Social Security, data centers and healthcare: Senate candidates exchange jabs while talking policy

By: Katharine Wilson

Outlets: South Carolina Daily Gazette

Published: October 12, 2026

Words: 1,919

Last Updated: 5 days, 16 hours ago

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COLUMBIA — The candidates for U.S. Senate traded political digs as they answered policy questions Sunday in their likely only debate ahead of what’s predicted to be a close finish.

The debate featured an all-female stage, a first for a U.S. Senate seat in South Carolina, on the three-month anniversary of the shocking death of Lindsey Graham, which reset the race.

Democrat Annie Andrews, who’s seeking to flip a seat that’s been reliably red …

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