Race · November 3, 2026

U.S. Senate · South Carolina

4 candidates on the ballot.¹

§1Candidates

Why this matters: Every candidate the state lists for this race on the November ballot, in the state's own order.

Annie Andrews

Democratic · Challenger

Darline Graham

Republican · Incumbent

Currently serves as a U.S. senator from South Carolina, appointed to the seat on July 14, 2026.

Mark Hackett

Constitution · Challenger

Kasie Whitener

Libertarian · Challenger

§2Side by side

Why this matters: The same facts for every candidate, in the same order. Where we found nothing for a candidate, the cell says so — that means we didn't find it in public sources, not that it doesn't exist.

Issues only one candidate has addressed

By candidate, in ballot order. We found nothing public from the other candidates in this race on these issues.

Annie Andrews — 29 issues

Birth control and IVF
Guarantee access to both in federal law, including insurance coverage for IVF
Her campaign website says she would work to guarantee access to contraception and infertility care.¹¹
Who sets tariffs
Her campaign plans say she would fight to reclaim Congress's constitutional power over tariffs and end unilateral tariffs.^12,13
Campaign finance rules
Her campaign website says she would ban corporate PAC and dark money, and says she does not take corporate PAC money.²⁵
Stock trading by members of Congress
Ban members themselves from trading individual stocks
Her campaign website says she would ban members of Congress from trading stocks.^13,25
Term limits for Congress
Her campaign website says she supports term limits, and her taxpayer pledge says she would sponsor legislation for House and Senate term limits and serve no more than two Senate terms.^13,25
Clean energy tax credits
Restore the credits the 2025 law ended or cut back
Her affordability plan says it was a mistake to repeal tax breaks for more efficient and renewable energy and that she would work to restore them.¹²
Data centers and electricity costs
Pause or limit new data centers
Her affordability plan calls for a two-year moratorium on data center construction, laws to keep data centers from passing their costs on to energy bills, and repeal of tax breaks for AI data centers.¹²
Permitting for energy projects
Her affordability plan says she would work with both parties to cut red tape that makes it harder to build new energy infrastructure.¹²
Child care costs
Her campaign website says she would expand access to affordable child care, and her affordability plan proposes a national apprenticeship program for child care workers, federal help to raise their pay and tax credits for child care businesses.^12,26
Child tax credit
Her affordability plan calls for a permanent, expanded child tax credit.¹²
Paid family and medical leave
Her campaign website says she would expand paid family leave.²⁷
Background checks for gun sales
Require checks for all gun sales, including private sales (with exceptions such as gifts between family members)
Her campaign website says she supports universal background checks, along with safe storage laws and more funding for violence prevention programs.¹⁷
ACA premium tax credits
Her health care plan says she would work with both parties to bring back the expanded premium subsidies for marketplace insurance plans that expired last year.²⁸
Federal Medicaid funding
Reverse the 2025 changes or increase federal funding
Her campaign website says she would fight to repeal recent federal Medicaid cuts, which its health care plan says will cost 51,000 South Carolinians their health insurance.^28,29
Federal vaccine recommendations
Her campaign website says she would work to strengthen vaccine access and public health preparedness.¹⁸
Medicaid expansion
Her health care plan says South Carolina should expand Medicaid, which it says would cover 360,000 more South Carolinians.²⁸
Help for first-time homebuyers
Large federal grants or tax credits for down payments, such as up to $25,000
Her affordability plan supports a proposed $50,000 tax cut to help first-time homebuyers with their down payments.¹²
Large investors buying single-family homes
Tighten the ban, such as by covering smaller investors or ending exceptions
Her affordability plan says the new federal limit on private equity firms buying more than 350 homes should be lowered to 50 homes, and that such firms should be barred from using Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgages to buy housing.¹²
Gas tax and road funding
Cut or suspend the federal gas tax
Her affordability plan calls for suspending the federal gas tax.¹²
Highway and transit funding
Her campaign website says she would work to fix and modernize roads, bridges and highways and to expand public transit and sidewalks.³⁰
Income tax on Social Security benefits
Her affordability plan says Congress should expand the 2025 tax cut on Social Security and make it permanent.^12,13
Medicare Advantage
Tighten rules on what these plans are paid and when they can require approval for care
Her health care plan says she supports Medicare Advantage but would reform how its private plans are paid, saying they are being overpaid by $76 billion this year.²⁸
Medicare drug price negotiation
Her health care plan says she would expand the number of drugs whose prices Medicare negotiates.²⁸
Business tax breaks
Her campaign website says she would end tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy and what it calls corporate polluters, and her taxpayer pledge calls for ending the carried interest tax break and tax breaks for companies that move jobs overseas.^13,27
Taxes on tips and overtime
Make the tax break permanent or expand it
Her affordability plan says Congress should expand the tax cut on tips signed into law in 2025 and make it permanent.^12,13
Children and social media
Her campaign website says she would protect children from social media addiction and online exploitation, including by getting phones out of schools.²³
Data privacy
Her campaign website says she would rein in tech companies that misuse personal data and establish a national digital bill of rights.²³
Private care for veterans
Her health care plan says she would strengthen the VA MISSION Act so veterans can more easily get care outside the VA when they face long waits or distances.²⁸
VA staffing
Hire more VA staff, including to replace jobs lost in 2025
Her health care plan says she would reverse recent VA staffing cuts and fill vacant VA positions.²⁸

