South Carolina

South Carolina Voter Guide 2026: Candidates on Your Ballot

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South Carolina's 2026 ballot includes governor (Alan Wilson (R), Jermaine Johnson (D), Walid Hakim (Green), and 1 more); U.S. Senate (Darline Graham (R), Annie Andrews (D), Kasie Whitener (Libertarian), and 1 more); 7 U.S. House districts. Browse tracked South Carolina jurisdictions, compare candidate profiles, and enter your ZIP code to see the exact races on your ballot.

State Snapshot

Primary ElectionJune 9, 2026

Primary RunoffJune 23, 2026

General ElectionNov. 3, 2026

StateSouth Carolina

Places Listed19

Profiles303

2026 Statewide & Congressional Races

Candidates The Ballot Brief is tracking for South Carolina's statewide contests. Tap a name for their bio and campaign link, or enter your address for the full ballot with finance data.

Governor

4 candidates

Alan Wilson (R)
Alan Wilson is the Republican nominee for South Carolina governor on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the South Carolina Election Commission's candidate listing, and the state's attorney general. His campaign emphasizes law enforcement, public safety, conservative legal leadership, veterans, and a Wilson-Reichenbach ticket for governor and lieutenant governor. Mike Reichenbach is the running mate for lieutenant governor, per the South Carolina Election Commission's general-election candidate listing.
Priorities: Strengthen law enforcement and public safety · Advance conservative legal and executive leadership · Support veterans, families, and economic growth
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Jermaine Johnson (D)
Jermaine Johnson is the Democratic nominee for South Carolina governor on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the South Carolina Election Commission's candidate listing, a former state representative, and community advocate. His campaign emphasizes accountability, education, economic fairness, health care, and a state government more responsive to working families. Sam Skardon is the running mate for lieutenant governor, per the South Carolina Election Commission's general-election candidate listing.
Priorities: Improve education and opportunity · Address affordability and health care access · Bring accountability and community-focused leadership to state government
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Walid Hakim (Green)
Walid Hakim is the Green Party candidate for governor of South Carolina on the November 3, 2026 ballot, with Arnold E. Karr as the running mate for lieutenant governor, per the South Carolina Election Commission's general-election candidate listing. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 7, 2026.
Michael Addison (United Citizens)
Michael Addison is the United Citizens Party candidate for governor of South Carolina on the November 3, 2026 ballot, with Candace Brewer as the running mate for lieutenant governor, per the South Carolina Election Commission's general-election candidate listing. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 7, 2026.

U.S. Senate

4 candidates

Darline Graham (R)Incumbent
Darline Graham (Darline Graham Nordone) is South Carolina's sitting junior U.S. senator, appointed by Gov. Henry McMaster on July 13, 2026 and sworn in July 14 after the death of her brother, Sen. Lindsey Graham, per the governor's office. She spent nearly 30 years in state government, including as commissioner of the South Carolina Commission for the Blind and in roles at the state vocational rehabilitation agency and the Department of Employment and Workforce, per her campaign site. She is the Republican nominee for the full term on the November 3, 2026 ballot after winning the party's August 25 special nomination runoff, per the South Carolina Election Commission's candidate listing.
Priorities: Protect taxpayer dollars and government efficiency, per her campaign site · Help South Carolinians find dignity through work, per her campaign site · Conservative values and a lifetime of public service, per her campaign site
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Annie Andrews (D)
Andrews is a pediatrician who has spent nearly 20 years caring for South Carolina children, from newborns to adolescents, per the campaign site. She is a mother who says she decided to run after seeing families struggling in ways she believes should not be accepted as normal, per the campaign site.
Priorities: Expand access to healthcare, per the campaign site · Build an economy that works for working people, per the campaign site · Support strong schools and affordable child care, per the campaign site
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Kasie Whitener (Libertarian)
Kasie Whitener is a University of South Carolina clinical assistant professor of entrepreneurship, director of the Faber Entrepreneurship Center, a business owner and a radio host from Blythewood, per her campaign site. She is the Libertarian nominee for U.S. Senate on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the South Carolina Election Commission's candidate listing.
Priorities: A balanced budget amendment and reducing the national debt, per her campaign site · Real oversight of government and ending protectionist policies, per her campaign site · Independent, accessible representation over party operatives, per her campaign site
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Mark Hackett (Constitution)
Mark Hackett is the Constitution Party nominee for U.S. Senate on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the South Carolina Election Commission's candidate listing. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 7, 2026.

