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Cherokee County, South Carolina

2026 election results. Alan Wilson (R) got 67% of the vote for governor in Cherokee County. The margin is 15.8 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 3 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Cherokee County

U.S. Senate

Darline Graham
63.5%11,149
Annie Andrews
34.6%6,074
Mark Hackett
1.1%185
Kasie Whitener
0.9%163
100% counted

Statewide: Annie Andrews wins. Called.

Governor

Alan Wilson
67.1%11,846
Jermaine Johnson
31.6%5,582
Michael Addison
0.9%156
Walid Hakim
0.4%64
100% counted

Statewide: Alan Wilson wins. Called.

The leader in Cherokee 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, 9:30 AM.

3 local contests in Cherokee County

Local measures and districts on Cherokee 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.

Local measures

Spartanburg County School District 2 Referendum-Question 1

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes, In Favor of the Question49068.7%
No, Opposed to the Question22331.3%

Yes, In Favor of the Question ahead with 68.7% in Cherokee County. The contest crosses into 1 other county; across all of them: Yes, In Favor of the Question 16,091 (67.8%), No, Opposed to the Question 7,626 (32.2%).

Spartanburg County School District 2 Referendum-Question 2

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes, In Favor of the Question45863.9%
No, Opposed to the Question25936.1%

Yes, In Favor of the Question ahead with 63.9% in Cherokee County. The contest crosses into 1 other county; across all of them: Yes, In Favor of the Question 14,286 (60.0%), No, Opposed to the Question 9,512 (40.0%).

Districts

Thicketty Creek Watershed Conservation District 2 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Deborah W Perry2,82150.9%
David Wheeler2,69548.6%
Write-In280.5%

Deborah W Perry and David Wheeler are unopposed. The contest crosses into 1 other county; across all of them: Deborah W Perry 2,845 (50.8%), David Wheeler 2,726 (48.7%).

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
SC SenateR +29.5R +51.8D +22.3
SC GovernorR +35.9R +51.8D +15.8
SC-05R +35.4R +51.8D +16.4

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 Cherokee County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris23.9%Donald Trump75.3%R +51.424,839
2020Joe Biden27.6%Donald Trump71.4%R +43.825,279
2016Hillary Clinton28.0%Donald Trump69.7%R +41.721,759
2012Barack Obama34.8%Mitt Romney64.1%R +29.320,773
2008Barack Obama34.7%John McCain64.1%R +29.320,766
2004John Kerry34.6%George W. Bush64.6%R +30.118,714
2000Al Gore37.6%George W. Bush60.7%R +23.016,323

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 +28.3.

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.