Paul Dans, who helped design Project 2025, a blueprint for conservative policies published by the Heritage Foundation, plans to run against Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., for the Republican Senate nomination next year.

“What we’ve done with Project 2025 is really change the game in terms of closing the door on the progressive era,” Dans said. “If you look at where the chokepoint is, it’s the United States Senate. That’s the headwaters of the swamp.”

President Donald Trump has already endorsed Graham, who is running for a fifth term. Dans served in the White House during the first Trump administration.

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