The battle for South Carolina’s Senate seat is already turning into a political firestorm following the sudden death of longtime Sen. Lindsey Graham.
Graham’s passing stunned Washington and sent shockwaves through Republican circles. Yet in politics, vacancies rarely remain quiet for long. Almost immediately after news of his death broke, attention shifted to who would inherit one of the GOP’s most prominent Senate seats.
What many expected to be a temporary appointment has now evolved into a potentially contentious Republican primary battle.
