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Darline Graham avoids 2020 election certification question

Senator Darline Graham stated the nation's election system needs major changes when pressed on the 2020 results.

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Darline Graham avoids 2020 election certification question

What this story says

  • Senator Darline Graham did not answer whether she would have certified the 2020 election results.
  • Graham stated that the nation's election system needs major changes.
  • MS NOW reporter Mychael Schnell asked Graham if she agreed with her late brother, Senator Lindsey Graham, on the 2020 election and if she would have voted to certify it.
  • Senator Lindsey Graham voted to certify the 2020 Electoral College results.

Who covered it

Left 67%(4)Centre 33%(2)Right 0%(0)

Percentages are shares of the 6 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 1 of the 7 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .

Trust

30/100

Craft

57/100

Hype

61/100

7 sources · methodology

Thin on the right so far

None of the 6 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated right.

This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.

Senator Darline Graham avoided answering a question about whether she would have certified the 2020 election results. An MS NOW reporter, Mychael Schnell, asked Graham if she agreed with her late brother, Senator Lindsey Graham, regarding the 2020 election and if she would have voted to certify its outcome. Graham responded by stating that the nation's election system requires major changes.

Senator Lindsey Graham, Darline Graham's brother, had voted to certify the 2020 Electoral College results. Darline Graham was appointed to her late brother's Senate seat at the urging of President Donald Trump.

Disagreement on Graham's stance

While multiple reports state Senator Darline Graham declined to say if she would have certified the 2020 election results, The New Republic described her actions as "Goes All In on Election Denialism" and stated she "dodged questions on Monday as to whether she would have certified the results of the 2020 presidential election, as her brother had six years prior."

What the coverage left out

No right-rated outlet ran this story. The digests from the left and centre-rated outlets did not mention any specific details about Senator Darline Graham's upcoming South Carolina GOP Senate runoff against Rep. Ralph Norman, which was mentioned in The Hill's digest.

Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 5 times, most recently on 25 Aug 2026, 23:15, and will add the sides that appear.

How each side covered it

Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.

Left

4 rated outlets

  • Left-rated reports from Joe.My.God., Mediaite, Alternet, and The New Republic focused on Senator Darline Graham's refusal to state whether she would have certified the 2020 election results. Joe.My.God. and The New Republic included the question posed by MS NOW reporter Mychael Schnell, which specifically asked if Graham agreed with her late brother, Senator Lindsey Graham, about the 2020 election and if she would have voted to certify it. Mediaite noted that Graham was appointed to her brother's seat at President Donald Trump's urging and that her brother voted to confirm the 2020 election results. Alternet's headline stated Graham refused to dispute "Trump's biggest lie."

Centre

2 rated outlets

  • Centre-rated reports from The Hill and News Facts Network highlighted Senator Darline Graham's avoidance of the question about certifying the 2020 election results. The Hill's headline stated Graham "dodges when asked if she would’ve certified 2020 election." News Facts Network reported that Graham "declined Monday to say whether she would have voted to certify Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential election victory, instead arguing that the nation’s election system needs major changes." This report also mentioned that MS NOW reporter Mychael Schnell asked Graham whether she agreed with her late brother, Senator Lindsey Graham, who voted to certify the 2020 Electoral College results.

Right

0 rated outlets

No outlet rated right has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover Darline Graham avoids 2020 election certification question?
Of the 6 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 67% are rated left, 33% are rated centre, 0% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 7. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
Is Darline Graham avoids 2020 election certification question left or right?
Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 6 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
Is the coverage of Darline Graham avoids 2020 election certification question biased?
Darline Graham avoids 2020 election certification question is one event reported by 7 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
Which side is not reporting Darline Graham avoids 2020 election certification question?
When we first saw this story, outlets rated right had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
Which outlets covered Darline Graham avoids 2020 election certification question?
7 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
What did Senator Darline Graham say about the nation's election system?
Senator Darline Graham stated that the nation's election system needs major changes. This comment was made when she was asked about her stance on certifying the 2020 election results.
Did Senator Darline Graham agree with her brother about the 2020 election?
Senator Darline Graham avoided answering whether she agreed with her late brother, Senator Lindsey Graham, about the 2020 election. Her brother had voted to certify the 2020 Electoral College results.
Who asked Senator Darline Graham about the 2020 election?
MS NOW reporter Mychael Schnell asked Senator Darline Graham about the 2020 election results and her potential vote to certify them, comparing her stance to that of her late brother, Senator Lindsey Graham.

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