Democrats Win South Carolina Senate Seat
Topics: 2026 Midterm ElectionsTexas PoliticsMichigan PoliticsNorth Carolina Politics
13 outlets (NYT, NPR, PBS NewsHour, Axios, ABC News, The Hill, Fox News, BBC US, CBS News, NBC News, WSJ, The Guardian US and Washington Examiner) are covering this story.
How outlets are covering this: 13 outlets ran their own headlines on this story. Words most headlines share: “Senate”. Distinct wording: NPR uses “winner” and “talks”; PBS NewsHour uses “flipping” and “speech”; Axios uses “Cooper” and “North”; ABC News uses “unexpectedly” and “stumbles”. (Computed from the headlines below.)
- NYT reports: “In the first big surprise of election night, Senator Darline Graham, a Republican, lost her seat to a Democratic challenger in South Carolina. Our national political correspondent Shane Goldmacher …”
- NPR reports: “NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Democrat Dr. Annie Andrews, who bested Republican candidate Darline Graham, the incumbent and sister of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham.”
- PBS NewsHour reports: “Andrews' victory in a state President Donald Trump won three times by double digits is a stark defeat for the Republican Party.”
Read the full coverage
- NYT: Democrats Win South Carolina Senate Seat
- NPR: South Carolina winner Annie Andrews talks about her win and the path ahead
- PBS NewsHour: WATCH: Democrat Annie Andrews' full victory speech after flipping South Carolina Senate seat
- Axios: Democrat Roy Cooper flips North Carolina Senate seat
- ABC News: South Carolina Senate race gets unexpectedly close after Lindsey Graham's sister Darline stumbles
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- NBC News: Democrat Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan’s Senate race
- WSJ: Voters delivered an astonishing rebuke to President Trump and his party on Tuesday, stripping Republicans of congressional control amid widespread frustrations with the economy
- The Guardian US: What will Democrats do with the blue tsunami? – Stateside with Kai and Carter
- Washington Examiner: Byron Donalds elected governor of Florida after tense battle with David Jolly
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