Lindsey Graham, the longtime Republican senator from South Carolina, died suddenly Saturday night, creating an unexpected vacancy in the midst of his campaign for a fifth term.
His death further complicates President Donald Trump’s agenda in Congress, by temporarily narrowing an already wobbly GOP majority in the Senate, and raises questions about U.S. policy toward Russia. Graham, a vocal foreign policy hawk, was a strong supporter of Ukraine in its war with Russia and recently returned from meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