Attorney General

2 candidates

David Stumbo (R)
David Stumbo is the Republican nominee for South Carolina attorney general, the 8th Circuit solicitor. He campaigns on prosecuting violent crime, backing law enforcement, and defending South Carolina law. The office is open with incumbent Alan Wilson running for governor.
Priorities: Prosecute violent crime · Back law enforcement · Defend South Carolina law
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Richard Hricik (D)
Richard Hricik is a Lowcountry attorney with more than 30 years of practice and the Democratic nominee for South Carolina attorney general on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per Live 5 News and the SC Election Commission's candidate listing. He is running without accepting campaign contributions or self-funding, per Live 5 News. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 7, 2026.
Priorities: Defend the rule of law as the state's chief legal officer, per his Live 5 News interview · Give the attorney general's civil and consumer-protection duties more attention alongside criminal cases, per his Live 5 News interview · Run without donations, PACs or self-funding, per Live 5 News

Secretary Of State

2 candidates

Mark Hammond (R)Incumbent
Mark Hammond is South Carolina's incumbent secretary of state and the Republican nominee for another term, serving since 2003. He campaigns on business services efficiency and charity-fraud enforcement. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 8, 2026.
Priorities: Efficient business filings · Charity-fraud enforcement · Customer service
Jason Belton (D)
Jason Belton is a former state director of the South Carolina AFL-CIO, a small business owner and a father of six who became a U.S. citizen in 2018, per WSOC's Political Beat candidate guide; he is the Democratic nominee for secretary of state on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the SC Election Commission's candidate listing. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 7, 2026.
Priorities: Oversight of voter-roll maintenance after the state moved to remove roughly 200,000 inactive registrations, per WSOC's candidate guide · Protecting naturalized citizens' access to voting, per WSOC's candidate guide

Superintendent Of Education

2 candidates

Ellen Weaver (R)Incumbent
Weaver serves as South Carolina's State Superintendent of Education and previously worked with U.S. Senator Jim DeMint; the campaign site says she grew up in South Carolina with experience ranging from public education to construction work, per the campaign site.
Priorities: Literacy and academic achievement · School choice · Workforce-ready education
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Sylvia Wright (D)
Sylvia Wright is a longtime educator who most recently worked as a district coordinator for Dorchester School District Four, per the SC Daily Gazette; she is the Democratic nominee for superintendent of education on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the SC Election Commission's candidate listing. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 7, 2026.
Priorities: Preschool for every 4-year-old regardless of family income, per the SC Daily Gazette

Treasurer

2 candidates

Curtis Loftis (R)Incumbent
Loftis is South Carolina's State Treasurer, first elected in 2010, overseeing the state's public funds, investments, and asset custody, per the campaign site. He is a small business owner and founder of the Saluda Charitable Foundation, and a graduate of the University of South Carolina, per the campaign site.
Priorities: Safeguard state funds · Investment transparency · Taxpayer protection
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Vincent Coe (D)
Vincent Coe is a former bank examiner and the Democratic nominee for state treasurer on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per WSOC's Political Beat candidate guide and the SC Election Commission's candidate listing. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 7, 2026.
Priorities: Shore up the state pension plan's unfunded liability, per WSOC's candidate guide · Return the more than $850 million in unclaimed property held by the state to its owners, per WSOC's candidate guide · Transparency after the treasurer's office accounting error, per WIS

U.S. House - SC-1

3 candidates

Jenny Costa Honeycutt (Republican)
Jenny Costa Honeycutt is an attorney and small business owner who has served on Charleston County Council representing District 9 since 2018, per her campaign site. She is the Republican nominee for South Carolina's 1st Congressional District.
Priorities: Protecting conservative values and community safety, per the campaign site · Economic protection for families amid rising costs, per the campaign site · Steady conservative leadership rooted in integrity, per the campaign site
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Nancy Lacore (Democratic)
Lacore is a retired U.S. Navy officer with 35 years of service, beginning as a helicopter pilot and advancing to the rank of three star admiral, per the campaign site. The campaign site says Lacore served as Chief of Navy Reserve, leading more than 60,000 sailors, before running for South Carolina's 1st District, per the campaign site.
Priorities: Lowering housing, health care, and child care costs while raising wages, per the campaign site · Protecting South Carolina's coast, including opposing offshore drilling, per the campaign site · Bringing common sense, non-partisan leadership focused on results, per the campaign site
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Bill Reeside (Libertarian)
Bill Reeside is a retired nuclear engineer with more than 40 years in the field who now volunteers with Habitat for Humanity in York County, per Holy City Sinner. He is the Libertarian nominee for South Carolina's 1st Congressional District, nominated at the party's April 2026 convention. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 7, 2026.
Priorities: Restoring fiscal discipline and rebalancing the federal government, per Holy City Sinner

