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Strom Thurmond
Coverage of Strom Thurmond in the Nexus archive.
- US Sen. Lindsey Graham dead at 71 after ‘brief and sudden’ illness
Longtime South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham died at 71 following a brief illness on July 11, as confirmed by his office. He had represented South Carolina in the US Senate since 2003, succeeding Strom Thurmond, and was seeking his fifth term.
- Lindsey Graham in 2002 on his campaign to replace Strom Thurmond in the Senate
In 2002, Lesley Stahl reported on retiring U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond and interviewed Lindsey Graham and Alex Sanders, who were competing to replace him. Graham died Saturday at 71.