Darline Graham SC Republican Senator

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Voting record, 119th Congress

91.9%Attendance57 of 62 roll calls cast

5Roll calls missedAnswered “present” 2 times (counted as cast)

97.8%Voted with the Republican majorityon the 47 party-line votes

1Yea or Nay against the Republican majorityon party-line votes

How these are counted

Attendance is the share of roll calls held while the member was in office on which they voted Yea, Nay or Present. A party-line vote is a roll call on which a majority of Republicans voted against a majority of Democrats. Voting with the Republican majority is the share of the member’s cast votes on those roll calls that matched that majority. The roll calls come from Voteview, which compiles each vote from the official record; Votewiser does the counting. Citation: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Last 10 votes cast

Date	Measure	Question	Vote	Result
Sep 30, 2026	NominationKeith Sonderling, of Florida, to be Secretary of Labor	On the Nomination	Yea	Nomination Confirmed
Sep 30, 2026	NominationKeith Sonderling, of Florida, to be Secretary of Labor	On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Cloture Motion Agreed to
Sep 30, 2026	H.R. 9340A bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to establish a Federal standard relating to the recovery of the full, incremental costs of upgrades that serve large-load customers, and for other purposes.	On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Yea	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected
Sep 30, 2026	H.R. 7008A bill to amend chapter 131 of title 5 to require certain restrictions on stocks for Members of Congress and their spouses and dependents, and for other purposes.	On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Yea	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected
Sep 29, 2026	S.Res. 852A resolution requesting information on Israel's human rights practices pursuant to section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.	On the Motion to Discharge	Nay	Motion to Discharge Rejected
Sep 29, 2026	S.J.Res. 197A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, HHS Notice of Bene…	On the Motion to Proceed	Nay	Motion to Proceed Rejected
Sep 28, 2026	S. 4668A bill to protect the name, image, and likeness rights of, and provide protections for, student athletes and to promote fair competition among intercollegiate athletics, and for other purposes.	On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Bill Passed
Sep 28, 2026	S. 4668To establish certain standards with respect to coaches of varsity sports teams.	On the Amendment	Nay	Amendment Rejected
Sep 28, 2026	S. 4668To increase the limitation on funding for post-eligibility insurance and catastrophic injury for student athletes.	On the Amendment	Nay	Amendment Rejected
Sep 28, 2026	S. 4668To limit price increases for college athletics tickets.	On the Amendment	Yea	Amendment Rejected

Votes against the Republican majority

Date	Measure	Member voted	Party majority
Sep 28, 2026	S. 4668To limit price increases for college athletics tickets.	Yea	Nay

Source: Voteview · votes through Sep 30, 2026, the latest in Voteview’s data · Senate roll calls

Bills, 119th Congress

3Sponsoredbills and resolutions introduced

66Cosponsored

0Sponsored that became law0 sponsored or cosponsored became law

4Cross-party cosponsorshipsbills from another party’s sponsor

50.0%Sponsored bills with a cross-party cosponsorH.R. and S. bills only

How these are counted

Sponsored counts every bill and resolution the member introduced; cosponsored excludes withdrawn cosponsorships. A cross-party cosponsorship is cosponsoring a measure whose sponsor belongs to another party. The last figure is the share of the member’s H.R. or S. bills with at least one cosponsor from another party.

Policy areas of the bills sponsored or cosponsored

Policy area	Bills
Crime and Law Enforcement	20
Immigration	9
Armed Forces and National Security	5
Taxation	5
Health	5

Policy areas are assigned by the Congressional Research Service, one per bill. Top five shown.

Source: GovInfo BILLSTATUS · as of Oct 27, 2026

Votes by issue, 119th Congress

94.7%With the Republican majorityon 57 issue votes

0Against both partiesmost Republicans and most Democrats voted the other way

1With the Democratic majorityon party-line votes

This is not a left–right score. A vote against the party can come from either side of it; the list below shows who else voted the same way.

Issue	Votes	With the Republican majority	With the Democratic majority	Rank among Republicans
Nominations	27	100.0%	0	Tied for 1st (47)
Sports and Recreation	11	90.9%	1	45th of 51
Other issues (10)Fewer than 10 votes each: International Affairs, Economics and Public Finance, Congress, Health, Armed Forces and National Security, Energy, Environmental Protection, Families, Finance and Financial Sector, Government Operations and Politics	19	89.5%	0	—

Rank: 1st = voted with the Republican majority most often on that issue, among Senate Republicans who cast at least 10 votes on it.

Votes against the Republican majority, by issue

Sports and Recreation · 1

Sep 28, 2026 · Amendment to S. 4668 · To limit price increases for college athletics tickets.
Voted Yea; most Republicans voted Nay, most Democrats Yea. Also voting Yea: 8 other Republicans: Jim Banks, Kevin Cramer, Josh Hawley, Jon Husted, Cindy Hyde-Smith, John Kennedy, Lisa Murkowski, Roger Wicker.

How these are counted

Each roll call takes the policy area the Library of Congress gave the bill it is about; a vote on an amendment counts under its bill. 907 of the Senate’s 915 roll calls this Congress have an issue. Left out as procedural (8): votes on House rules and the previous question, motions to recommit or adjourn, quorum calls and the Speaker election. Nominations are their own issue. “With the Republican majority” counts every issue vote on which most Republicans voted the same way, Yea or Nay. “Against both parties” = most Republicans and most Democrats voted one way and this member the other. “With the Democratic majority” = a party-line vote (most of each party on opposite sides) on which this member sided with the Democrats. Independents count with the party they caucus with. The Senate roll calls come from Voteview; Votewiser does the counting. Citation: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Source: votes: Voteview · issue areas: Library of Congress policy areas · votes through Sep 30, 2026

Congress	Years	Chamber	Role	State	District
119th Congress	2026–present	Senate	Senator	South Carolina (SC)	—

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At a glance

Born	June 12, 1964¹
Birthplace	Central, Pickens County, S.C.¹

Biographical Directory entry

GRAHAM, Darline, (sister of Lindsey O. Graham), a Senator from South Carolina; born in Central, Pickens County, S.C., June 12, 1964; B.S., sociology, College of Charleston, Charleston, S.C., 1989; M.A., rehabilitation counseling, South Carolina State University, Orangeburg, S.C., 2009; vocational rehabilitation counselor; commissioner, South Carolina Commission for the Blind; appointed as a Republican to the United States Senate on July 13, 2026, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Lindsey O. Graham; took the oath of office on July 14, 2026.¹

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Offices

Washington, DC

211 Russell Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
202-224-5972

Office list: congress-legislators (CC0), as of Oct 27, 2026.

Sources

Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Office of the Historian, U.S. House (History, Art & Archives).

Researched Oct 28, 2026. Each fact was checked against a saved copy of its source.

Voting record, 119th Congress

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Bills, 119th Congress

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Sponsored legislation, newest first

Votes by issue, 119th Congress

Votes against the Republican majority, by issue

Floor remarks, 119th Congress

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