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Aiken County, South Carolina

2026 election results. Darline Graham (R) got 51% of the U.S. Senate vote in Aiken County. The margin is 21.7 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 1 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Aiken County

U.S. Senate

Darline Graham
51.3%34,722
Annie Andrews
46.8%31,665
Kasie Whitener
1.2%779
Mark Hackett
0.8%540
100% counted

Statewide: Annie Andrews wins. Called.

Governor

Alan Wilson
55.3%37,379
Jermaine Johnson
43.3%29,311
Michael Addison
0.9%631
Walid Hakim
0.5%322
100% counted

Statewide: Alan Wilson wins. Called.

The leader in Aiken 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, 7:12 AM.

1 local contest in Aiken County

City and town races on Aiken 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

City Council At Large - City of North Augusta 3 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Tabitha Waldrop R6,22633.3%
David Buck R6,09132.6%
Jenafer McCauley R5,91931.6%
Write-In4672.5%

Tabitha Waldrop, David Buck and Jenafer McCauley are unopposed. North Augusta's page. The contest crosses into 1 other county; across all of them: Tabitha Waldrop 6,347 (33.3%), David Buck 6,205 (32.6%), Jenafer McCauley 6,031 (31.7%).

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
SC SenateR +4.6R +26.3D +21.7
SC GovernorR +12.1R +26.3D +14.2
SC-02R +13.1R +26.3D +13.1

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 Aiken County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris36.4%Donald Trump62.3%R +25.986,091
2020Joe Biden37.9%Donald Trump60.6%R +22.785,183
2016Hillary Clinton34.0%Donald Trump61.5%R +27.574,851
2012Barack Obama36.0%Mitt Romney62.6%R +26.670,363
2008Barack Obama37.4%John McCain61.4%R +24.069,770
2004John Kerry33.3%George W. Bush65.7%R +32.459,492
2000Al Gore32.3%George W. Bush65.4%R +33.150,782

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 D +7.2.

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.