U.S. House - SC-2

3 candidates

Zyon Khalifa (Democratic)
Zyon Khalifa is an Air Force veteran and 2023 University of South Carolina graduate who also holds a law degree from Southern University Law Center, per WFXG. Raised in Aiken County, he is the Democratic nominee for South Carolina's 2nd Congressional District. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 7, 2026.
Priorities: Infrastructure investment, per WFXG · Affordability for working families, per WFXG · Economic opportunity for small towns, per WFXG
Dayna Alane Smith (Workers Party)
Dayna Alane Smith is the Workers Party candidate for South Carolina's 2nd Congressional District on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the South Carolina Election Commission's general-election candidate listing. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 7, 2026.
Joe Wilson (Republican)Incumbent
Joe Wilson has represented South Carolina's 2nd Congressional District since 2001, per his official House biography. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 7, 2026.
Priorities: Economy and jobs, per house.gov · National security and veterans issues, per house.gov

U.S. House - SC-3

3 candidates

Sheri Biggs (Republican)Incumbent
Sheri Biggs spent more than three decades in health care, including ICU nursing and service as a board certified family nurse practitioner, before her election to Congress, per her official House biography. She also served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Air National Guard, working as a medical crew director on combat support missions during Operation Freedom's Sentinel. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 7, 2026.
Priorities: Mental health policy, per house.gov · Fiscal responsibility, per house.gov
Brian Corriea (Libertarian)
Corriea is a Navy veteran who served nine years before entering civilian life, per the campaign site. He describes himself as a libertarian running a self-funded campaign that accepts no money from PACs, corporations or individual donors, per the campaign site. He lives in Williamston, South Carolina, with his wife and children, per the campaign site.
Priorities: Limited government and individual liberty, per the campaign site · Independence from donors, parties and special interests, per the campaign site
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Eunice Lehmacher (Democratic)
Lehmacher is a licensed professional counselor with more than 40 years in mental health and healthcare, including work as a hospice social worker and as a counselor at Clemson University, per the campaign site. She has also served on county mental health boards and Clemson's Sustainability Advisory Committee, per the campaign site. She lives in Clemson with her husband Gerald, per the campaign site.
Priorities: Courage over chaos in Washington, per the campaign site · Serving constituents over special interests, per the campaign site
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U.S. House - SC-4

3 candidates

Jessica Ethridge (Libertarian)
Jessica Ethridge is a South Carolina native who grew up in Greer and has worked nearly 20 years as a legal professional in the Upstate, including as a title insurance industry state operations manager since 2019, per her Libertarian Party candidate profile. She is the party's nominee for South Carolina's 4th Congressional District. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 7, 2026.
Priorities: Addressing the rising cost of living for working families, per Libertarian Party candidate profile · Reducing the national debt, per Libertarian Party candidate profile
Courtney McClain (Democratic)
Courtney McClain is a 2025 Howard University graduate with a master's degree in political science who has served as President of the South Carolina NAACP Youth and College Division and as a Fannie Lou Hamer Government Relations Fellow with the Congressional Black Caucus Institute, per her campaign site. She is the Democratic nominee for South Carolina's 4th Congressional District.
Priorities: Expanding access to affordable housing, per the campaign site · Health care access without hardship, per the campaign site · Public education free from barriers, per the campaign site
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William Timmons (Republican)
William Timmons worked as a prosecutor and small business owner before entering Congress in 2019, per his official House biography. He serves on the House Financial Services Committee's Digital Assets Subcommittee and chairs the Oversight Committee's Military and Foreign Affairs Subcommittee. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 7, 2026.
Priorities: Government efficiency and accountability, per house.gov

U.S. House - SC-5

2 candidates

Wes Climer (Republican)
Wes Climer is a financial adviser who has represented the 15th District in the South Carolina Senate since 2016, per the Almanac of American Politics. He resigned his state Senate seat effective November 3, 2026, per the SC Daily Gazette, and is the Republican nominee for South Carolina's 5th Congressional District. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 7, 2026.
Mallory Dittmer (Democratic)
Mallory Dittmer is a York County small business owner and former fashion industry professional who co-founded Community Advocates for Public Education York County, a nonpartisan group supporting public schools, per WRHI. She is the Democratic nominee for South Carolina's 5th Congressional District.
Priorities: Affordability, framed as 'Afford to Live, Plan and Dream', per the campaign site · Affordable, quality health care, per the campaign site · Strong public schools free from politics, per the campaign site
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U.S. House - SC-6

