Meet the South Carolina Democrat looking to flip Lindsey Graham’s Senate seat

Dr Annie Andrews at a campaign event. Photograph: Courtesy Dr Annie Andrews Campaign

It was early Sunday morning and Dr Annie Andrews was far from the political fray, dropping her youngest daughter off at a summer camp, when she heard the news.

“It was shocking and unbelievable,” she says of the death of Lindsey Graham, a Republican senator who defined South Carolina politics for a generation aged 71. “It’s a profound moment for the whole state of South Carolina.”