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Beaufort County, South Carolina

2026 election results. Darline Graham (R) got 51% of the U.S. Senate vote in Beaufort County. The margin is 11.9 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 1 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Beaufort County

U.S. Senate

Darline Graham
50.5%43,486
Annie Andrews
47.8%41,134
Kasie Whitener
1.1%905
Mark Hackett
0.6%525
100% counted

Statewide: Annie Andrews wins. Called.

Governor

Alan Wilson
55.5%47,632
Jermaine Johnson
43.3%37,219
Michael Addison
0.7%627
Walid Hakim
0.5%390
100% counted

Statewide: Alan Wilson wins. Called.

The leader in Beaufort 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, 2:08 PM.

1 local contest in Beaufort County

City and town races on Beaufort 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 - City of Hardeeville 2 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Valarie Guzman2744.3%
Steve Fier2032.8%
Landon Papay1321.3%
Write-In11.6%

Valarie Guzman and Steve Fier ahead in Beaufort County. Hardeeville's page. The contest crosses into 1 other county; across all of them: Steve Fier 4,635 (38.5%), Valarie Guzman 4,284 (35.6%).

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
SC SenateR +2.8R +14.7D +11.9
SC GovernorR +12.3R +14.7D +2.4
SC-01R +7.1R +14.7D +7.6

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 Beaufort County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris42.1%Donald Trump56.6%R +14.5104,403
2020Joe Biden44.4%Donald Trump54.4%R +10.097,834
2016Hillary Clinton40.9%Donald Trump54.7%R +13.778,524
2012Barack Obama40.7%Mitt Romney58.2%R +17.573,297
2008Barack Obama44.1%John McCain54.9%R +10.868,870
2004John Kerry38.9%George W. Bush60.3%R +21.455,235
2000Al Gore39.6%George W. Bush57.9%R +18.344,148

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 +3.8.

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.