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3 candidates are tracked for Charleston County Council, District 8 on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Joe Boykin, Brian Cooke and Charles Glover. Candidate information follows official Charleston County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
Joe Boykin (Republican), Brian Cooke (Green), Charles Glover (Democratic) meet on the November 3 ballot for Charleston County Council, District 8, per the SC Election Commission's Candidate Tracking System (filing location Charleston County). No contested June 9 primary was recorded for this office in the county's official results feed.
Joe Boykin holds a degree in Criminal Justice from the University of South Carolina and is a graduate of the SC Criminal Justice Academy, the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center and the ATF National Academy, per Charleston City Paper. He was first elected to Charleston County Council District 8 in 2022 and was chosen by colleagues as council chairman for 2026, per ABC News 4. Joe Boykin appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Charleston County Council, District 8, per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 7, 2026.
Brian Cooke is the South Carolina Green Party's co-chair and its nominee for Charleston County Council District 8, per the party's website. His campaign says it takes no corporate or developer money, per his campaign site. Brian Cooke appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Charleston County Council, District 8, per the county elections office's certified candidate list.
2026 priorities (per the campaign site)
- Development moratoriums in over-stressed areas and expanded greenbelt protections
- Requiring new growth to fund its own infrastructure costs
- Protecting floodplains and tree canopy through enforced growth boundaries
Source: candidate campaign site, roster verified 2026-09-07.
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Charles Glover is the Democratic nominee for Charleston County Council District 8. He has previously sought a Charleston County School Board seat and run for the South Carolina House, per the South Carolina Election Commission's election history records. Charles Glover appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Charleston County Council, District 8, per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 7, 2026.
