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Berkeley County, South Carolina

2026 election results. Jermaine Johnson (D) got 50% of the vote for governor in Berkeley County. The margin is 17.3 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Berkeley County

U.S. Senate

Annie Andrews
53.6%48,702
Darline Graham
44.2%40,116
Kasie Whitener
1.3%1,216
Mark Hackett
0.9%797
100% counted

Statewide: Annie Andrews wins. Called.

Governor

Jermaine Johnson
49.7%45,158
Alan Wilson
48.9%44,458
Michael Addison
0.9%776
Walid Hakim
0.5%444
100% counted

Statewide: Alan Wilson wins. Called.

The leader in Berkeley 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, 1:33 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
SC SenateD +9.7R +16.5D +26.2
SC GovernorD +0.8R +16.5D +17.3
SC-01D +4.8R +16.5D +21.3

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 Berkeley County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris41.1%Donald Trump57.4%R +16.3112,834
2020Joe Biden43.3%Donald Trump54.9%R +11.6104,845
2016Hillary Clinton38.6%Donald Trump56.1%R +17.579,517
2012Barack Obama41.9%Mitt Romney56.4%R +14.668,195
2008Barack Obama42.8%John McCain55.9%R +13.064,781
2004John Kerry38.0%George W. Bush60.6%R +22.652,937
2000Al Gore40.9%George W. Bush57.2%R +16.443,316

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 +0.1.

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.