𝐃𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐂𝐑𝐀𝐓 𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐄 𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐅𝐋𝐈𝐏𝐒 𝐒𝐎𝐔𝐓𝐇 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐀'𝐒 𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐒𝐄𝐀𝐓 — 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐖𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐍 𝐒𝐂 𝐇𝐀𝐒 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐄 The Associated Press called it Tuesday night: pediatrician 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐬 has defeated Republican Darline Graham for the U.S. Senate seat, roughly 51 percent to 47 percent. It is the first Senate seat South Carolina has handed Democrats since 1998 — and Andrews becomes the first woman the state has ever elected to the chamber. Graham, the late Senator Lindsey Graham's sister, was appointed to finish his term after he d∗ed suddenly in July. She won a bruising special GOP primary runoff in August, but her general-election campaign stumbled badly down the stretch, by multiple accounts, including conservative outlets covering her own state. Andrews, a Charleston pediatrician, ran unsuccessfully for a U.S. House seat against Rep. Nancy Mace in 2022 before mounting this campaign. She had no prior elected office and no statewide name recognition going in. Republicans have held this seat continuously since Strom Thurmond, through Lindsey Graham, through his sister. South Carolina was supposed to be unloseable for the GOP. Republicans spent the cycle bracing for losses in Georgia and the House. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐚𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠. Source: @EricLDaugh