Dozens of Democrat physicians and public health experts across the country are running for elected office in this year’s midterm elections in response to the rise of the GOP’s Make America Healthy Again agenda.
While candidates on both sides of the aisle are making healthcare costs a central part of their campaign messaging, a handful of key Democrats in high-profile races are leveraging their medical expertise to appeal to voters.
For example, Dr. Annie Andrews is running as a Democrat against four-term Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC). Nearly all of Andrews’s campaign messaging emphasizes her 20 years of practice as a pediatrician, and the health and welfare of children is a central piece of her platform.
Andrews, who unsuccessfully ran against Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) in 2022, said she started her Senate campaign directly in response to the nomination of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his handling of the measles outbreak in South Carolina, as well as vaccine policy.
