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Chester County, South Carolina

2026 election results. Annie Andrews (D) got 52% of the U.S. Senate vote in Chester County. The margin is 23.8 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 3 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Chester County

U.S. Senate

Annie Andrews
52.1%6,258
Darline Graham
45.9%5,509
Kasie Whitener
1.0%124
Mark Hackett
1.0%124
100% counted

Statewide: Annie Andrews wins. Called.

Governor

Jermaine Johnson
49.4%5,935
Alan Wilson
49.0%5,878
Michael Addison
1.0%123
Walid Hakim
0.6%67
100% counted

Statewide: Alan Wilson wins. Called.

The leader in Chester 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, 10:04 AM.

3 local contests in Chester County

County offices and districts on Chester 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.

County offices

Solicitor, Circuit 6

CandidateVotesShare
Randy E Newman Jr R7,32098.4%
Write-In1221.6%

Randy E Newman Jr is unopposed. The contest crosses into 2 other counties; across all of them: Randy E Newman Jr 41,800 (97.5%).

Districts

Rocky Creek Watershed Conservation District 2 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Claudia F Dean1,30853.1%
William Wishert1,13246.0%
Write-In230.9%

Claudia F Dean and William Wishert are unopposed. The contest crosses into 1 other county; across all of them: Claudia F Dean 1,340 (52.7%), William Wishert 1,180 (46.4%).

Tinker's Creek Watershed Conservation District 2 seats

CandidateVotesShare
David J Wilson92561.5%
Cheryl Wylie57338.1%
Write-In70.5%

David J Wilson and Cheryl Wylie are unopposed. The contest crosses into 1 other county; across all of them: David J Wilson 1,359 (60.3%), Cheryl Wylie 881 (39.1%).

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
SC SenateD +6.4R +17.4D +23.8
SC GovernorD +0.5R +17.4D +17.9
SC-05D +1.7R +17.4D +19.0

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 Chester County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris40.8%Donald Trump58.0%R +17.215,556
2020Joe Biden44.1%Donald Trump55.0%R +10.915,771
2016Hillary Clinton46.4%Donald Trump51.2%R +4.814,192
2012Barack Obama54.8%Mitt Romney44.2%D +10.614,407
2008Barack Obama53.5%John McCain45.2%D +8.313,981
2004John Kerry49.4%George W. Bush49.4%R +0.111,729
2000Al Gore50.2%George W. Bush47.8%D +2.510,432

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 +19.7.

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.