A Senate financial disclosure shows South Carolina Democratic Senate candidate Annie Andrews earned more money working for gun control groups than she did practicing medicine in recent years.
The disclosure lists Andrews receiving $130,631 from Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund and Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund, groups backed by billionaire Michael Bloomberg. She also drew $97,000 from Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., and was paid for 13 speeches to children’s medical centers and pediatric organizations around the country.
A biography posted by the D.C. Chapter of the American Association of Pediatrics describes Andrews as “a gun violence prevention advocate and researcher and Senior Advisor at Everytown for Gun Safety and Moms Demand Action.”
Andrews’ LinkedIn page confirms she served as a senior adviser to Everytown from May 2023 through May 2025 — the period in which she was preparing to challenge the late Sen. Lindsey Graham in the 2026 midterms. She announced her Senate campaign a month after leaving the Everytown role.
Despite the shift away from clinical practice, Andrews continues to brand herself “Dr. Annie Andrews” in campaign materials and on her campaign website, which features photos of her in a lab coat with a stethoscope. Records show she has done little day-to-day patient work since her unsuccessful 2022 congressional run.
Andrews resigned from her post at the Medical University of South Carolina in 2023 to pursue political advocacy full time. WCBD-TV in Charleston, where Andrews previously lived, reported she launched a political action committee focused on gun policy, a move that connected her with Everytown and the Bloomberg-aligned Moms Demand Action.
Her campaign platform calls for “universal background checks” and “banning weapons of war from our streets.” She has also picked up an endorsement from Giffords PAC.
The Bloomberg connection has given Andrews a late financial boost in the race. Breitbart News reported earlier this month that Bloomberg is pouring $80 million into Democratic campaigns nationwide in an effort to flip control of Congress in November.
Andrews faces Republican Sen. Darline Graham in a contest that has intensified in recent weeks. President Donald Trump held a rally in South Carolina last week to rally turnout for Graham and other Republicans in the state.
