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Republicans scramble to find a replacement for Sen. Lindsey Graham ahead of the midterm elections

Republicans are starting to scramble to find both a temporary and a permanent replacement for Graham, who in June won the GOP Senate primary in South Carolina and was expected to cruise to re-election to a fifth term in November.

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Brimstone Report is tracking this as a curated politics brief. The source report from NBC News says: Republicans are starting to scramble to find both a temporary and a permanent replacement for Graham, who in June won the GOP Senate primary in South Carolina and was expected to cruise to re-election to a fifth term in November.

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  • Primary source: NBC News
  • Published: Jul 12, 2026, 2:54 PM UTC
  • Coverage area: Politics
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  • Topic signals: developing story metadata

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  1. Source published: Jul 12, 2026, 2:54 PM UTC
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