate vote-derived — stated positions link their source; derived positions come from votes on direction-tagged bills

DefenseFull support from votes
Foreign PolicyFull support from votes

Campaign finance

2026 cycle

Incumbent for U.S. Senate SC · 2026 General Election

$6,766,156 raised
$20,079,974 spent
$2,309,800 cash on hand

	$6.77M
	$2.11M
	$1.32M
Itemized (≥ $200)	$1.26M
Unitemized (< $200)	$66.98K
Party committees	$62.00K
Other committees (PACs)	$724.47K
Transfers from other committees	$3.80M
Offsets to expenditures	$15.37K
Other receipts	$844.14K
	$20.08M
Operating expenditures	$20.02M
Contribution refunds	$19.10K
Transfers to other committees	$40.00K
Cash on hand	$2.31M
Debts owed by committee	$0.00

Through June 30, 2026 · FEC

Data from FEC (through Jun 30, 2026)

Finance updated: not yet pulled

Over time

Data from FEC per-cycle campaign finance

Money raised, spent, and cash on hand across every election cycle on record — toggle a series in the legend.

Darline Graham campaign finance by election cycle
Cycle	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
2010	$3,368,436	$559,763	$2,808,675
2012	$2,313,708	$709,860	$4,412,522
2014	$8,061,663	$10,079,198	$2,394,990
2016	$565,694	$2,504,563	$456,122
2018	$3,978,948	$1,234,111	$3,200,959
2020	$107,740,149	$98,449,651	$12,491,458
2022	$10,224,567	$8,067,899	$14,648,125
2024	$4,534,983	$3,559,492	$15,623,617
2026	$6,766,156	$20,079,974	$2,309,800

Top contributors (FEC)

Data from FEC, itemized campaign receipts

Top contributors — 2024 cycle

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor's reported employer (FEC Schedule A).

Employer not reported $118,086
FISHER INVESTMENTS $13,200
THORN RUN PARTNERS $11,600
NELSON MULLINS ET AL. $11,300
NELSON MULLINS $10,600
OPKO HEALTH INC $10,300
KIRKLAND & ELLIS $7,000
SOUTHERN GLAZERS $6,600
SOUTHEASTERN FREIGHT LINES $6,600
1ST FINANCIAL BANK USA $6,600

Outside spending on this race

Data from FEC, Schedule E independent expenditures

Independent expenditures are money outside groups (PACs / super-PACs) spend to support or oppose a candidate without coordinating with their campaign. What's this? →

2026 cycle $1,363,016 supporting · $730,098 opposing · 8 outside groups

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Frequent co-sponsors

Data from Congress.gov

The members Graham most often co-sponsors bills with — their legislative coalition.

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Documented relationships

Documented facts about Graham, aggregated from public records. A documented relationship is not evidence of wrongdoing — it is context, not a conclusion.

No documented relationships of this kind on record — absence is not a finding.

Stock trades (STOCK Act)

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Data from Congress.gov · FEC

How Graham connects to other members, committees, and PACs — drawn only from ingested records.

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