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南卡罗来纳州自上世纪90年代以来从未派过民主党人参议员，安妮·安德鲁斯的参选之路举步维艰
作者：亚历克斯·米勒
林赛·格雷厄姆表示，参议员比尔·卡西迪的初选失利表明，那些反对唐纳德·特朗普总统及其议程的共和党人，如今在共和党内部面临政治风险。
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南卡罗来纳州民主党人已选出他们的候选人，将与现任共和党参议员林赛·格雷厄姆展开对决。
儿科医生安妮·安德鲁斯博士周二在南卡罗来纳州的三方初选中胜出，将于11月正式挑战寻求第五个任期的格雷厄姆。安德鲁斯在南卡罗来纳州政坛已是常客。
这是因为南卡罗来纳州选民自上世纪90年代以来从未选出过民主党参议员。2005年退休的前参议员弗里茨·霍林斯是该州最后一位在参议院任职的民主党议员。
林赛·格雷厄姆迎来民主党参议院挑战者，该挑战者此前曾输掉国会选举
民主党人安妮·安德鲁斯博士2022年10月19日在南卡罗来纳州查尔斯顿举行的南卡罗来纳州第一国会选区辩论中，与共和党众议员南希·梅斯同台竞技。（布拉德·内特尔斯/《邮报与信使报》 via 美联社 资料图）
虽然安德鲁斯的首要目标是击败格雷厄姆，但她更大的打击目标是卫生与公众服务部部长小罗伯特·肯尼迪。她在最近的一次选民集会上发誓要“牵头弹劾并罢免小罗伯特·肯尼迪”。
参议院无权启动弹劾程序，仅作为弹劾程序的最终审议环节。
在今年早些时候为MS Now撰写的一篇专栏文章中，安德鲁斯指出，虽然肯尼迪并非该州近期麻疹疫情爆发的唯一责任人，但“如果我们假装领导层无关紧要，那就是在自欺欺人”。
scorched-earth 沙纳汉：小罗伯特·肯尼迪的前竞选搭档威胁要对反对其提名者发动政治战争
2026年3月10日周二，南卡罗来纳州共和党参议员林赛·格雷厄姆在美国国会大厦参加投票时与记者交谈。（汤姆·威廉姆斯/CQ-罗尔Call公司 via 盖蒂图片社）
“肯尼迪几十年来一直是反疫苗运动的领军人物，这导致美国各地社区的群体免疫门槛不断降低，无法有效预防麻疹等传染病的爆发，”安德鲁斯写道。
“即便你明天就换掉卫生与公众服务部部长的人选（负责任的国会理应这么做），公众信任也不会像橡皮筋一样瞬间回弹。建立信任需要数年时间，毁掉它却只需要几分钟，”她补充道。
四名参议院共和党人再次与民主党人联手，阻挠特朗普的《拯救美国法案》
卫生与公众服务部部长小罗伯特·肯尼迪2026年5月21日在明尼阿波利斯的明尼苏达州联邦检察官办公室向媒体通报打击欺诈行为的举措。（戴维·伯丁/盖蒂图片社）
格雷厄姆在周二晚间的六方激烈初选中胜出，对手包括商人马克·林奇。
这场角逐实际上是对唐纳德·特朗普总统的背书影响力，与他逐渐式微的“让美国再次伟大”运动之间的较量。
自称宪法保守派、呼吁国会多出几位“MTGs、盖茨和马西”式议员的林赛，近日获得了特朗普前国家反恐中心主任乔·肯特的背书。肯特向选民表示，林奇“目前是最有能力赶走好战、新保守派的林赛·格雷厄姆的人选”。
亚历克斯·米勒是福克斯新闻数字频道负责美国参议院事务的撰稿人。
Dem who vows to impeach RFK Jr clinches nomination in key Senate race to
June 9, 2026 8:48pm EDT / Fox News
South Carolina hasn’t sent a Democrat to the Senate since the 1990s, making Annie Andrews’ path an uphill battle
By Alex Miller
Lindsey Graham said Sen. Bill Cassidy’s primary loss shows Republicans who oppose President Donald Trump or his agenda risk political fallout inside today’s GOP.
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Palmetto State Democrats have chosen their candidate who will face incumbent Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.
Dr. Annie Andrews, a pediatrician, survived a three-way primary contest in South Carolina on Tuesday and will officially face Graham, who is seeking a fifth term in office, in November. Andrews, who is a familiar face in Palmetto State politics.
That’s because South Carolina voters haven’t sent a Democrat to the Senate since the 1990s. Former Sen. Fritz Hollings, who retired in 2005, was the last Democratic lawmaker to represent the state in the upper chamber.
LINDSEY GRAHAM DRAWS DEMOCRATIC SENATE CHALLENGER WHO PREVIOUSLY LOST CONGRESSIONAL RACE
Democrat Dr. Annie Andrews participates in a debate with Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C. for South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District, Oct. 19, 2022, in Charleston, S.C.(Brad Nettles/The Post And Courier via AP, File)
While Andrews’ primary focus is to unseat Graham, her larger target is Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., whom she vowed to “lead the charge to impeach and remove RFK Jr.,” at a recent rally with voters.
The Senate doesn’t initiate impeachment proceedings, but acts as the final step in the process.
In an op-ed piece for MS Now published earlier this year, Andrews charged that while Kennedy wasn’t solely responsible for the recent measles outbreak in her state, “We’re kidding ourselves if we pretend leadership doesn’t matter.”
SCORCHED-EARTH SHANAHAN: RFK JR.’S FORMER RUNNING MATE THREATENS POLITICAL WAR AGAINST CONFIRMATION OPPONENTS
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., talks with reporters in the U.S. Capitol during votes on Tuesday, March 10, 2026.(Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
“Kennedy has been a leading voice in the anti-vaccine movement for decades, which has led communities across the country to slip below the herd immunity threshold for the prevention of outbreaks of infections like measles,” Andrews wrote.
“Even if you replaced the name on the door at HHS tomorrow (which a responsible Congress would do), trust doesn’t snap back like a rubber band. It takes years to build and minutes to burn,” she continued.
FOUR SENATE REPUBLICANS AGAIN UNITE WITH DEMS TO BLOCK TRUMP’S SAVE AMERICA ACT
Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. addresses the media to announce actions for combating fraud in Minnesota at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota on May 21, 2026, in Minneapolis.(David Berding/Getty Images)
Graham won a six-way primary dogfight, which included businessman Mark Lynch, on Tuesday night.
That contest was effectively a test of President Donald Trump’s endorsement power versus the fraying edges of his own Make America Great Again movement.
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Lynch, who styled himself as a constitutional conservative and called for more “MTGs, Gaetzes and Massies” in Congress, was recently endorsed by Trump’s former National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent, who argued to voters that Lynch was “the best postured right now to get the warhawk, neocon, Lindsey Graham out of office.”
Alex Miller is a writer for Fox News Digital covering the U.S. Senate.
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