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Other names currently being discussed are Russell Fry, who since 2023 has served as US representative for South Carolina’s 7th congressional district, 5th congressional district Representative (since 2017) Ralph Norman, and Second district Rep Joe Wilson, who premptively announced via X<\/a> that while speaking with Trump on Sunday, \u201cI assured him my goal is to remain in the House to keep his two-vote majority for the American people!!!\u201d As of publication time, none of these possibilities have official announced a campaign.<\/p>\n While the Republicans hustle to determine a candidate, Democrats already have one in place. Annie Andrews prevailed in her state’s Democratic primary against local business owner Brandon Brown<\/a> and self-described \u201clogistics professional\u201d Kyle Freeman<\/a>, and was chosen as the South Carolina’s Democratic nominee on June 9, 2026.<\/p>\n The Kentucky-born doctor grew up in Indianapolis, Indiana. After completing her medical training at the University of Cincinnati in Cincinnati, Ohio, she moved to Mount Pleasant, SC, to work as a pediatric hospitalist the Medical University of South Carolina, where she also completed a master’s degree in clinical research.<\/p>\n According to an alumni profile<\/a> on the website for Cincinnati Children\u2019s Hospital, where Andrews completed her residency, the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School<\/a> in Parkland, Florida was a turning point for the mother of three. After years working with advocacy groups, she announced her first political campaign in 2021<\/a>, running as the Democratic candidate in South Carolina\u2019s 1st Congressional District.<\/p>\n In her initial campaign, Andrews was up against incumbent Nancy Mace<\/a>, who secured her seat in the 2020 election during a campaign in which she argued<\/a> that her opponent, incumbent Democrat Joe Cunningham, was unfit to remain in office due to his support of equality for transgender people. Mace returned to that platform in her battle with Andrews, announcing on X<\/a> that \u201cAnnie Andrews supports \u2018gender affirming therapy\u2019 and surgery on young kids. That’s child abuse!\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI knew politics would be ugly but I never thought I\u2019d see the day when my own congresswoman would accuse me \u2014 a pediatrician for over a decade \u2014 of \u2018child abuse,'” Andrews said in response.<\/p>\n \u201cI do not support gender affirming surgery for anyone under 18 \u2014 nor does my hospital perform those procedures. What I support is evidenced-based medical care, with parental consent, for teens struggling with gender identity issues,” she continued.<\/p>\n Mace prevailed in the election<\/a> with 56 percent of South Carolina’s vote to Andrews’s 42.<\/p>\nSouth Carolina Democrats chose Dr. Annie Andrews to run against Lindsey Graham in June<\/h2>\n
Who is Dr. Annie Andrews?<\/h2>\n
Nancy Mace attacked Annie Andrews in 2022<\/h2>\n
Political attacks against Annie Andrews cost her her job<\/h2>\n