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And how Wall Street-backed Lucky Strike took over an American bowling town.Subscribe to read this story ad-freeGet unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.Here’s what to know today.Lindsey Graham’s sister picked to finish his Senate termAdd NBC News to GoogleGov McMaster appoints Darline Graham Nordone to fill Sen.Lindsey Graham's seat05:18Darline Graham Nordone, the sister of Sen.
Lindsey Graham, is set to become South Carolina’s first female senator after the state’s Gov.Henry McMaster appointed her to serve the rest of the late Republican’s term.
She will be sworn in this afternoon, two sources familiar with the matter said, and will finish her brother’s six-year term, which ends in January.This is Morning Rundown, a weekday newsletter to start your day.
Sign up here to get it in your inbox.The appointment came hours after President Donald Trump recommended that McMaster appoint her, saying it would be “a fabulous tribute to Lindsey.” Graham died Saturday at the age of 71 of what was preliminarily diagnosed as a rupture of his aorta due to a hardening of his arteries, his office said.Graham Nordone is a commissioner for the South Carolina Commission of the Blind, a state agency that provides services to “individuals who are blind or low vision,” according to its website.
Graham legally adopted his sister when he was 20 and she was 13 after their father died of a heart attack.Their mother had died only 15 months earlier.While the primary race to replace Graham is beginning to take shape, it’s unclear whether Graham Nordone would want to run for her brother’s seat.More about Graham Nordone’s relationship with her brother.More politics news:Trump reduced the size of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments in Utah by about 90% each, undoing protec...