2 candidates

James E Jim Clyburn (Democratic)Incumbent
Jim Clyburn began his career as a public school teacher in Charleston before serving as South Carolina Human Affairs Commissioner from 1974 to 1992, after becoming the state's first Black gubernatorial advisor in 1971, per his official House biography. He is a senior member of the Congressional Black Caucus and the House Appropriations Committee. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 7, 2026.
Priorities: Rural broadband and community health centers, per house.gov
John Peterson (Republican)
Peterson works as a banquet supervisor at the Embassy Suites in North Charleston and previously worked in customer service management at Wegmans in New York, per the campaign site. He holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics from SUNY Brockport and serves as a Republican precinct president in Charleston County, per the campaign site.
Priorities: Tough-on-crime measures, per the campaign site · Requiring voter ID for elections, per the campaign site · Fiscal conservatism and reducing government waste, per the campaign site
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U.S. House - SC-7

2 candidates

Russell Fry (Republican)Incumbent
Russell Fry practiced law along the Grand Strand for more than a decade after graduating from Charleston School of Law, where he was Student Bar Association president, per his official House biography. He represented South Carolina House District 106 for seven years, including as Chief Majority Whip, and chaired the House Opioid Abuse Prevention Study Committee. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 7, 2026.
Priorities: Lower taxes and less government spending, per house.gov · Opioid crisis prevention, education and treatment funding, per house.gov
John Gregory Vincent (Democratic)
John Vincent is a retired Navy Command Master Chief who spent most of his 20-year career in the submarine force, per his campaign site. He and his wife Deb own The Submarine Way LLC, a leadership and organizational development consulting firm, per the SC Daily Gazette. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 7, 2026.
Priorities: Making everyday costs more affordable, per the campaign site · Supporting jobs, small businesses, farms and schools, per the campaign site · Improving health care and veterans' benefits, per the campaign site

