Ex-South Carolina governors endorse Democrat Annie Andrews in Senate race

Two South Carolina former governors, David Beasley and Jim Hodges, a Republican and Democrat respectively, have come together for a rare joint endorsement for Democrat Annie Andrews’s Senate bid.

Andrews, a pediatrician, is looking to flip the seat, currently held by Darline Graham, the Trump-endorsed sister of the late senator Lindsey Graham, in what has become an unexpectedly competitive race for the usually reliably red state.

“This country is too divided, and the political rhetoric has gotten way, way out of hand,” says Beasley in the former governors’ joint endorsement video. “That’s why we’re coming together to support Annie Andrews,” says Hodges.

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