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Abbeville County, South Carolina

2026 election results. Alan Wilson (R) got 64% of the vote for governor in Abbeville County. The margin is 13.9 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 2 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Abbeville County

U.S. Senate

Darline Graham
59.6%5,364
Annie Andrews
37.9%3,415
Kasie Whitener
1.2%111
Mark Hackett
1.2%110
100% counted

Statewide: Annie Andrews wins. Called.

Governor

Alan Wilson
63.7%5,741
Jermaine Johnson
35.1%3,158
Michael Addison
0.8%72
Walid Hakim
0.4%36
100% counted

Statewide: Alan Wilson wins. Called.

The leader in Abbeville County is only who has the most votes counted here. Races are won statewide or district-wide, and only the race pages report calls. Last vote update here Nov 6, 8:53 AM.

2 local contests in Abbeville County

City and town races on Abbeville County's ballots, from South Carolina's official results file. Names are as the state prints them. "Ahead" describes the current count; it isn't a race call, and we don't call measures.

Cities & towns

Town Council - Town of Ware Shoals 3 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Tim Bostic8622.7%
Micheal Powell7620.1%
Meg Jennings7118.7%
Levi Marshall Owens6216.4%
Fred West277.1%
Joy Hansen236.1%
John Hansen205.3%
John Paul82.1%
Eli Morse41.1%
Write-In20.5%

Tim Bostic, Micheal Powell and Meg Jennings ahead in Abbeville County. Ware Shoals's page. The contest crosses into 1 other county; across all of them: Tim Bostic 277 (21.5%), Meg Jennings 242 (18.8%), Micheal Powell 220 (17.1%).

Town Council (Unexpired Term) - Town of Ware Shoals

CandidateVotesShare
Katelyn Grizzle7953.7%
George Leagans6846.3%
Write-In00.0%

Katelyn Grizzle ahead in Abbeville County. Ware Shoals's page. The contest crosses into 1 other county; across all of them: Katelyn Grizzle 298 (58.1%), George Leagans 209 (40.7%).

South Carolina's official results, file posted Nov 10, 3:20 PM. Unofficial until certified.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
SC SenateR +22.2R +42.9D +20.7
SC GovernorR +29.0R +42.9D +13.9
SC-03R +29.4R +42.9D +13.5

Margins compare the Democrat and the Republican only. The 2024 column is the presidential margin in the same places as each race's votes here. Shift is this year's margin minus it, shown once at least 90% of the expected vote is counted. A dash means there's no 2024 figure for those exact places.

How Abbeville County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris28.2%Donald Trump70.6%R +42.412,048
2020Joe Biden33.0%Donald Trump66.1%R +33.112,424
2016Hillary Clinton34.7%Donald Trump62.8%R +28.010,775
2012Barack Obama42.6%Mitt Romney56.0%R +13.510,671
2008Barack Obama41.8%John McCain56.9%R +15.211,001
2004John Kerry44.2%George W. Bush54.8%R +10.59,925
2000Al Gore45.0%George W. Bush53.1%R +8.28,374

Shares are of all presidential votes, and the margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's. Since 2000, the presidential margin here has moved R +34.2.

Other counties in South Carolina

South Carolina results

Sources & scope

Votes for 2026 come from the count this site reads, by county. They're unofficial until South Carolina certifies them. Past presidential votes are from MEDSL and VEST, via Polling Forecast. South Carolina's own results, deadlines and offices are on the state page.