Annie Andrews wins Democratic primary for US Senate in South Carolina
Andrews won the Democratic primary and will campaign against Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham.

SOURCE CHECK
TAP FOR WHYCredibility rates ABC Columbia, where this article appeared. The other scores rate the article itself.
ABC Columbia is an established local news outlet, and this report is attributed to the Associated Press, a major wire service. The clear attribution supports confidence in the reporting, though the page provides little information about the outlet’s corrections practices.
- Source type — Established local news outlet carrying a report from a major wire service.
- Author attribution — The story is explicitly credited to the Associated Press.
- Transparency — The page identifies the publisher, author and publication time.
- Correction history — No corrections information is apparent in the article text.
The report attributes its coverage to the Associated Press and provides named candidates and relevant electoral context. Its scope is broad, but it offers little direct comment from the candidates, and some passages shift abruptly between results and campaign background.
HOW WE SCORE ↗The article gives broad context about both parties and several contests, but the focus on the primary result is not accompanied by direct statements from Andrews or her opponent.
- Source diversity — Multiple races and candidates are discussed, but the article contains little direct candidate sourcing.
- Counterarguments presented — The report provides background on the electoral challenge but little direct competing perspective on Andrews’s nomination.
- Loaded language — The wording is generally descriptive rather than loaded.
- Omitted context — The article gives statewide electoral context but limited detail about the candidates’ platforms.
The article reports the primary and campaign context in largely neutral language, without an evident partisan framing or endorsement.
- Language tone — Mostly factual and restrained wording.
- Framing — Places multiple candidates and races in context without advocating for a side.
- Source selection — The report does not rely on a quoted partisan advocate to frame the result.
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Annie Andrews won the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in South Carolina, setting up a campaign against Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham. The article places her nomination in the context of the state’s Senate and gubernatorial races.
The Associated Press reported that Charleston pediatrician Annie Andrews secured the Democratic nomination on Tuesday. She is campaigning to unseat Lindsey Graham, and the article says she previously ran unsuccessfully against Rep. Nancy Mace in 2022. Andrews faced Brandon Brown for the nomination.
The article also describes the broader South Carolina primary contests, including Graham’s Republican primary and the governor’s race. It notes that Republican candidates emphasized their support for President Donald Trump and that Democrats faced a difficult path in statewide contests.
Community verdict
VOTING CLOSEDNo good or bad look here
This story reports what happened without casting Andrews in a good or bad light, so readers don’t rate it and it doesn’t count toward Andrews’s record.
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U.S. representative from South Carolina
Former Republican Senate candidate and former lieutenant governor
U.S. representative from South Carolina; won a Democratic House nomination
Democratic Senate candidate and Andrews’s primary opponent
Former Republican Senate candidate
Part of a bigger story
9 OUTLETSAnnie Andrews won South Carolina’s Democratic Senate primary, and Lindsey Graham won the Republican nomination, setting up a November matchup. Center outlets mostly present the nominations and matchup straightforwardly, with some assessing Andrews’s prospects and Graham’s standing. Right-leaning outlets also highlight Andrews’s criticism of RFK Jr. alongside her nomination.
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