Darline Graham

Economy and cost of living

Graham says she wants lower taxes and less red tape for small business, more investment in workforce training and the skilled trades, and work requirements for able-bodied adults. She also says she will back an energy approach that lowers costs.

• Voted Yea on ending debate on H.R. 3633; To provide for a system of regulation of the offer and sale of digital commodities by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, to amend the Federal Reserve Act to prohibit the Federal reserve banks from offering certain products or services directly to an individual, to prohibit the use of central bank digital currency for monetary policy, and for other purposes. (2026-09-15, Rejected 49–50; 60 needed, roll call)
• Voted Yea on Kennedy’s amendment: To limit price increases for college athletics tickets. (2026-09-28, Rejected 42–54, roll call)

Taxes and government spending

Graham says she will work to make the Trump tax cuts permanent and root out waste and fraud in federal spending. She says she wants to stop Washington from mortgaging children's future and points to her past management of a $90 million state agency budget.

“She will work to make the Trump tax cuts permanent, root out waste and fraud in federal spending, and stop Washington from mortgaging our children's future.”

• Voted Present on H.R. 6500, as amended; An act making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2027, and for other purposes. (2026-08-08, Passed 90–6, roll call)

Health care

Graham says she will fight to keep rural hospitals open and cut the waiting lists and red tape that keep people with disabilities from working and living independently. She also says she will hold the VA accountable so veterans get the care they earned.

Social Security and Medicare

Graham says she will protect Medicare and Social Security for the seniors who paid into them.

“protect Medicare and Social Security for the seniors who paid into them”

Immigration and the border

Graham says she supports finishing the border wall, fully funding border enforcement, and ending catch-and-release. She says she will back removal of criminal illegal aliens, fight fentanyl trafficking, and oppose amnesty and taxpayer-funded benefits for those here illegally.

“Secure the border. Enforce the law. Stop the fentanyl.”

Abortion

Graham says she is pro-life. She says she supports mothers, adoption and pregnancy resource centers, and opposes taxpayer funding of abortion.

“Darline is pro-life and believes every child is a gift from God.”

Energy and climate

Graham says she backs an all-of-the-above American energy strategy that lowers costs and ends dependence on foreign adversaries.

• Voted Yea on ending debate on H.R. 9340; A 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. (2026-09-30, Rejected 57–43; 60 needed, roll call)

Guns

Graham says she will defend the right to keep and bear arms. She opposes gun registries, red-flag laws and bans on firearms law-abiding people own, and supports concealed carry reciprocity.

Crime and policing

Graham says she opposes efforts to defund the police and supports the funding, training and equipment officers need. She says she backs tough penalties for fentanyl traffickers and violent repeat offenders.

Education

Graham says she will stand up for parents' rights in their children's education and protect girls' sports and locker rooms. She also says she supports real investment in workforce training and the skilled trades.

• Voted Nay on Booker’s amendment: To increase the limitation on funding for post-eligibility insurance and catastrophic injury for student athletes. (2026-09-28, Rejected 49–50, roll call)
• Voted Nay on Booker’s amendment: To establish certain standards with respect to coaches of varsity sports teams. (2026-09-28, Rejected 47–52, roll call)

Foreign policy and defense

Graham says she will fight for the resources military installations and service members need and hold the VA accountable for veterans' care. She describes a strong military and secure borders as priorities.

• Voted Yea on ending debate on S. 4784; An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. (2026-07-14, Rejected 50–46; 60 needed, roll call)
• Voted Nay on Paul’s amendment: To strike the provision relating to duties on countries that purchase Russian-origin crude oil or natural gas or facilitate sanctions evasion. (2026-08-07, Rejected 32–64, roll call)
• Voted Yea on H.R. 5334, as amended; An act to impose sanctions and other measures with respect to the Russian Federation, as championed by the late Senator Lindsey O. Graham, and for other purposes. (2026-08-07, Passed 86–11, roll call)

Elections and ethics in government

Graham says she supports voter ID, accurate and up-to-date voter rolls, and transparent, secure vote counting. She opposes federal takeovers of state elections and any effort to let noncitizens vote.

• Voted Yea on ending debate on S. 5271; A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require voters to provide photo identification. (2026-08-08, Rejected 52–46; 60 needed, roll call)