Meet the South Carolina Democrat looking to flip Lindsey Graham’s Senate seat
Summary
Dr. Annie Andrews, a pediatrician and Democrat, has been campaigning to unseat Republican Senator Lindsey Graham in South Carolina. After Senator Graham’s death, his sister Darline was appointed to his seat, but Andrews plans to continue her campaign focused on healthcare and other local issues.Key Facts
- Lindsey Graham, a longtime Republican senator from South Carolina, recently passed away at age 71.
- Dr. Annie Andrews is a 45-year-old pediatrician running as a Democrat to take Graham’s Senate seat.
- Andrews has spent 20 years working in healthcare and sees political solutions as key to fixing public health problems.
- After losing a 2022 congressional race, Andrews started a group targeting climate change, gun violence, and childhood poverty.
- Andrews became more motivated to run after President Trump nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.
- Kennedy has promoted anti-vaccine views, which Andrews sees as dangerous to children’s health.
- Measles cases in the US are at a 35-year high, partly due to vaccine misinformation.
- Darline Graham, Lindsey Graham’s sister, was appointed to serve the rest of his term and will run in a Republican primary soon.
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