美联社宣布安德鲁斯当选南卡罗来纳州联邦参议员：击败格雷厄姆
美联社11月3日晚宣布，民主党候选人安妮·安德鲁斯赢得南卡罗来纳州联邦参议员选举，击败共和党现任参议员达琳·格雷厄姆。截至美联社公布时，全州2312个选区中已有2049个上报，约占88.62%，安德鲁斯获得984027票，格雷厄姆获得916267票。安德鲁斯将成为南卡罗来纳州首位当选联邦参议员的女性，也是民主党自1998年以来首次在该州赢得联邦参议员选举。
这场选战在今年夏天发生剧变：原共和党参议员林赛·格雷厄姆在赢得初选约一个月后意外去世，其妹达琳·格雷厄姆获任命填补席位，并在8月11日的初选中胜出、两周后赢得决选，成为共和党候选人。安德鲁斯是儿科医生，她与格雷厄姆之争选前最后一周民调显示势均力敌，选举夜开票前期两人票数胶着，安德鲁斯随后稳住领先。与此同时，南卡罗来纳州选举委员会11月3日宣布，全州投票总数创下州长选举年纪录：截至下午4时30分，已有1797335名选民投票，占登记选民52.3%，超过2018年创下的1726527票纪录。最终结果须经官方认证。
AP Declares Andrews Winner of South Carolina U.S. Senate Race Over Graham
The Associated Press on the night of November 3 declared Democrat Annie Andrews the winner of South Carolina's U.S. Senate election, defeating Republican incumbent Senator Darline Graham. At the time of the AP call, 2,049 of the state's 2,312 precincts had reported, about 88.62%, with Andrews at 984,027 votes and Graham at 916,267. Andrews will become the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate from South Carolina and the first Democrat to win a U.S. Senate race in the state since 1998.
The race was transformed this summer: Republican Senator Lindsey Graham died unexpectedly about a month after winning his primary, and his sister Darline Graham was appointed to fill the seat, then won the August 11 primary and a runoff two weeks later to become the Republican nominee. Andrews, a pediatrician, was neck and neck with Graham in final-week polling; early election-night returns were close before Andrews held her lead. Separately, the South Carolina State Election Commission announced on November 3 that total statewide turnout set a record for a gubernatorial election year: as of 4:30 p.m., 1,797,335 voters had cast ballots, 52.3% of registered voters, surpassing the 2018 record of 1,726,527. Final results must be officially certified.
来源：美联社
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图片来源：图：南卡罗来纳州议会大厦，位于 Columbia（DXR，CC BY-SA 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons）。 / Photo: The South Carolina State House in Columbia (DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons).
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