El-Sayed, Andrews are right to run. We need doctors in politics.
Lindsey Graham is mentioned as Darline Graham’s brother and predecessor in the South Carolina Senate seat.
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Opinion contributors argue that doctors and other health professionals should enter politics because policy decisions directly shape patients’ lives. They point to Abdul El-Sayed and Annie Andrews as examples of physicians seeking federal office.
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Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in Michigan and physician cited as an example of a health professional entering politics
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