Darline Graham — 10 issues

Abortion law
Her campaign website says she is pro-life and supports mothers, adoption and pregnancy resource centers.⁹
Mandatory minimum sentences
Her campaign website says she supports tough penalties for fentanyl traffickers and violent repeat offenders.⁹
Police funding
Her campaign website says she opposes every effort to defund the police and supports the funding, training and equipment officers need.⁹
Transgender students in school sports
Her campaign website says she will protect girls' sports and locker rooms.⁹
Voter ID
Her campaign website says she supports voter ID, accurate and up-to-date voter rolls, and transparent and secure vote counting.⁹
Carry permits across state lines
Require every state to accept other states' permits
Her campaign website says she supports concealed carry reciprocity.⁹
Red flag laws
Her campaign website says she opposes gun registries and what it calls red-flag confiscation schemes.⁹
Border wall and barriers
Her campaign website says she supports finishing the border wall and fully funding border enforcement.⁹
Federal benefits and services for noncitizens
Her campaign website says she opposes taxpayer-funded benefits for people in the country illegally.⁹
High-speed internet access
Her campaign website says she will work to expand rural broadband.⁹

Kasie Whitener — 3 issues

Military spending
Her campaign blog says much military spending goes to outdated weapons that do nothing for readiness and that the Defense Department should work within its budget.^31,32
State and local role in immigration enforcement
Let each state, county or city decide
Her campaign blog says that until Congress rewrites immigration law, each community should do what is best for itself, even if that means not cooperating with federal enforcement tactics.²⁰
Federal spending levels
Cut overall federal spending
Her campaign website calls for reducing federal spending by 5% across all agencies and reforming Social Security and Medicare for long-term sustainability, as part of a plan to fix the national debt.^10,33

Issue statements are drafted by AI from the public sources cited, and only cover what each candidate has said publicly.

