by MARK POWELL
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When the three leading candidates in South Carolina’s U.S. Senate race step before the television cameras for their only scheduled campaign debate on Sunday night (October 11, 2026), they’ll make history.
Interim U.S. senator Darline Graham Nordone, Democrat nominee Dr. Annie Andrews, and Libertarian candidate Dr. Kasie Whitener comprise the first all-women field of contenders for a statewide office.
The key word being, “statewide.”
In 2022, congresswoman Nancy Mace defeated Andrews (the current Senate candidate) in her bid for reelection to the Palmetto State’s first congressional district. And in the current cycle, Republican Jenny Costa
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