Record Number of Democratic Doctors Elected to Congress

A record number of physicians won congressional elections Tuesday, with Democrats making historic gains and flipping the partisan balance of doctors in the Senate for the first time in nearly a century. Dr. Annie Andrews, a pediatrician, became the first practicing Democratic physician in the Senate since 1938, winning in South Carolina. Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, an epidemiologist, also won in Michigan, while two Republican physician incumbents, Sens. Bill Cassidy and Roger Marshall, lost their reelection bids. The shift reflects a broader recruiting effort by 314 Action, a progressive group that invested over $30 million in physician candidates. These new lawmakers prioritize Democratic issues like public health, equity, and affordability, contrasting with past Republican doctors focused on taxes and government overreach.