Sen.-elect Annie Andrews (D-SC) has a long track record of supporting gun control and treating firearms deaths, especially among minors, as a public health issue, a break from tradition in a state that has historically strongly backed Second Amendment rights. Andrews, the Senate’s first female physician and first pediatrician, credits her stance on gun control […]

South Carolina governor-elect Alan Wilson won a brutal campaign on his way to earning the people’s vote to lead the state. Now begins the work of building his government. Take a look at his plans.

GOP Finger-Pointing Erupts After South Carolina Senate Defeat

The 2026 midterm elections delivered a solid blue wave for Democrats along with a new class of noticeably younger candidates across the board, beating out both new and incumbent senior opponents. Whether it was James Talarico and Gina Hinojosa in Texas, Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan, Annie Andrews in South Carolina, Melat Kiros in Colorado or Josh Turek in…

Nov. 3’s tight race for South Carolina superintendent is sending mixed messages to the state’s education community. Incumbent Superintendent Ellen Weaver's margin of victory fell 10 points compared to 2022,

Democrat Nancy Lacore wins election to U.S. House in South Carolina's 1st Congressional District. Copyright 2026 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten,

South Carolina’s newly elected senator, Annie Andrews (D), said her focus will be on “delivering results” and not a “retribution tour” following her victory in the midterm elections. In the historically red state of South Carolina, Andrews won a competitive Senate race against Republican Sen. Darline Graham (S.C.), who was picked to succeed her late…

Democrats won or came astonishingly close in states where Republicans usually dominate, from Texas, Ohio and Kansas to Iowa, Louisiana and South Carolina. Here’s why the Democratic wave exceeded expectations,

Richland County voters decided council and school board races on election day, while the new state House majority leader lost in a razor-thin contest. Columbia officials unveiled early designs for a long-awaited 96-acre riverfront park on the Congaree River,

For the first time in a decade, election predictions far exceeded public expectations. What pollsters anticipated as a blue wave billowed into a blue tsunami. Wins that held ground for already blue seats eased nerves, and the flips of swing states like Michigan, Georgia, North Carolina and Ohio energized the blue base. But red-belt-busting wins in Republican strongholds like Texas, South Carolina and Kansas alongside pending races in Alaska and...