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Darline Graham (Republican) and Annie Andrews (Democrat) are the nominees for South Carolina's U.S. Senate seat in the November 3, 2026 general election. Darline Graham is the incumbent. By their latest FEC reports, Darline Graham's campaign had raised $1.9 million (through October 14, 2026) and Annie Andrews's campaign $24.2 million (through October 14, 2026). Outside groups have reported $11.4 million for Darline Graham and $13.8 million against; $10.1 million for Annie Andrews and $19.8 million against. Semblen has analyzed 2 ads in this race; 2 used at least one rhetorical technique, most often loaded language and name calling. Their October 11, 2026 debate (SCETV) is analyzed answer by answer on its own page.
Darline Graham (REP, incumbent), Annie Andrews (DEM).
16 others filed with the FEC; any ads they ran are below. 2 ads analyzed, 2 with at least one technique in the copy.
Newest first. The paid-for-by line is the advertiser's own filing. Updated 2026-10-26.
From South Carolina's official election office. Each line links to the official page it came from.
Registration
Register by Sun, Oct 4 (Online/fax/email received by Oct 4; mail postmarked by Oct 5; most offices close 5 p.m. Oct 2 for in-person.) (passed)Source: scvotes.gov ↗Source: scvotes.gov ↗
Early voting in person
Mon, Oct 19 to Sat, Oct 31 (8:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m., Mon-Sat; closed Sunday Oct 25.) (passed)Source: scvotes.gov ↗
By mail
Mail voting needs a reason the state accepts (Qualifying reason needed, e.g. disability, age 65+, work obligations; early in-person voting open to all.); request a ballot by Fri, Oct 23 (Completed application received by county office by 5:00 p.m.); return it by Tue, Nov 3 (Received by county office by 7:00 p.m. Election Day; postmarks do not count.) (passed)Source: scvotes.gov ↗
Current photo ID (SC driver's license/DMV ID, SC voter registration card with photo, federal military ID, or US passport); reasonable-impediment provisional ballot otherwise.Source: scvotes.gov ↗
Checked October 8, 2026. Rules can change; confirm with the official site before you go.
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Where they stand
From each campaign's own website, summarised in plain English, with a quote where they gave one; under an issue, Senate votes for those who have cast them. Full detail and sources on each profile: Darline Graham · Annie Andrews.
Economy and cost of livingGraham: stated · Andrews: stated
Darline Graham (REP, incumbent)
Graham says she wants lower taxes and less red tape for small business, more investment in workforce training and the skilled trades, and work requirements for able-bodied adults. She also says she will back an energy approach that lowers costs.
Andrews says she wants to raise wages, strengthen workers' rights, expand affordable child care and paid family leave, and bring back trade policies that protect South Carolina jobs and farms.
Taxes and government spendingGraham: stated · Andrews: stated
Darline Graham (REP, incumbent)
Graham says she will work to make the Trump tax cuts permanent and root out waste and fraud in federal spending. She says she wants to stop Washington from mortgaging children's future and points to her past management of a $90 million state agency budget.
“She will work to make the Trump tax cuts permanent, root out waste and fraud in federal spending, and stop Washington from mortgaging our children's future.”
Graham says she will fight to keep rural hospitals open and cut the waiting lists and red tape that keep people with disabilities from working and living independently. She also says she will hold the VA accountable so veterans get the care they earned.
Andrews says she wants policies like a public option to expand affordable coverage, easier-to-afford mental health care, lower prescription drug costs, and open rural hospitals. She also says she would protect and expand Medicaid and strengthen vaccine access.
“Advocate for policies like a public option that expand access to affordable healthcare for all South Carolinians”
Immigration and the borderGraham: stated · Andrews: stated
Darline Graham (REP, incumbent)
Graham says she supports finishing the border wall, fully funding border enforcement, and ending catch-and-release. She says she will back removal of criminal illegal aliens, fight fentanyl trafficking, and oppose amnesty and taxpayer-funded benefits for those here illegally.
“Secure the border. Enforce the law. Stop the fentanyl.”
