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comms by trade, yapper by heart. @annieandrewsmd

Joined June 2009
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Percentage of Republican voters who voted for Democratic candidates (Party ID) US Senate 🟦Kansas: Adam Hamilton 12% 🟦South Carolina: Annie Andrews 11% 🟦Texas: James Talarico 11% 🟦North Carolina: Roy Cooper 10% 🟦Louisiana: Jamie Davis 9% 🟦Georgia: Jon Ossoff 8% 🟦Florida: Angie Nixon 7% 🟦Iowa: Josh Turek 7% 🟦Maine: Troy Jackson 7% 🟦Mississippi: Scott Colom 6% 🟦Alaska: Mary Peltola 5% 🟦Michigan: Abdul El-Sayed 5% 🟦Minnesota: Peggy Flanagan 4% Source: CNN exit poll
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Annie Andrews on Fox News: “I’m eager for South Carolinians to hold me accountable. If I don’t work across the aisle to solve problems, then you can fire me in six years.” “And I'm really eager to prove to everyone in South Carolina that I say what I mean and meant what I said.”
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Someone please stop this crazy leftist lunatic.
Andrews: I'm willing to work with President Trump to secure the border, to stop these medicaid cuts, to find a way out of this war. I'll be laser focused on delivering results and not a retribution tour because that's what the people in South Carolina are expecting from me
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South Carolina Senator-elect Annie Andrews on how she pulled off last night's win:
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Back on Shem Creek, talking about lowering the damn diesel.
“I’m excited for people to hold my feet to the fire.” South Carolina Senator-elect @AnnieAndrewsMD on her message to Republican voters who split their ticket on election night and voted for her. We also ask about a possible Trump impeachment. @foxcarolinanews
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This has been the most rewarding campaign I've managed — let me tell you, @AnnieAndrewsMD is the real deal. She's strategic, trusts her team, & works incredibly hard. At the core, Annie won because voters got to know her as a deeply genuine person who'll be an excellent Senator.
BACKSTORY - How Annie Andrews shocked the world in SC - After Graham won primary, Andrews spent $5M+ on ads when she basically had airwaves to herself. By October her campaign had a 3-point lead and never trailed but didn't release the poll - Trump's Graham endorsement backfired. Mark Sanford: “A Waterloo moment for Trump ... this is a person who said: ‘Close your eyes and pretend you’re voting for me.’ OK, they did ... They just didn’t like Darline as a candidate and felt it had been forced down their throats by Trump" - Andrews made big inroads with Rs by courting supporters of Ralph Norman, getting Beasley endorsement. She worked closely with Clyburn to help juice turnout and other than Warnock kept the campaign local - This all led to a convincing win and ... coat tails. Dems picked up the Lowcountry House seat. Andrews ran ahead of Dem guv candidate; and Graham ran way behind semafor.com/article/11/04/20…
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"But over the last couple weeks, the whole country tuned in as national Republicans and Democrats alike poured money in. At the moment it’s the biggest surprise on the Senate map"
BACKSTORY - How Annie Andrews shocked the world in SC - After Graham won primary, Andrews spent $5M+ on ads when she basically had airwaves to herself. By October her campaign had a 3-point lead and never trailed but didn't release the poll - Trump's Graham endorsement backfired. Mark Sanford: “A Waterloo moment for Trump ... this is a person who said: ‘Close your eyes and pretend you’re voting for me.’ OK, they did ... They just didn’t like Darline as a candidate and felt it had been forced down their throats by Trump" - Andrews made big inroads with Rs by courting supporters of Ralph Norman, getting Beasley endorsement. She worked closely with Clyburn to help juice turnout and other than Warnock kept the campaign local - This all led to a convincing win and ... coat tails. Dems picked up the Lowcountry House seat. Andrews ran ahead of Dem guv candidate; and Graham ran way behind semafor.com/article/11/04/20…
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Just a comms boy and his podium sign :)
Check out the moment they changed the sign on the podium at Annie Andrews election night party in South Carolina.
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South Carolina, where Donald Trump won by 18 points two years ago, just sent a Democrat to the Senate. @maddiecarlisle2 reports on the changes that led to Annie Andrews’s victory. theatlantic.com/politics/202…
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Ryan Barto retweeted
Andrews: You have shown the nation what is possible. You have shown the nation that in this era of partisan divides, vitriol and name-calling.. that we will not bow down. We will not back down and we will chart our own course.
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Beyond thankful to be part of this team and to work for someone who never stopped believing in South Carolina and its people. South Carolina first & always.
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Ryan Barto retweeted
WOW -- NBC calls South Carolina for Annie Andrews!
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No matter what tomorrow brings, it’s moments like these with my kids and South Carolinians that I’ll never forget.
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I got in this race for of my kids — because when I look back on this era in our nation, I want them to know that their mom did everything in her power to stand up and lead.
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One more day and a wake-up, South Carolina.
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Ryan Barto retweeted
With Election Day two days away, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Annie Andrews brought her campaign to Market Common in a final push for support on the Grand Strand. bit.ly/4zpgjer
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Republicans remain fractured over Darline Graham, President Trump’s handpicked South Carolina Senate candidate, five days before the election. Democrat Annie Andrews is surging in polls as Trump returned to the state today to make his case for Graham. wapo.st/4zhiGj5
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Ryan Barto retweeted
📢🎙️ 🔴 #SCSuccession Thanks to former governors David Beasley and Jim Hodges for sending us this guest column outlining their views on the ongoing race for U.S. Senate in South Carolina - expounding on their endorsement of @AnnieAndrewsMD. Our open microphone is always on... and always open! #FITSForum fitsnews.com/2026/10/30/were…
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SOUTH CAROLINA SENATE CONTRAST: "As a physician who has worked in South Carolina’s healthcare system for 15 years, that Medicaid is really the backbone of children’s healthcare here in South Carolina. If these budget cuts go through, rural hospitals will close, tens of thousands of South Carolinians will lose their insurance, and that will be my number one priority." @AnnieAndrewsMD South Carolina U.S. Senate Democratic candidate Dr. Annie Andrews detailed her legislative priorities, highlighting everyday affordability and healthcare protection as the top issues facing South Carolinians. Citing her 15-year background as a practicing physician, Andrews stated that preventing impending Medicaid budget cuts will be her immediate priority if elected, warning that reduced funding would jeopardize rural hospitals and healthcare coverage for families across the state.
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