Overview

• Andrews is a Charleston-based pediatrician who held a part-time role at Children’s National Hospital and ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 2022
• Her launch ad juxtaposes Graham’s past denunciations of Trump as a “kook” with his later votes confirming Trump’s Cabinet nominees to highlight his shifting positions
• She is centering her platform on expanding and making permanent the child tax credit, lowering healthcare and childcare costs, and bolstering Medicaid for families
• Graham, a four-term incumbent, has nearly $16 million on hand and counts Gov. Henry McMaster and Sen. Tim Scott as campaign chairs while his seat is rated ‘solid Republican’
• Democrats have not won a South Carolina Senate seat since 1998 and Jaime Harrison lost to Graham by 10 points in 2020 despite raising over $100 million