Reporters and commentators are using terms like “blunami” and “avalanche” to describe Democratic gains across the country and in South Carolina. Despite these trends, most South Carolina Republican candidates secured victory, with pediatric surgeon Annie Andrews capturing the U.S. Senate seat over interim Senator Darline Graham as a notable exception. However, the Graham name remained strong in Oconee County, where [...] The post South Carolina Election Results Highlight

The political aftershocks of election night continued to ripple across South Carolina as Democrats flipped majorities in the U.S. House and Senate, in...

South Carolina Democratic Senate candidate Annie Andrews gets an update on election results from her campaign team while waiting with family before a ...

Democrat wins statewide for the first time in decades while Republicans hold every other top office; Darlington County returns familiar faces and one clear-cut council contest.

Republicans largely maintained their control across South Carolina’s Upstate in the midterm elections, sweeping executive offices and local congressional seats, while Democrat Annie Andrews scored a major statewide victory in the U.S. Senate contest. Andrews won the Senate seat with 51.1% of the vote (1,042,362 votes) over Republican incumbent Darline Graham (46.7%). Statewide, Alan Wilson (R) won the governor’s race [...] The post REPUBLICANS HOLD UPSTATE RACES AS DEMOCRATS SECURE U.S.

By Dianne Gallagher, CNN (CNN) — In a stunning upset in typically reliably Republican South Carolina, CNN’s Decision Desk is projecting that Democrat Annie Andrews will defeat President Donald Trump’s hand-picked candidate Sen. Darline Graham. Andrews is flipping a seat Republicans have held for nearly three decades and a state that voted for Trump by The post Trump’s personal push of Darline Graham in South Carolina comes back to bite his party appeared first on ABC17NEWS.

South Carolina elected a Democrat Tuesday to the U.S. Senate for the first time in almost 30 years.

Graham’s seat was seen as a safe Republican seat until a New York Times/Siena College poll found her neck-and-neck with Andrews, with about a week to go before Election Day.

By: Eliana Hebert 11:15 p.m.  —Nationally, Democrats have now flipped four Senate seats, four flipped Governor seats, and  in the House there have been seven Democratic Pickups.  South Carolina Democrat Annie Andrews will serve as the first Democratic Senate since 1998. Democrat Sherrod Brown won Ohio’s Senate spot against Republican incumbent Jon Husted. Democrat James … The post ELECTION NIGHT 2026 first appeared on Your Party Station, Z89! | Z89 | WJPZ-FM, Syracuse, N

CHARLESTON — Dr. Annie Andrews will be South Carolina’s next U.S. senator, becoming the first Democrat in 28 years to win the statewide office. When The Associated Press called the race at 10:40 p.m., the Lowcountry pediatrician had 50.6% of the votes over appointed Sen. Darline Graham. Andrews accomplished what many thought impossible a few […]