Places We’re Tracking

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Abbeville County

3 candidates

3 tracked candidate profiles
1 race covered

Aiken County

23 candidates

23 tracked candidate profiles
17 races covered

Allendale County

2 candidates

2 tracked candidate profiles
1 race covered

Anderson County

62 candidates

62 tracked candidate profiles
41 races covered

Bamberg County

1 candidates

1 tracked candidate profile
1 race covered

Barnwell County

2 candidates

2 tracked candidate profiles
1 race covered

Beaufort County

53 candidates

53 tracked candidate profiles
28 races covered

Berkeley County

41 candidates

41 tracked candidate profiles
24 races covered

Calhoun County

2 candidates

2 tracked candidate profiles
1 race covered

Charleston County

60 candidates

60 tracked candidate profiles
30 races covered

Cherokee County

4 candidates

4 tracked candidate profiles
2 races covered

Chester County

4 candidates

4 tracked candidate profiles
2 races covered

Chesterfield County

5 candidates

5 tracked candidate profiles
3 races covered

Clarendon County

2 candidates

2 tracked candidate profiles
1 race covered

Colleton County

9 candidates

9 tracked candidate profiles
5 races covered

Darlington County

6 candidates

6 tracked candidate profiles
4 races covered

Dillon County

2 candidates

2 tracked candidate profiles
2 races covered

Dorchester County

32 candidates

32 tracked candidate profiles
18 races covered

Edgefield County

4 candidates

4 tracked candidate profiles
2 races covered

Fairfield County

2 candidates

2 tracked candidate profiles
1 race covered

Florence County

33 candidates

33 tracked candidate profiles
21 office types represented

Georgetown County

3 candidates

3 tracked candidate profiles
2 races covered

Greenville County

60 candidates

60 tracked candidate profiles
34 races covered

Greenwood County

4 candidates

4 tracked candidate profiles
2 races covered

Hampton County

2 candidates

2 tracked candidate profiles
1 race covered

Horry County

54 candidates

54 tracked candidate profiles
32 races covered

Jasper County

6 candidates

6 tracked candidate profiles
3 races covered

Kershaw County

8 candidates

8 tracked candidate profiles
5 races covered

Lancaster County

8 candidates

8 tracked candidate profiles
4 races covered

Laurens County

12 candidates

12 tracked candidate profiles
5 races covered

Lee County

2 candidates

2 tracked candidate profiles
1 race covered

Lexington County

53 candidates

53 tracked candidate profiles
23 races covered

Marion County

3 candidates

3 tracked candidate profiles
2 races covered

Marlboro County

2 candidates

2 tracked candidate profiles
2 races covered

Mccormick County

2 candidates

2 tracked candidate profiles
1 race covered

Newberry County

2 candidates

2 tracked candidate profiles
1 race covered

Oconee County

5 candidates

5 tracked candidate profiles
2 races covered

Orangeburg County

9 candidates

9 tracked candidate profiles
9 office types represented

Pickens County

13 candidates

13 tracked candidate profiles
6 races covered

Richland County

53 candidates

53 tracked candidate profiles
26 races covered

Saluda County

4 candidates

4 tracked candidate profiles
2 races covered

Spartanburg County

51 candidates

51 tracked candidate profiles
26 races covered

Sumter County

7 candidates

7 tracked candidate profiles
4 races covered

Union County

2 candidates

2 tracked candidate profiles
1 race covered

Williamsburg County

4 candidates

4 tracked candidate profiles
2 races covered

York County

47 candidates

47 tracked candidate profiles
25 races covered

Every county in South Carolina

All 46 counties, A to Z. Each page shows the statewide races on every ballot in that county; the 46 marked in bold also carry hand-verified local races.

Abbeville County Aiken County Allendale County Anderson County Bamberg County Barnwell County Beaufort County Berkeley County Calhoun County Charleston County Cherokee County Chester County Chesterfield County Clarendon County Colleton County Darlington County Dillon County Dorchester County Edgefield County Fairfield County Florence County Georgetown County Greenville County Greenwood County Hampton County Horry County Jasper County Kershaw County Lancaster County Laurens County Lee County Lexington County Marion County Marlboro County McCormick County Newberry County Oconee County Orangeburg County Pickens County Richland County Saluda County Spartanburg County Sumter County Union County Williamsburg County York County

How to vote in South Carolina in November 2026

Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Dates below come from the South Carolina election office as of 2026-09-04; confirm on the official page or check your registration and polling place.

Voter registration deadline: online by Sunday, October 4, 2026; by mail Sunday, October 4, 2026; in person by Sunday, October 4, 2026
Early voting: Monday, October 19, 2026 through Saturday, October 31, 2026
Mail ballot: request by Friday, October 23, 2026, 5:00 p.m; return: Must be received by the county voter registration office (by mail or personal delivery) or an early voting center by 7:00 p.m. on Election Day, November 3, 2026
Election Day hours: 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Where to vote: Find your polling place with the South Carolina election office's official lookup.
ID at the polls: A photo ID is required to vote in person or when returning an absentee ballot in person: SC driver's license or DMV ID, U.S. passport, military photo ID issued by the federal government, or a South Carolina voter registration card with photo.

South Carolina 2026 Election Questions

Who is running for governor of South Carolina in 2026?

The tracked 2026 candidates for governor of South Carolina are Alan Wilson (R), Jermaine Johnson (D), Walid Hakim (Green), Michael Addison (United Citizens). Candidate fields follow official election office filings; see the race card on this page for biographies and priorities.

Who is running for U.S. Senate in South Carolina in 2026?

The tracked 2026 U.S. Senate candidates in South Carolina are Darline Graham (R), Annie Andrews (D), Kasie Whitener (Libertarian), Mark Hackett (Constitution). Candidate fields follow official election office filings; see the race card on this page for biographies and priorities.

When is the South Carolina 2026 primary election?

South Carolina's 2026 state primary was held on June 9, 2026; the general election is November 3, 2026. Check your registration and polling place with your state election office.

When is the voter registration deadline in South Carolina for the November 2026 election?

To vote in South Carolina's November 3, 2026 general election, register online by Sunday, October 4, 2026; by mail Sunday, October 4, 2026; in person by Sunday, October 4, 2026, per the state election office.

When does early voting start in South Carolina for the November 2026 election?

Early in-person voting in South Carolina runs Monday, October 19, 2026 through Saturday, October 31, 2026, per the state election office.

What is the deadline to request a mail ballot in South Carolina for November 2026?

South Carolina mail ballots: request by Friday, October 23, 2026, 5:00 p.m; return: Must be received by the county voter registration office (by mail or personal delivery) or an early voting center by 7:00 p.m. on Election Day, November 3, 2026, per the state election office.

Where do I vote in South Carolina in November 2026?

Polling places are assigned by address. Use the South Carolina election office's official lookup at https://info.scvotes.sc.gov to find yours; early-voting sites are listed there as well.

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Election Calendar

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