Sen. Lindsey Graham Launches 2016 Exploratory Committee
Published at(WASHINGTON) — Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., has officially launched an exploratory committee to “test the waters” for a potential 2016 run, a spokesman for the South Carolina senator confirms.
The exploratory committee is dubbed “Security Through Strength” and is described on its website as a “political committee helping United States Senator Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. ‘test the waters’ for a potential 2016 run for president. The committee will fund the infrastructure and operations allowing Graham to travel the country, listen to Americans, and gauge support for a potential presidential candidacy.”
Graham, who was first elected to the Senate in 2002 and the House of Representatives in 1994, has long said he would consider a White House run and has been urged by his friend and colleague Sen. John McCain, the 2008 Republican presidential nominee, to run in 2016.
“My illegitimate son Lindsey Graham is exploring that option,” McCain said in a news conference earlier this month. “I am strongly encouraging Senator Lindsey Graham particularly with the world the way it is today.”
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