# “A Monumental Upset”: Annie Andrews Flips South Carolina Senate Seat

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/a-monumental-upset-annie-andrews-flips-south-carolina-senate-seat/
- Published: 2026-11-04T03:10:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-06T06:38:18+00:00
- Original publisher: Mother Jones (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/11/annie-andrews-south-carolina-senate-democrat-darline-graham-lindsey-graham/
- Topics: Elections, Government, Politics

## Key points

- Annie Andrews has won South Carolina’s Senate seat for the Democrats.
- She led Darline Graham by 4.1 points with 88 per cent counted.
- Some Republican voters cited Graham’s perceived ties to Trump.

## Summary

Pediatrician Annie Andrews has flipped a South Carolina Senate seat for the Democrats, defeating Darline Graham, who had been appointed to fill the vacancy after her brother, Senator Lindsey Graham, died in July. The upset gives Democrats the seat for the first time since 1998 and signals voter resistance to the Republican candidate’s perceived lack of independence from President Donald Trump.

With 88 per cent of votes counted, Andrews led by 4.1 percentage points. Polls had shown a close contest in a state usually considered a Republican stronghold, prompting Trump to campaign for Graham twice in the fortnight before election day and a leading Republican Senate group to spend millions on her campaign. Some conservative voters said they backed Andrews because they saw Graham as an unprepared, hand-picked successor who would not challenge Trump.

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