Andrews says she wants stronger border security along with a path to citizenship for people who work hard and follow the rules. She also says she would keep families together, ensure due process, and support South Carolina farms and businesses.
“We can have secure borders and still treat people with dignity.”
Andrews says she wants to restore the protections of Roe v. Wade, guarantee access to contraception and infertility care, and expand maternal health services in rural areas.
“These decisions belong to women and families, not to politicians.”
Graham says she will defend the right to keep and bear arms. She opposes gun registries, red-flag laws and bans on firearms law-abiding people own, and supports concealed carry reciprocity.
Andrews says she supports the Second Amendment and wants universal background checks, a ban on weapons of war, and safe storage laws. She also wants more funding for community violence prevention and mental health programs.
“We can respect the Second Amendment and still protect our kids.”
Crime and policingGraham: stated · Andrews: no position
Darline Graham (REP, incumbent)
Graham says she opposes efforts to defund the police and supports the funding, training and equipment officers need. She says she backs tough penalties for fentanyl traffickers and violent repeat offenders.
Graham says she will stand up for parents' rights in their children's education and protect girls' sports and locker rooms. She also says she supports real investment in workforce training and the skilled trades.
Andrews says she wants to fully fund public schools and special education, raise pay for teachers and school staff, and expand affordable child care and early learning. She also wants to protect and expand free and reduced-price school meals and get phones out of schools.
Foreign policy and defenseGraham: stated · Andrews: stated
Darline Graham (REP, incumbent)
Graham says she will fight for the resources military installations and service members need and hold the VA accountable for veterans' care. She describes a strong military and secure borders as priorities.
Andrews says she wants to end open-ended wars, require Congress to approve use of military force, put diplomacy first, and fully support veterans and military families.
“Require Congress to approve use of military force”
Elections and ethics in governmentGraham: stated · Andrews: stated
Darline Graham (REP, incumbent)
Graham says she supports voter ID, accurate and up-to-date voter rolls, and transparent, secure vote counting. She opposes federal takeovers of state elections and any effort to let noncitizens vote.
Andrews says she wants to ban corporate PAC and dark money, bar members of Congress from trading stocks, and support term limits and stronger ethics rules. She also says she would protect the right to vote and make elections fairer.
“Barring members of congress from trading stocks and getting rich off of insider information”
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Money in this race
From FEC filings for 2025–26. Outside spending is money a group spends on its own about a candidate — TV and online ads, mail, canvassing. It is not a donation to the campaign, and the candidate does not control it. Supporting means it was spent to help that candidate win; Opposing means it was spent to defeat them, usually on attack ads. Groups report it within 24 or 48 hours as the election nears. Raised is the campaign's own fundraising, as of its latest quarterly report. Largest donors come from each outside spender's own FEC receipts, with each donor's share of its itemized receipts; donors under $100,000 are not named. People are shown with the employer and occupation they reported. A donor that is itself a political committee is shown with its own largest donors. Companies and nonprofits don't report their funders to the FEC, so the trail ends there, and the page says so.
