DR ANNIE ANDREWS: South Carolina should expect more from their senator

Dr Annie Andrews, a Democratic candidate for the US Senate in South Carolina, argues that voters should expect more from their senator and says she would focus on household costs and local concerns over party politics. She presents her medical career and campaign visits as evidence that she listens to residents, and says the race’s move to a toss-up and endorsements from former Republican governor David Beasley and more than 100 Republican leaders show her campaign has cross-party support.

Andrews criticises her opponent, Darline Graham, over her national security experience, while expressing sympathy for Graham’s bereavement. She cites the national debt at $40 trillion and proposes banning congressional stock trading, ending lawmakers’ pensions and suspending their pay during government shutdowns. Her other pledges include opposing tax increases for households earning under $500,000, making tax exemptions for tips and Social Security permanent, ending special tax breaks for data centres and serving no more than two terms.