Annie Andrews

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Annie Andrews won: U.S. Senate, South Carolina.

Against Darline Graham (R) · Cook rating: Lean R

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2026 midterms bring a wave of firsts to the U.S. Senate

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Set to be sworn in January 2027

Democrats flipped both chambers of Congress in the 2026 midterms, and the Senate class arriving in January will look unlike any before it. It includes the first Muslim senator, the first Native American woman senator, the first openly gay man elected to the Senate and the Senate's first Paralympian.

Updated 1 hour ago

Democrats win Congress as Kansas and Texas flip Senate seats

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Projected to win South Carolina Senate seat

Democrats won control of both chambers of Congress on Nov. 3, 2026, flipping at least seven Senate seats and more than two dozen House districts, the Associated Press reported. The Senate wins included Kansas and Texas, where Democrats had not won Senate seats since 1932 and 1988, and South Carolina, where Annie Andrews was projected to become the state's first Democratic senator in almost three decades.

Updated 3 days ago