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Charleston County, South Carolina

2026 election results. Annie Andrews (D) got 62% of the U.S. Senate vote in Charleston County. The margin is 20.8 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Charleston County is split between 2 U.S. House districts.

2026 results in Charleston County

U.S. Senate

Annie Andrews
62.2%108,745
Darline Graham
36.1%63,034
Kasie Whitener
1.2%2,080
Mark Hackett
0.5%926
100% counted

Statewide: Annie Andrews wins. Called.

Governor

Jermaine Johnson
55.9%97,564
Alan Wilson
42.9%74,864
Michael Addison
0.6%1,119
Walid Hakim
0.5%958
100% counted

Statewide: Alan Wilson wins. Called.

U.S. House: South Carolina 1st District

Nancy Lacore
51.7%49,307
Jenny Honeycutt
46.8%44,642
Bill Reeside
1.5%1,441
100% counted

Only part of Charleston County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: not called; Nancy Lacore leads.

U.S. House: South Carolina 6th District

Jim Clyburn
68.3%53,841
John Peterson
31.7%24,959
100% counted

Only part of Charleston County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Jim Clyburn wins. Called.

The leader in Charleston 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, 10:01 AM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
SC SenateD +26.6D +5.8D +20.8
SC GovernorD +13.2D +5.8D +7.4
SC-01 part of the countyD +5.0R +6.7D +11.6
SC-06 part of the countyD +36.7D +20.5D +16.1

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 Charleston County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris51.9%Donald Trump46.3%D +5.7214,521
2020Joe Biden55.5%Donald Trump42.6%D +12.9218,636
2016Hillary Clinton50.6%Donald Trump42.8%D +7.9176,345
2012Barack Obama50.4%Mitt Romney48.0%D +2.4161,707
2008Barack Obama53.5%John McCain45.2%D +8.3154,434
2004John Kerry46.8%George W. Bush51.6%R +4.8136,316
2000Al Gore44.4%George W. Bush52.2%R +7.8111,476

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 +13.5.

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.