All 2026 races in South Carolina

Fact	Annie Andrews	Darline Graham	Mark Hackett	Kasie Whitener
Party on the ballot	Democratic¹	Republican^1,2	Constitution¹	Libertarian¹
Status	Challenger	Incumbent³	Challenger	Challenger
Raised	$24,216,841 through October 14, 2026⁴	$1,917,646 through October 14, 2026⁵	Not found in the public sources we checked	$27,615 through October 14, 2026⁶
Cash on hand	$1,709,466⁴	$634,430⁵	Not found in the public sources we checked	$5,781⁶
Outside spending	$4,128,926 for · $12,798,598 against⁷	$9,971,765 for · $7,807,911 against⁸	Not found in the public sources we checked	Not found in the public sources we checked
Government funding and abortion	Not found in the public sources we checked	Her campaign website says she opposes taxpayer funding of abortion.⁹	Not found in the public sources we checked	Her campaign website says no taxpayer dollars should be spent on abortion.¹⁰
Who sets abortion law	A national law making abortion legal in every state, at least until viability, as under Roe v. Wade Her campaign website says she would fight to restore the protections of Roe v. Wade.¹¹	Not found in the public sources we checked	Not found in the public sources we checked	Leave abortion law to each state Her campaign website says there should be no new federal laws on abortion.¹⁰
Tariffs	Lower or remove most tariffs Her affordability plan calls for ending the tariffs, which it says cost the average American family nearly $2,000 in 2025.^12,13	Not found in the public sources we checked	Not found in the public sources we checked	Lower or remove most tariffs Her campaign website says she would end protectionist policies and laws, and her blog calls tariffs another tax on the middle class.^10,14
Iran's nuclear program and sanctions	Her taxpayer pledge says she would oppose unprovoked foreign wars, including what it calls the current war in Iran.¹³	Not found in the public sources we checked	Not found in the public sources we checked	Her campaign blog says she opposes the use of force against Iran because the United States was not attacked.¹⁵
Who decides on military action	Require Congress to approve military action in advance, except to defend against an attack Her campaign website says she would require Congress to approve the use of military force and work to end open-ended wars.^12,16	Not found in the public sources we checked	Not found in the public sources we checked	Require Congress to approve military action in advance, except to defend against an attack Her campaign blog says only Congress can declare war, that the president used military force against Venezuela and Iran without authorization, and that Congress should take back its authority.¹⁵
AR-15-style rifles	Her campaign website says she supports banning what it calls weapons of war from the streets.¹⁷	Her campaign website says she opposes bans on the firearms that law-abiding South Carolinians own.⁹	Not found in the public sources we checked	Not found in the public sources we checked
Health insurance system	Add a government plan that anyone can choose to buy Her campaign website says she would advocate for policies such as a public option to expand access to affordable health care, and would protect and expand Medicaid and Medicare.¹⁸	Not found in the public sources we checked	Not found in the public sources we checked	Fewer federal insurance rules and more private plan choices, with aid paid to individuals Her campaign website calls for separating health insurance from employment, more free-market options and removing costly government interventions in health care, and her blog says government should not be in the health insurance business.^10,19
Immigration enforcement inside the country	Not found in the public sources we checked	Her campaign website says she supports ending catch-and-release and removing immigrants who are in the country illegally and have committed crimes.⁹	Not found in the public sources we checked	Her campaign blog criticizes how ICE is carrying out enforcement and says she favors law enforcement that is heavy on law and light on force.²⁰
Legal status for immigrants here without permission, including Dreamers	A path to citizenship for most who meet requirements such as background checks Her campaign website says she supports immigration reform that strengthens border security and creates a fair path to citizenship for people who work hard and follow the rules.²¹	Her campaign website says she opposes amnesty for people in the country illegally.⁹	Not found in the public sources we checked	Not found in the public sources we checked
Balanced budget amendment	Add a balanced budget requirement to the Constitution Her taxpayer pledge says she will fight for a constitutional amendment requiring Congress to pass a balanced budget, and will vote against raising the debt ceiling until a balanced budget passes.¹³	Not found in the public sources we checked	Not found in the public sources we checked	Add a balanced budget requirement to the Constitution Her campaign website says she will work to pass a balanced budget amendment.^10,22
Federal income tax rates	Her affordability plan proposes simplifying the income tax to three brackets of 10%, 20% and 35%, and her taxpayer pledge says she will vote against any tax increase on families earning less than $500,000 a year.^12,13	Her campaign website says she will work to make the Trump tax cuts permanent and supports lower taxes and less red tape for small businesses.⁹	Not found in the public sources we checked	Not found in the public sources we checked
Fraud and improper payments in federal programs	Her taxpayer pledge says she would fight waste and abuse in social programs by auditing spending, punishing people who steal from taxpayers and recovering stolen money.¹³	Her campaign website says she will root out waste and fraud in federal spending.⁹	Not found in the public sources we checked	Not found in the public sources we checked
Rules for artificial intelligence	Set rules for specific risks and uses, such as deepfakes, hiring decisions and safety disclosures Her campaign website says she would regulate AI and facial recognition tools that can discriminate or be abused.²³	Not found in the public sources we checked	Not found in the public sources we checked	Her campaign blog says artificial intelligence should not simply be left to run its course and that recommendations from broad public forums on AI should be brought to lawmakers.²⁴