Annie Andrews

Why they say you should vote for them

The candidate's own case to voters, summarized from their campaign and public statements.

• Presents herself as a pediatrician and mother running for families and children she says Washington has left behind.[1]
• Says "I'm not a career politician" and points to her medical background.[2]
• Says she will work to lower gas and grocery prices and fix the health care system, including stopping Medicaid budget cuts.[2]
• Says she does not take corporate PAC money; her campaign slogan is "Powered by People. NOT PACs."[1],[3]
• Says she wants to work across party lines and be "a senator for everyone," seeking support from independents and Republicans.[2],[11]

Background

• Democratic nominee, U.S. House, S.C. 1st District (lost to Nancy Mace, 56.5% to 42.5%) · 2022[4]
• Founder, Their Future. Our Vote. (political action committee) · 2023[4]
• Pediatric hospitalist and professor of pediatrics, MUSC Children's Hospital, Medical University of South Carolina · 2009–2023[4]
• Part-time pediatrician, Children's National Hospital, Washington, D.C. · 2025[4]

Education

• M.S. in clinical research, Medical University of South Carolina[4]
• M.D., University of Cincinnati[4]
• B.S., University of Dayton[4]

Where they stand

• Health Care
  Supports a public option, protecting and expanding Medicaid and Medicare, lowering prescription drug costs, expanding vaccine access and keeping rural hospitals open.[5]
• Abortion
  Supports restoring "the protections of Roe v. Wade" and guaranteeing access to contraception and infertility care.[6]
• Guns
  Supports universal background checks, safe storage laws and "banning weapons of war from our streets"; says "We can respect the Second Amendment and still protect our kids."[7]
• Taxes
  Supports ending tax breaks for "the ultra-wealthy and corporate polluters."[8]
• Economy & Jobs
  Supports raising wages, strengthening workers' rights, expanding affordable child care and paid family leave, and trade policies aimed at protecting South Carolina jobs and farms.[8]
• Education
  Supports full funding for public schools and special education, higher pay for teachers and school staff, and protecting free and reduced-price school meals.[9]
• Elections & Democracy
  Supports banning corporate PAC and "dark money" spending, barring members of Congress from trading stocks and profiting from insider information, and congressional term limits.[3]
• Foreign Policy
  Says she would seek a path to end the conflict with Iran to bring down gas prices and use congressional oversight on tariffs.[2]

Voting record

Annie Andrews has not held an office with a recorded voting record. See Background and Where they stand.

In their words