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Graham, Andrews tied in South Carolina Senate race, new poll shows
Annie Andrews has the support of fifty-seven percent of independents in the New York Times and Siena poll; Election Day is November third, and pollsters still disagree.
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At a glance
- First reported by CBS News: “Graham, Andrews tied in South Carolina Senate race, new poll shows”, with reporting from WCIV via FOX11, WCBD via CounTON2, RealClearPolling and WCIV via ABC News 4.
- Covered on BBN on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, at 7:13 PM ET on BBN Tonight, by Hank Ledger.
- Topics: Alaska Senate.
- BBN covered this story before: UFO files, a Viking coin, RFK Jr., a hair reveal and Andrew's… (October 23).
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- CBS NewsGraham, Andrews tied in South Carolina Senate race, new poll shows
- WCIV via FOX11New NYT/Siena poll shows SC Senate race tied as Andrews, Graham deadlocked at 48% October 27, 2026 · facts used on air
- WCBD via CounTON2Two South Carolina polls split on Graham-Andrews Senate race as voting continues October 28, 2026 · facts used on air
- RealClearPolling2026 South Carolina Senate - Graham Nordone vs. Andrews facts used on air
- WCIV via ABC News 4South Carolina poll shows Andrews and Sen. Graham in dead heat ahead of Election Day October 27, 2026 · facts used on air
What BBN said about it

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorApparently everybody wants things to be fair tonight, and the Senate race in South Carolina is about as fair as it gets.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWhat does it look like where you are?

Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentHank, I'm standing outside a polling place in South Carolina, where Annie Andrews and Darline Graham are tied at forty-eight percent each in the New York Times and Siena poll, and Election Day is November third.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThat's a tie in a state Trump won by nearly eighteen points in twenty twenty-four.

Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentIt is, and the polls don't agree with each other.

Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentThe Citadel has Graham up four. The Policy Council has him up one. The New York Times has nobody up, which is the closest to a result.

Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentI've asked one voter to settle it.
Local voterWhich poll? I got called by two of them.
Local voterI told both of them I'm undecided, and they both wrote it down like it was news.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorFourteen percent of Citadel respondents said they don't know yet. Two percent may write in Ralph Norman.

Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentSo the closest race in the state might be decided by a man who isn't on the ballot.

Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentHank, I have now been standing here an hour, and I think I'm leading him.
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