- Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina died at 71 after a sudden illness.
- Graham, once a critic of Donald Trump, became one of his closest allies and played a key role in confirming Justice Amy Coney Barrett.
- In Maine, Democratic Senate candidate Graham Plattner with
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