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Rep.Nancy Mace, R-S.C., is questioning whether President Donald Trump's preferred candidate to succeed the late Sen.
Lindsey Graham — his sister, Darline Graham — is even eligible to appear on South Carolina's Republican primary ballot."She has no record and I'm not even sure that she's qualified to be on the ballot," Mace told Fox News Digital.Her comments come as Sen.Darline Graham, R-S.C., announced on Fox News that she will enter next month’s special primary election to run for a full term in the Senate.DARLINE GRAHAM REVEALS WHAT TRUMP TOLD HER INSIDE OVAL OFFICE AFTER BROTHER LINDSEY'S DEATHNewly-appointed U.S.
interim Senator Darline Graham Nordone, right, with Sen.Tim Scott, R-S.C., left, speaks during a press conference announcing her appointment to fill the vacancy created by the passing of her brother, U.S.
Sen.Lindsey Graham, at the statehouse Monday, July 13, 2026, in Columbia, S.C.
(AP Photo/Sean Rayford) ( )"Obviously I feel for her and losing Lindsey Graham — the entire state is mourning right now," Mace said of Graham."It's admirable and honorable what she's done to take the wings for the next six months, but she has no records and I am not even sure she's qualified to be on the ballot," she repeated.Mace isn’t alone in her concerns over Graham’s qualifications to serve a full-term.Local South Carolina GOP Chairman CJ Westfall said in a statement that he is pursuing a formal determination of whether Graham meets the party’s qualifications to run.He said the request followed conversations with local voters about Graham’s qualifications, including concerns over her lack of political experience and her voting record — concerns Mace shares."It's not clear that she's voted in enough Republican primary elections to be on the ballot," Mace said when asked why Graham may not be qualified.MACE SNUBS TRUMP'S PREFERRED SENATE CANDIDATE, BACKS RALPH NORMAN INSTEADRep.
Nancy Mace, R-S.C., departs the U.S.Capitol after a series of House v...