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Karen Lesser Hollings

Democratic · South Carolina · 2026 · Incumbent

Running for Charleston County Register of Deeds, South Carolina

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Eliminating the office's multi-year backlog in recording and imaging documents
  • Rolling out an electronic filing system for easier public access to records
  • Digitizing millions of historical pages as part of a long-term preservation project
Biography

Karen Lesser Hollings brings more than 20 years of Charleston County public service, including work in the Register of Deeds office and a background in mortgage banking and title work, per her campaign site. She was elected Register of Deeds in November 2022, per the Post and Courier. Karen Lesser Hollings appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Charleston County Register of Deeds, per the county elections office's certified candidate list.

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