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Annie Andrews

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Annie Andrews

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South Carolina Democratic Senate nominee?

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JUN 10, 2026

Primary Election

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Overview

Current rolePediatrician

PartyDemocratic

Political ideologyProgressive Democrat

GenderFemale

LocationSouth Carolina

BackgroundPediatrician

Notable personal detailsAnnie Andrews is a pediatrician in Charleston, South Carolina and a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate in South Carolina in the 2026 election cycle. She previously ran for Congress in South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District in 2022. She has worked at the Medical University of South Carolina and has been involved in advocacy on issues affecting children and families.

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Positions

LiberalConservative

Economy & Taxes

Supports policies aimed at reducing costs for families and expanding economic security for working people, including prioritizing making the child tax credit permanent and opposing corporate PAC influence in her campaign finance. Emphasizes affordable care, quality schools, and measures to lower costs for families as part of her economic agenda.

Healthcare

Supports expanding access to affordable care through policies such as a public option, protecting and expanding Medicaid and Medicare, lowering prescription drug costs, strengthening vaccine access and public-health preparedness, and improving mental-health care and rural hospital access.

Immigration & Border

Supports strengthened border security while also backing a fair path to citizenship, due process for families, and policies that keep families together and support the state’s workforce. Describes the approach as combining law enforcement with compassion — "security with dignity."

Abortion & Reproductive Rights

Supports reproductive freedom and describes abortion as health care; advocates restoring reproductive rights and making abortion available up to fetal viability while opposing strict statewide bans. Positions emphasize trusting women and protecting access to abortion services.

Climate & Energy

Supports urgent action on climate change and includes climate among her priority issues; favors policies to protect children’s health from environmental harms and advance clean energy solutions rather than defending expanded fossil-fuel development.

Public Safety & Guns

The candidate endorses universal background checks, banning assault/“weapons of war” from civilian use, safe-storage laws, and increased funding for community violence prevention and mental-health programs. She frames gun violence as a public-health crisis while saying she respects the Second Amendment but supports federal and state reforms to keep guns out of the wrong hands.

News

AINews Summary

Last updatedMay 20, 2026

Annie Andrews is running for the U.S. Senate in South Carolina against Lindsey Graham, and her campaign is centered on public health, vaccine misinformation, and opposition to current federal health policy. She has also been using the state’s measles outbreak to highlight her health care message. Filing for the South Carolina election has opened, but Graham is still widely expected to win reelection.

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