$1.9M through 2026-10-14individuals $724K · PACs $500K · from the candidate's other committees $673K · cash on hand $634K
Outside spending
$13.8M opposing Graham · $11.4M supporting Graham· latest reported 2026-11-03
Largest outside spenders
GOVERNMENT THAT WORKS PAC— $6.7M opposing GrahamLargest donors:
RESPONSIVE GOVERNMENT ACTION $7.0M (31%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC); AB PAC $3.5M (16%); CIVITECH, PBC $3.0M (13%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC); CONTOURS, INC. $2.9M (13%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC); YOUR COMMUNITY PAC $600K (3%)SECURITY IS STRENGTH PAC— $3.7M supporting GrahamLargest donors:
AMERICAN JOBS AND SECURITY $1.8M (25%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC); LAWRENCE J ELLISON REVOCABLE TRUST $1.0M (14%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC); Miriam Adelson $1.0M (14%), Adelson Clinic, Physician; Paul Singer $500K (7%), Elliott Investment Management, President; STARTLINE LLC $300K (4%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC)FRESH START SC PAC— $2.5M opposing GrahamBUILDING THE FUTURE— $2.5M supporting GrahamNEW DEAL FOR ALL, INC.— $2.5M opposing Grahamand 20 more
SLF PAC— $13.0M opposing Andrews
· 2 ads on this pageLargest donors:
ONE NATION $70.7M (28%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC); Miriam Adelson $30.0M (12%), Adelson Drug Clinic, Physician; Stephen A Schwarzman $17.0M (7%), Blackstone, Chairman & CEO; Paul Elliott Singer $14.5M (6%), EMC, President; Elon Musk $10.0M (4%), Space Exploration Technologies Corp., CEOSECURITY IS STRENGTH PAC— $4.2M opposing AndrewsLargest donors:
AMERICAN JOBS AND SECURITY $1.8M (25%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC); LAWRENCE J ELLISON REVOCABLE TRUST $1.0M (14%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC); Miriam Adelson $1.0M (14%), Adelson Clinic, Physician; Paul Singer $500K (7%), Elliott Investment Management, President; STARTLINE LLC $300K (4%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC)GOVERNMENT THAT WORKS PAC— $4.2M supporting AndrewsLargest donors:
RESPONSIVE GOVERNMENT ACTION $7.0M (31%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC); AB PAC $3.5M (16%); CIVITECH, PBC $3.0M (13%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC); CONTOURS, INC. $2.9M (13%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC); YOUR COMMUNITY PAC $600K (3%)BLACKPAC— $3.0M supporting AndrewsLargest donors:
GOVERNMENT THAT WORKS PAC $500K (55%); 1199 SEIU UNITED HEALTHCARE WORKERS EAST FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION FUND $400K (44%)NO GOING BACK PAC INC.— $1.5M opposing Andrewsand 18 more
2 ads, newest first. Video transcripts are shown as the model read them, without caption cues like [music].
ANNIE ANDREWS PUTS LIBERAL VALUES OVER SOUTH CAROLINA
Paid for by Senate Leadership Fundvideo · 0:30from 2026-10-26
Annie Andrews' social media filled with support for shockingly liberal causes. Andrews even wants to raise taxes on our paychecks. But, what would a vote for Andrews really mean?
New York liberals and far-left socialists in charge of the US Senate. Higher taxes, woke policies, open borders. A vote for Andrews would put their liberal values ahead of South Carolina.
SLF PAC is responsible for the content of this advertising.
Loaded Language: The word 'shockingly' pushes an emotional reaction to 'liberal causes' without giving any facts.
Name Calling: 'Liberal' is used as a discrediting label for the candidate's views rather than engaging with the substance.
Appeal to Fear: The loaded rhetorical question hints at unspecified bad consequences of voting for the candidate. Flagged: “what would a vote for Andrews really mean?”.
Black-and-White Fallacy: Frames the vote as a binary choice between the candidate's liberal values and the state's interests. Flagged: “A vote for Andrews would put their liberal values ahead of South Carolina”.
Watch on YouTube ↗Transcript above is auto-generated; the analysis is of the spoken words.
ANNIE ANDREWS IS WRONG FOR THE U.S. SENATE
Paid for by Senate Leadership Fundvideo · 0:30from 2026-10-07
Do you know Dr. Annie Andrews' prescription for South Carolina? Andrews supports letting biological men use the women's locker room and spending your tax dollars on sex change drugs and surgeries for minors. Your tax dollars paying for that.
It's shocking. A doctor should know better, but Dr. Annie Andrews is shockingly liberal and wrong for the US Senate. SLF PAC is responsible for the content of this advertising.
Appeal to Prejudice: Frames transgender people as a threat in women's spaces to provoke distrust of an identity group. Flagged: “letting biological men use the women's locker room”.
Appeal to Fear: Evokes fear about safety in locker rooms and about minors undergoing procedures to provoke alarm. Flagged: “sex change drugs and surgeries for minors”.
Loaded Language: Uses charged, non-clinical phrasing like 'sex change drugs' and 'your tax dollars' to provoke outrage.
Name Calling: Uses 'liberal' as a derogatory label to discredit the candidate without addressing specific positions.
Watch on YouTube ↗Transcript above is auto-generated; the analysis is of the spoken words.
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